A collection of tweets from #AAMC20 Annual Conference

November 16, 2020

A collection of tweets from the 2020 AAMC Learn Serve Lead conference Read more

Wake Forest GHHS member captures the heart of community health in her art

October 29, 2020

Jennifer Stern

Gold Humanism Honor Society member Lauren Clopper teamed up with the Wake Forest GHHS chapter and her fellow members to create a vibrant mural honoring community health at a local hospital. Read more

Icahn medical students create PEERS program to foster resilience and community

September 1, 2020

Co-founders of PEERS, a well-being program for medical trainees at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, share tips for institutions interested in starting their own student-led support program. Read more

Q&A with professors of Humanism in Health & Healthcare course live cohort

August 7, 2020

Earlier this year, The Arnold P. Gold Foundation launched the free virtual course “Humanism in Health and Healthcare,” developed in partnership with Oakland University’s William Beaumont School of Medicine and … Read more

2020 Summer Reading for Compassionate Clinicians

July 31, 2020

Each year, the Gold Foundation compiles a list of great reads for clinicians who care about the human experience of illness, who care about caring in their role as a … Read more

Led by medical students, Faces of the Frontline project shares stories of clinicians caring in the COVID-19 crisis

July 30, 2020

Faces of Frontlines is digital campaign that began at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic “to amplify the voices of those keeping us safe.” Learn more in this Q&A with two of the campaign’s student leaders. Read more

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 Read more

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.
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#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 … Read more

Q&A with artist, NYU resident & GHHS member Dr. Mike Natter

Dr. Mike Natter is a Gold Humanism Honor Society member and resident physician at NYU Langone, a New York City hospital and Gold Partners Council member hospital that has been on the front lines of the heaviest hit U.S. city in the COVID-19 pandemic. A lifelong artist, Dr. Natter has recently begun sharing illustrations of his colleagues on Instagram, their faces obscured by face shields and masks, yet still priming with powerful humanity. Read more

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. 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.” Read more

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 … 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 … Read more

Gold Humanism Summit, General Session Track

November 26, 2019

The inaugural Gold Humanism Summit was a study in partnership. Even the conference itself was done in partnership with Planetree International, with the Gold Foundation and Planetree events open to … Read more

Gold Humanism Summit, Gold Executive Leadership Track

The Gold Executive Leadership Track wrapped up the work of the first Gold Humanism Summit by focusing on the place of humanism among healthcare leaders. It was a powerful event … Read more

GHHS and MTL Symposium: Recap

November 22, 2019

Humanism in healthcare has so many faces. Humanism in healthcare can show up in doing laundry for the homeless or in an academic study measuring the impact of implicit bias. … Read more

Q&A with Rob Goldberg, NYC Marathon Runner for Humanism

October 17, 2019

Running the NYC Marathon to Keep Healthcare Human Rob Goldberg is running the NYC Marathon to support the Gold Foundation and keeping healthcare human. We are honored and thrilled, and … Read more

Dorothy’s Ruby Slippers & our White Coats: Dr. Maureen Strafford’s 2001 White Coat Ceremony speech at Columbia

September 20, 2019

Maureen A. Strafford, MD, was a champion of humanism in healthcare and a beloved friend and supporter of The Arnold P. Gold Foundation and its founders, Arnold and Sandra Gold. … Read more

UMass Medical, 2019 Baldwin winner, shares how it listens to its residents

September 17, 2019

Nancy Young

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

Q&A with Dr. Ron Epstein and Dr. Mick Krasner of Mindful Practice

August 12, 2019

Ronald Epstein, MD, FAAHPM, is Professor of Family Medicine, Psychiatry, Oncology, and Medicine (Palliative Care) at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. Mick Krasner, MD, FACP, is … Read more

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

Middlesex Health

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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