Equanimity and the New Year

January 6, 2021

By Mick Krasner This essay was originally published in the Mindful Practice January 2021 newsletter. Dr. Krasner is the Co-Founder of Mindful Practice and Professor of Clinical Medicine at University … Read more

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

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 summer, we compile a list of intriguing books published since last year’s list that might help strengthen clinicians’ commitment to compassionate care of both patients and themselves. This list … Read more

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