The Arnold P. Gold Foundation infuses the human connection into healthcare. We engage schools, health systems, companies, and individual clinicians in the joy and meaning of humanistic healthcare, so that they have the strength and knowledge to ensure patients and families are partners in collaborative, compassionate, and scientifically excellent care.

Thank a Resident Day is almost here!

Gold Humanism Honor Society chapters, hospitals, and health systems will be celebrating resident physicians on Friday, Feb. 28.

Learn more about Mindful Practice from the experts

How can you and your colleagues and staff flourish in 2020? Join Dr. Ron Epstein or Dr. Mick Krasner for an introduction to “Flourishing at Work: Mindful Practice for Clinicians and Leaders” and ask them questions live in our upcoming webinars: Feb.28 & March 4. Save your spot today!

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2020 Essay Contest now open

The annual Hope Babette Tang Humanism in Healthcare Essay Contest asks medical and nursing students to engage in a reflective writing exercise inspired by a quote. Winning essays will be published in Academic Medicine and the Journal of Professional Nursing.

Deadline: March 18

NEWS

Jeffrey Silver Humanism in Healthcare Research Roundup – February 2020

February 20, 2020

This Research Roundup features 11 papers, including one detailing a new curriculum in humanism for postgraduate anaesthesiology trainees, developed at UC Irvine through a Picker Gold GME Challenge Grant.

Change to pass/fail for Step 1 exam is a positive step

February 13, 2020

The Arnold P. Gold Foundation applauds the decision by the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) and the National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME) to change the score reporting for ... Read more

Tweet collection from Solidarity Week 2020

February 12, 2020

Twitter is buzzing with Solidarity Week activities! Check out what our Gold Humanism Honor Society chapters and other health systems groups have organized for this special week! To have your ... Read more

2019-21 Picker Gold GME Challenge Grants to enhance bioethics, social determinants curricula

February 6, 2020

The Arnold P. Gold Foundation is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2019-2021 Picker Gold Graduate Medical Education Challenge Grants, two exceptional projects designed to improve compassionate, patient-centered care and ... Read more

Leading Canadian medical educator & writer Dr. Jillian Horton to be presented with the 2020 AFMC-Gold Humanism Award

January 28, 2020

Gold Foundation Canada and The Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada to honor her commitment to compassion in medical education The Gold Foundation for Humanistic Healthcare, Canada, and The ... Read more

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2019 Summer Reading for Compassionate Clinicians

August 1, 2019

Each summer, we compile a list of intriguing new books that might help strengthen clinicians’ commitment to compassionate care of both patients and themselves. This list of 10 thought-provoking reads ... Read more

At 2019 Bud Baldwin winner Middlesex Health, resident physicians are part of a small-town community

June 25, 2019

Each year, the Gold Foundation and the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) recognizes institutions that foster a respectful, humanistic environment for resident physicians by awarding the ACGME and ... Read more

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A choiceless choice: Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha on standing up and speaking out

May 28, 2019

This story was first published on The Vilcek Foundation website. For Flint whistleblower Mona Hanna-Attisha, speaking up for the city’s children was “a choiceless choice,” she says. When the pediatrician ... Read more

Photo courtesy of MSU Division of Public Health, College of Human Medicine

“N” is for Next Steps

April 25, 2019

by Karen Knops, MD “Sometimes the smallest step in the right direction ends up being the biggest step of your life. Tip-toe if you must, but take a step.” – ... Read more

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