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Former U.S. Surgeon General wins 2020 Vilcek-Gold Award

The Gold and Vilcek foundations are pleased to announce that the 2020 Vilcek-Gold Award for Humanism in Healthcare, which honors the contributions of foreign-born leaders to U.S. healthcare, will be given to the 19th Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek Murthy.
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COVID-19 tools to use and share

To all of our Gold partners, we have curated resources to help support you in this pandemic. We invite you to use and share these tools with your healthcare team, students, constituents, and customers for free during the COVID-19 crisis. One of the featured tools is our Tell Me More® for COVID-19 free downloadable kit.

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GHHS Virtual Induction Ceremonies

To assist Gold Humanism Honor Society chapters during the COVID-19 pandemic, we are providing resources for virtual induction ceremonies. Our new options include digital certificates, PowerPoint program framework, live remarks from a Gold representative, and a recording of our ceremony if hosted through our platform.

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University of Puerto Rico GHHS induction ceremony
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On Giving Tuesday, make a gift & share your gratitude
May 1, 2020
Giving Tuesday is a global generosity movement to support nonprofit organizations, and the global pandemic has stirred unprecedented need for community support. We hope that you, as part of our ... chevron_right Read more
Sign up for Gold-Alda webinars: May 27 & June 3
April 29, 2020
Pia Pyne Miller, MPH, Senior Director of Strategy and Business Development, and Elizabeth Cleek, PsyD, Chief Operating Officer, will join Elizabeth Bojsza, Assistant Professor of Practice, and Susmita Pati, MD, ... chevron_right Read more
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
Jeffrey Silver Humanism in Healthcare Research Roundup – April 2020
April 27, 2020
This Research Roundup features 10 recently published studies, including an examination of a peer-led support group for resident physicians, a survey of the use and prevalence coaching in medical education, and a look at the effect of a Medical Humanities course on pre-med students' empathy.
Gold Corporate Council steps up to help in pandemic
April 16, 2020
Gold Corporate Council members BD, CVS Health, Henry Schein, Inc., IBM Watson Health, Medtronic and Quest Diagnostics have all responded rapidly to aid in the global pandemic, deploying their medical equipment, testing capabilities, and other resources to help limit the spread of COVID-19 and save lives.
#FrontLineFaces: A call for human connections in this pandemic
March 31, 2020
Amid this life-altering pandemic, with physical distancing a necessity and the challenges to our healthcare teams and society rising by the minute, one thing is clear: human connections are more ... chevron_right Read more
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Peer-led compassion coaching helps strengthen medical student wellness
April 27, 2020
With support from its GHHS chapter, two students at Wake Forest School of Medicine developed the Compassion Coaches program, a peer-led program for third-year students that allows them to safely debrief emotionally intense experiences and build community through vulnerability and reflection.
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."
Uncertainty
April 1, 2020
By Ron Epstein, MD Several months ago, Paul Han, a physician colleague in Maine, asked if I’d review his book – then in preparation – about uncertainty. Uncertainty seemed like ... chevron_right Read more
“D” is for Document
March 11, 2020
by Karen Knops, MD Proverb: The faintest ink is better than the strongest memory. As ancestral cave paintings indicate, humans have always had the instinct to create a physical record ... chevron_right Read more
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