Cooper Medical School professor will develop an interprofessional curriculum to teach Therapeutic Violence Mitigation to medical students and nurse residents
Dr. Cynthia Glickman
The Arnold P. Gold Foundation is pleased to announce that Cynthia Glickman, MD, has been selected as the 2026-2027 Gold Humanism Scholar at the Harvard Macy Institute. Dr. Glickman is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University (CMSRU), as well as Medical Director of Inpatient Personalized Care Plans and Co-Site Director in Hospital Medicine at Cooper University Health Care. She will be developing a Therapeutic Violence Mitigation (TVM) curriculum for nurse residents and medical students, based on her work on an interprofessional TVM team that dramatically reduced the number of violent events across the hospital.
The prestigious scholarship includes $5,000 to attend the Harvard Macy Institute (HMI) Program for Educators in the Health Professions, a highly interactive, 18-month hybrid faculty development program. Gold Humanism Scholars learn innovative methods to teach and assess their projects, as well as how to guide and champion their projects through institutional requirements and processes.
“Dr. Cynthia Glickman’s work in Therapeutic Violence Mitigation reflects the essential role of safety in humanism in healthcare,” said Louisa Tvito, MSW, Vice President of Programs at the Gold Foundation. “By bringing together medical students, nurse residents, hospital security, and community partners, this initiative recognizes that interprofessional collaboration is fundamental to building a human-centered healthcare. This work not only equips clinicians with practical skills but also reinforces the dignity of every person involved in the care experience.”
The motto of CMSRU — “Camden is my classroom, Camden is my home” — has served as the foundation of Dr. Glickman’s approach to care. Dr. Glickman graduated as a member of the CMSRU charter class and completed her residency there. She is an Assistant Internal Medicine Clerkship Director, Faculty Advisor to the CMSRU Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS) Chapter, a faculty member of the Edward D. Viner Center for Humanism, and a GHHS member.
When Cooper University Health Care saw an increase in violence toward healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, the leadership team developed an interprofessional team to help, made up of a psychiatrist, psychologist, nursing specialists, and a hospitalist, which was Dr. Glickman. The team reduced violent events among the highest-risk patients by over 70%.
As a Gold Humanism Scholar, Dr. Glickman will draw on the success of this high-impact, human-centered intervention to design a curriculum for fourth-year medical students at CMSRU and nurse residents at Cooper University Health Care. The curriculum will include case-based discussions, as well as an opportunity to meet with different team members in the hospital, such as the director of security, and learn about valuable resources in the community.
An additional feature of the Gold Humanism Scholar program is the assignment of a mentor. Gauri Agarwal, MD, who was a 2023-2024 Gold Humanism Scholar, will be serving as the Gold Humanism Scholar mentor to Dr. Glickman. Dr. Agarwal is the Associate Dean for Curriculum and Professor of Medicine, Medical Education, Informatics & Health Data Sciences at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, as well as a GHHS member and Faculty Advisor for the Miller School’s GHHS Chapter. Dr. Agarwal’s project focused on cultivating empathy and humanistic patient care in medical and nursing students through the implementation of AI and medical humanities curriculum.
Learn more about the Gold Humanism Scholars at the Harvard Macy Institute program.
