Gold Humanism Honor Society

GHHS 2017 National Conference Schedule

Cultivating Resiliency Through Humanism and Community

Conference aims:
  1. Renew and strengthen participants’ connection to humanism in medicine and foster professional and personal resiliency among attendees.
  2. Provide multiple venues for networking and foster the development of a community of humanistic medical practice.
  3. Showcase best practices in humanistic approaches to care in training and practice
  4. Provide information regarding current relevant research in humanism in medicine.
Schedule:
Thursday, March 30, 2017:
  • 3:00 Arrival & Welcome
  • 3:15 – 4:15 Opening Plenary: Keeping Your Heart Alive in Medicine: A radical approach to strengthening resiliency, professional vitality and personal satisfaction among physicians and medical students- Rachel Remen MD
  • 4:15 – 4:30 Setting the Stage: Conference Overview
  • 4:30 – 5:00 Break
  • 5:00 – 6:00 Small Group Interactive Session #1
  • 6:00 – 7:30 Poster Reception with cash bar
  • 7:30 Dinner, National Induction, and Celebration
    • Opening Remarks: George E. Thibault, MD
 Friday, March 31, 2017:
  • 6:45 Wellness activities (45 minutes)
  • 8:00 – 9:15 Breakfast and Gold Mining Roundtables #1
  • 9:30 – 10:30 Welcome from Arnold P. Gold Foundation and Gold Humanism Honor Society
  • 10:30 – 10:45 Break
  • 10:45-12:15 Workshops: Round 1
  • 12:30 – 1:00 Lunch
  • 1:00-2:00 Personal Resilience through Acitvism: Dorothy Levine, MD & Intergenerational Panel: Randall Friese, MD, David Roye, Jr., MD, and Maria de Lourdes Ladino
  • 2:00 – 2:15 Break
  • 2:15 – 3:45 Workshops: Round 2
  • 4:00 – 5:00 Plenary session: Narratives, Health, and Healing: Exploring the Therapeutic Potential of Storytelling in Health Contexts- Lynn Harter, PhD
  • 5:00 – 6:00 Small Group Interactive Session #2
  • 6:00 – 7:00 Open Microphone
  • 7:00 Dinner (on your own)
 Saturday, April 1, 2017:
  • 7:00 Wellness activities (45 minutes)
  • 8:00 – 9:15 Breakfast and Gold-Mining Roundtables #2
  • 9:15 – 10:15 Small Group Interactive Session #3
  • 10:15 – 10:30 Break
  • 10:30 – 11:30 Keynote Concert: “You Raise Me Up” celebrates our shared empathy, compassion, hope, and the “works of the heart” that reside in each of us- Maureen McGovern
  • 11:30 – 12:15 Town Hall  / Conference Close
  • 12:15 Departure