2018 Picker Gold Grants awarded to projects on resident communication skills and culturally competent care

September 13, 2018

The Arnold P. Gold Foundation is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2018 Picker Gold Graduate Medical Education Challenge Grants, two exceptional projects designed to improve compassionate, patient-centered care … Read more

Picker Gold GME Challenge Grants announces three new projects for 2017

December 22, 2017

The three winning educational projects for residency programs include a pilot curriculum for collaborative care of opioid-treated patients with mental health conditions, dialogue-based approaches to care, and a formal process … Read more

New curriculum helps trauma docs communicate better with patients

February 6, 2017

by Sangeeta Lamba, MD Having to tell a patient bad news, or informing a family that their loved one has died, is a difficult and unsettling task under any circumstances. … Read more

Closing the gap between pediatric and adult care

January 10, 2017

My colleagues who are trained in both Medicine and Pediatrics (commonly known as Med/Peds) describe themselves as being able to speak two languages. They can speak “pediatrics” when they are … Read more