Which interventions reduce physician burnout?

October 2, 2016

Ali Rae

Fifteen years ago, Dr. Colin West was introduced to Dr. Tait Shanafelt, who is now the Director of the Mayo Clinic Department of Medicine Program on Physician Well-being. With the … Read more

The importance of keeping up with ethics

September 6, 2016

by Ali Rae, MS4 She was born with HIV. Seventeen years later, she sat with her small feet dangling from the hospital bed, swinging like twin pendulums out of sync. … Read more

The Context-Dependence of Empathy

by David Scales MD, PhD If you follow Twitter, KevinMD or the medical literature on clinical empathy you start to get the impression that empathy – and a physician’s lack of … Read more

Review of “Blood Lines” by Paul McLean

August 12, 2016

Molly Olmsted

When Paul and Jody McLean went to pick up their new beagle, her name was nothing more than a four-digit number tattooed on her inner ear. Hutch, as she later … Read more

Review of “Bedside Manners”, by David Watts

Review by Perry Dinardo “I write the story and the story writes me.” In Bedside Manners: One Doctor’s Reflections on the Oddly Intimate Encounters between Patient and Healer, David Watts, MD … Read more

Review of “In the Hands of Doctors” by Paul E. Stepansky

August 9, 2016

Ali Rae

Where does the artistry of medicine really lie, and how can we cultivate it in today’s doctors? These seem to be the central questions of Paul E. Stepansky’s book, In the Hands … Read more

“Just Ask Your Doctor”: Therapeutic Narratives and the Path to Healing

August 2, 2016

by Karen Knops, MD “Bones” was one of my favorite patients. Close to seventy years old, he’d had a wild youth riding motorcycles. His nickname was minted after one of his … Read more

Polarity Thinking in medical education

July 28, 2016

by John (Jack) Penner, MS3 and Margaret Cary, MD, MBA, MPH Medicine thrives on Either/Or problem solving. We make a diagnosis. Or we don’t. We prescribe a medication. Or we don’t. … Read more

Sacrifices made for medicine

July 21, 2016

by Ali Rae, MS4 “It won’t be the last sacrifice you make for medicine.” These were the words my surgical intern said between yawns as I expressed regret at having … Read more

Fragile by Hedy S. Wald

This post is part of our collection of “Gold Nuggets” — our way of alerting the medical community to original artwork, poetry or multimedia that stimulate discussion and reflection. Fragile by … Read more

Review of “When Breath Becomes Air” by Paul Kalanithi

June 29, 2016

Molly Olmsted

I flipped through the CT scan images, the diagnosis obvious: the lungs were matted with innumerable tumors, the spine deformed, a full lobe of the liver obliterated. Cancer, widely disseminated. … Read more

2016 summer reading for compassionate clinicians

compiled by Molly Olmsted Here are a few 2015 and 2016 releases we’re looking forward to reading this Summer! What’s on your to-read list? When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi … Read more

Review of “A Short Life” by Jim Slotnick

by Daniel Butler, MD In my third year of medical school, I was given a book that profoundly impacted my view of the doctor patient relationship. This book, A Short … Read more

Creating the Humanism Assessment Tool

May 25, 2016

The Arnold P. Gold Foundation has partnered with J3Personica to develop and customize a Humanism Assessment Tool (HAT) for medical and nursing students. This tool will transform the Gold Foundation’s … Read more

50 more nursing schools to hold White Coat Ceremonies in 2016

The Arnold P. Gold Foundation Renews Commitment to Funding White Coat Ceremonies at AACN Member Schools of Nursing The Arnold P. Gold Foundation and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing … Read more

10 parenting tips for busy residents

May 19, 2016

by Allan Peterkin, MD These tips are addressed to all residents, both male and female, who take a leave from residency after welcoming a new child into their family. (Good news: male residents … Read more

New book gives snapshot of medical student experiences

May 16, 2016

We are proud to announce the publication of in-Training: Stories from Tomorrow’s Physicians, a compendium of peer-edited narratives written by medical students on humanism, their real-life patients, and the challenges of … Read more

Five minutes of compassion just isn’t enough

May 12, 2016

by Vina Pulido, MD On my first morning of primary care clinic as a second year resident, I saw a daunting increase in my scheduled number of patients. While I had … Read more

I am not a layperson

May 10, 2016

by Cara Coleman, JD, MPH Once a month, I teach a session for third-year medical students about the Patient Centered Medical Home as part of their ambulatory clerkship. After I … Read more

Job Posting: Director of Development

May 5, 2016

POSITION: Director of Development LOCATION: Englewood Cliffs, NJ ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION Founded in 1988, The Arnold P. Gold Foundation (APGF) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization that works with medical … Read more

Humanism in Healthcare Research Roundup — April 2016

April 29, 2016

Inside this month’s Research Roundup: ‘Not all stories of professional identity formation are equal,’ physician well-being, physician burnout and changes in professional work effort, resiliency, and patient empowerment! Read more

Three graduate medical education programs awarded DeWitt (Bud) C. Baldwin, Jr. Award

April 18, 2016

Studies have shown that rates of depression and burnout among medical residents increase sharply during training. Many residency programs do not encourage their residents to talk about difficult situations or to … Read more

Empathy on the front lines

One of the great privileges of my job is visiting our excellent medical institutions across the country. I recently had the high honor of visiting “America’s Medical School,” the F. … Read more

Compassion in Practice Continuing Education Course

April 17, 2016

Compassion in Practice: Achieving Better Outcomes by Maximizing Communication, Relationships and Resilience Oct. 28-29, 2016 | Boston Marriott Long Wharf Join us for the inaugural session of Compassion in Practice: … Read more

Humanism in Healthcare Research Roundup — March 2016

March 30, 2016

Check out these articles in the Research Roundup this month: using virtual patients to teach empathy, impacts of resident training on communication with families in the ICU, depression, burnout and alcohol abuse/dependence in medical education, resilience for palliative care clinicians, and communication skills training! Read more

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