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.

Upcoming: Webinar on virtual Nursing White Coat / Oath Ceremonies

The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) and the Gold Foundation will be hosting a live webinar at 1 p.m. EDT August 6 to provide helpful tips and an open forum for questions about hosting virtual White Coat / Oath Ceremonies. Nursing school leaders and staff who will be planning ceremonies are invited to register.

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Announcing the 2020 Essay Contest winners

Congratulations to these 3 nursing students and 3 medical students for their moving essays on the human connection in healthcare! Many thanks to all who entered. We received so many compelling stories — more than 300 essays in all.

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Humanism in healthcare demands we address racism

The social determinants of health define the odds of a long life. The COVID-19 pandemic itself has put health disparities into high relief. The recent killings of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and other people of color who have been killed or harmed, have created a clear view of what Black Americans and people of color face daily. Persistent racism threatens health, well-being, and life; we must come together now to create a more humanistic world for all people.

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NEWS
Jeffrey Silver Humanism in Healthcare Research Roundup – July 2020
July 31, 2020
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 ... chevron_right Read more
Dr. Vivek Murthy: The power of human connection
July 15, 2020
Meet Dr. Vivek Murthy, 19th Surgeon General of the United States and recipient of the 2020 Vilcek-Gold Award for Humanism in Healthcare. From 2014 to 2017, Dr. Vivek Murthy served as the 19th Surgeon General of the United States. An internist, public health advocate, and tireless social entrepreneur who launched his first nonprofit at age 17, Dr. Murthy’s career in public health can be traced back to his childhood, not long after he and his family arrived in America.
17 Gold Student Summer Fellows to support patients who are particularly vulnerable in COVID crisis
June 24, 2020
As part of the Gold Foundation’s work to address the wide-ranging impact of COVID-19, these projects were chosen for their focus on populations who are facing healthcare disparities and are particularly vulnerable during this crisis.
Joint Gold-Planetree statement on preserving family presence during pandemics
June 9, 2020
The Arnold P. Gold Foundation and Planetree International participated in a “Pop-Up” Coalition of over 60 organizations to Preserve Family Presence in Challenging Times. The international group represented patient and ... chevron_right Read more
New Humanism in Health and Healthcare online course available for free at NextGenU.org
April 29, 2020
Developed in partnership with Oakland University’s William Beaumont School of Medicine, the competency-based course can be easily used by medical and nursing schools or individual students around the globe.
Reactivated PPE Portrait Project strengthens human connections in the COVID-19 crisis
April 29, 2020
Artist and Gold Foundation grantee Mary Beth Heffernan’s work that began during the Ebola crisis has found a new urgency and widespread adoption now. COVID-19 patients are isolated in so ... chevron_right Read more
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Q&A with Dr. Dorothy Levine, departing GHHS leader
May 14, 2020
As Vice President, GHHS, Dr. Levine seeded national initiatives that turned GHHS chapters into a global force of student-run community projects and advocacy
Our need to be changed
May 12, 2020
The COVID-19 virus is a simple little bundle of proteins, dumbly doing what it does and without choice. Really not much of an enemy; the much more formidable foe is the dissonance that comes from holding a world view that doesn’t jive with reality.
#ColoringCare pages by GHHS member Dr. Mike Natter
May 5, 2020
Coloring and creative expression can be cathartic, and the ongoing COVID crisis calls for both a celebration of our healthcare professionals and calming activities that help us all get through ... chevron_right Read more
The irony of connection in a world of distance
April 3, 2020
Emergency medicine physician Lauren J. Prusnofsky Field reflects on connection in the age of physical distancing: " For safety, I am temporarily at a longer stretch away from my patients than I would like, but I would like them to know this does not mean we worry less, consider their pain less, or take them less seriously. Each day is a chance to work towards establishing alternate means of providing comfort and gaining trust without being able to safely hold someone’s hand."
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