Humanities in Medicine Archives - The Arnold P. Gold Foundation

Announcing the winners of the 2023 Hope Babette Tang Humanism in Healthcare Essay Contest

June 22, 2023

The Arnold P. Gold Foundation is pleased to announce the six winning essays of the 2023 Hope Babette Tang Humanism in Healthcare Essay Contest: the top three by medical students and … Read more

Jeffrey Silver Humanism in Healthcare Research Roundup – March-April 2023

April 25, 2023

Bharat Kumar, MD

The Jeffrey Silver Humanism in Healthcare Research Roundup features summaries of recently published studies on humanism in healthcare. To receive email notification of new studies once per month, enter your information here and select “Jeffrey Silver Research … Read more

Care in the cycle of gun violence

March 22, 2023

How can hospitals best care for victims of gun violence and help interrupt the cycle? A Medical Director of a Trauma Intervention Program in Philadelphia offers insight and advice. By … Read more

NYU Langone Health’s beloved Medical Humanities newsletter is revived as a Gold-NYU collaboration

February 23, 2023

Brianne Alcala

The Gold Foundation, together with NYU Langone’s Division of Medical Humanities, is delighted to announce the debut of a Humanities in Healthcare Newsletter, a new monthly compilation of articles, events, … Read more

Einstein Healthcare Network creates Center for Humanism

November 29, 2022

By Nazanin Moghbeli, MD and Rachel Fleishman, MD The Einstein Healthcare Network inaugurated a Center for Humanism in the fall of 2020 to cultivate joy in work for all hospital … Read more

2022 Gold Foundation Reading List for Compassionate Clinicians

August 25, 2022

Brianne Alcala

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

2022 Healing the Heart of Healthcare Conference explores how we listen, connect and collaborate

May 27, 2022

Nancy Young

The 2022 Healing the Heart of Healthcare Conference, hosted by the Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS), drew hundreds of healthcare professionals and students from around the world to a virtual … Read more

Book review: Just Human: The Quest for Disability Wisdom, Respect, and Inclusion

February 23, 2022

By Dorothy Levine, MD Just Human: The Quest for Disability Wisdom, Respect, and Inclusion by Arielle Silverman, PhD, is a wonderful mix of autobiographical stories and expert social scientific analysis. … Read more

The Message of the White Coat

November 30, 2021

By Stan Bergman, Chairman of the Board and CEO, Henry Schein, Inc. In the healthcare professions, a white coat means a lot more than proof someone is studying or practicing … Read more

Q&A with photographer Dr. Harry Agress

November 19, 2021

Harry Agress, Jr., MD, a retired radiologist and now professional photographer, is generously donating large-scale versions of his photographs to select Gold Partners Council hospitals and healthcare institutions. The Gold … Read more

Dr. Harry Agress to donate spectacular photographs to Gold-affiliated hospitals to aid patient comfort

This new benefit is extended to Hippocrates and Blackwell members of the Gold Partners Council to help foster a humanistic patient experience The Arnold P. Gold Foundation is delighted to … Read more

Announcing two 2021 Gold Humanism Scholars at the Harvard Macy Institute

August 30, 2021

Munira Syeda

The Arnold P. Gold Foundation is pleased to announce the 2021 Gold Humanism Scholars at the Harvard Macy Institute Program for Educators: Hetty Cunningham, MD and Efrat Lelkes, MD. Read more

Dr. Nadine Burke Harris to present the 2021 Jordan J. Cohen Humanism in Medicine session at the AAMC

The Arnold P. Gold Foundation, in partnership with the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), is delighted to announce that the 2021 Jordan J. Cohen Humanism in Medicine Lecture at the AAMC will be presented by California Surgeon General Dr. Nadine Burke Harris, in conversation with Dr. Rana Awdish. Read more

Dr. Nadine Burke Harris and Dr. Rana Awdish

2021 Arnold P. Gold Foundation Humanism in Medicine Award at the AAMC presented to Dr. Natalie Rodriguez

August 25, 2021

AAMC

Together with the AAMC, the Gold Foundation is delighted to announce the 2021 honoree: Dr. Natalie Rodriguez, Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, and Associate Director of the UCSD Student-Run Free Clinic Project. Read more

2021 Summer Reading List for Compassionate Clinicians

August 24, 2021

Gold Foundation Staff

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

Gold Human InSight Webinar | “We Are All Perfectly Fine” with Alan Alda & Dr. Jillian Horton

July 29, 2021

This Gold Human InSight Webinar featuring Emmy Award-winning actor Alan Alda and bestselling author Dr. Jillian Horton in a thought-provoking conversation. Watch

Announcing the winners of the 2021 Hope Babette Tang Humanism in Healthcare Essay Contest

July 27, 2021

Michelle Sloane, MPA

The Arnold P. Gold Foundation is pleased to announce the six winners of the 2021 Hope Babette Tang Humanism in Healthcare Essay Contest: three by medical students and three by … Read more

Black in the Ivory: Writers Confront Racism

March 19, 2021

The Bellevue Literary Review and the Gold Foundation brought together six physician-writers on Tuesday, Feb. 23, for an exploration of how writing can – or cannot – confront racism in academia and healthcare. The conversation was moderated by Dr. Damon Tweedy, incoming BLR Nonfiction Editor, and Dr. Danielle Ofri, BLR Editor-in-Chief. Watch

What She Carried

February 26, 2021

A beautiful essay by Dr. Laura Vater on the many things a patient carries in the face of a diagnosis. Read more

Gold Human InSight Webinar | Clinical Improv: Cross-Training Your Communication Muscles

January 12, 2021

This Gold Human Insight Webinar, co-hosted with the Alda Center for Communicating Science, focuses on improvisational theater skills, which have a surprising and substantial overlap with skills required of clinicians. Watch

For Aloys

December 21, 2020

“I recall Aloys’s first visit clearly. His eyes had the empty, distant look of those who have witnessed war firsthand. But there was something more.” An essay by Dr. Elizabeth Toll, who participated in the 2020 Gold Writing Workshop. Read more

I am from

A poem by Gisel Bello, participant in the Gold Writing Workshop, a fourth-year medical student and Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Fellow at the Warren Alpert School of Medicine. Read more

The birth of the Gold Writing Workshop

Launched at the end of October 2020, the Gold Foundation Writing Workshop allowed 10 physicians not only to reflect on the dual pandemics of COVID-19 and racism that we are experiencing with such intensity right now, but on the many influences on their lives. They wrote in response to prompts about where they were from, secrets and lies, what made them angry, what they bowed down to. They wrote about first times, the stories their hands could tell, what they know for sure. Read more

12 Gold ways we cared in 2020

December 16, 2020

As we bid 2020 goodbye, and hope for a healthier and more just 2021, we reflect here on the milestones we crossed this year with your help. Read more

Gold Human InSight Webinar: “Why Doctors Write” trailer and discussion

December 11, 2020

This Gold Human InSight Webinar spotlights the new documentary “Why Doctors Write,” followed by a special panel discussion with film producer/director Ken Browne and two cast members, physician-writer Dr. Danielle Ofri and narrative medicine pioneer Dr. Rita Charon. Watch