The Arnold P. Gold Foundation champions the human connection in healthcare. We engage schools and their students, health systems, companies, and individual clinicians in the joy and meaning of humanistic healthcare, so that patients and their families can be partners in collaborative, compassionate and scientifically excellent care.

Solidarity Week is here!

More than 70 institutions are celebrating Solidarity Week for Compassionate Patient Care this week, from February 11 to 15.

The Gold Humanism Honor Society is excited to feature the Veterans Gold Health Initiative as the official project of 2019 Solidarity Week for Compassionate Patient Care. Look for updates all week from our chapters’ activities and other healthcare institutions who are joining in showing solidarity with patients.

Announcing the 2019 Essay Contest prompt

The 2019 Hope Babette Tang Humanism in Healthcare Essay Contest is open now to medical and nursing students. The deadline for essay submissions is March 15.

2019 Essay Contest Prompt

Thank a Resident Day

GHHS looks forward to celebrating residents on February 22 for our annual Thank a Resident Day!

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Jeffrey Silver Humanism in Healthcare Research Roundup – January 2019

January 28, 2019

The Jeffrey Silver Humanism in Healthcare Research Roundup features summaries of recently published studies on humanism in healthcare. To receive email notification of new studies once per month, enter your information here and select “Jeffrey Silver Research ... Read more

In one week, two inspiring missions of caring

January 25, 2019

A beautiful week of caring has doubled! It turns out that the Gold Humanism Honor Society’s annual Solidarity Week for Compassionate Patient Care is also the National Salute to Veteran ... Read more

First AFMC-Gold Humanism Award to be presented to Dr. Jeffrey Turnbull

January 25, 2019

Pioneer in humanistic care of the homeless wins inaugural honor from Gold Foundation Canada and The Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada The Arnold P. Gold Foundation for Humanistic ... Read more

Dr. Jeffrey Turnbull

New database features “Practical Applications of Humanism”

December 6, 2018

The Arnold P. Gold Foundation is proud to announce a new, free resource for health professions educators, students, and academic and corporate leaders: the Practical Applications of Humanism Database. This ... Read more

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Q&A with Stuart Chizzik, new Chief Development Officer

January 30, 2019

Stuart Chizzik joined The Arnold P. Gold Foundation in January 2019 as Chief Development Officer. He brings deep experience in philanthropy, gift planning, and nonprofit management and a passion for ... Read more

Gold Student Summer Fellow launches Patient Navigator Program at University of Miami student-run clinic

January 29, 2019

By Reina Pattner At the University of Miami’s student-run clinic, a new Patient Navigator Program delivers humanistic medical care to people who inject drugs by linking them to community resources ... Read more

Gabriella Amaya (left), Atoofa Baig (not pictured), and Heidi Iskander (not pictured) are senior BSN students at University of Miami who serve as patient navigators for the Patient Navigation Program - the result of a Gold Student Summer Fellowship awarded to Hardik Patel (right), director of the Patient Navigation Program and a second-year MD/MPH student. (Credit: IDEA Wound Care Clinic)

“E” is for Explore: Considering your options & how you make decisions

October 30, 2018

by Karen Knops, MD Good partnerships are built on clear communication. In our A-S-C-E-N-D framework, designed to help create strong and helpful communication during health appointments, our focus so far ... Read more

ASCEND title page: "E" for Explore

Reflections on my first white coat

August 24, 2018

This essay was first posted on the Baylor College of Medicine website and is reprinted with permission of the college. By Trevor Jamison, MS1 at Baylor College of Medicine It ... Read more

MS1 Trevor Jamison, center, at Baylor’s 2018 White Coat Ceremony

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