Resources - The Arnold P. Gold Foundation

The Gold Resource Library offers collections of databases, videos, courses, curriculum materials, best practices, books, podcasts, links to related organizations, and more to help foster the human connection in healthcare. Browse collections organized by topic, format, or audience.

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Practical Applications of Humanism Database of practical applications of humanism, GHHS chapter initiatives, and more.	Research on Humanism Database of peer-reviewed articles, Research Roundup Newsletter, and more.	Clinician Wellbeing Gold Wellness Workshops, suicide prevention resources, practical ideas, data points, and more.

Equity and Inclusion Related content from webinars, conference recordings, free online course, and more.	Art, Design and Humanities A celebration of ways to integrate art, design & humanities into healthcare practice and reflection.	Climate and Health Websites and toolkits that highlight the impacts of climate change and actions that can be taken to promote health equity.

Humanism Courses Register for free open online courses on humanism and other topics.	Podcasts Podcasts related to humanism in healthcare, including The Gold Connection, produced by the Gold Humanism Honor Society.	Reading Corner Gold Reading Lists, book reviews, Gold Foundation’s Bookshop.org site.

Patient Perspectives Initiatives that amplify the voices of patients and their caregivers as partners in their care.	For Patients and Caregivers Resources to help patients and caregivers be active partners and develop a strong relationship with clinicians based on trust, respect, and honesty.	Organizations Centered on Humanistic Healthcare Organizations and initiatives that promote trusting clinical relationships, offer communication tools, and promote systems change.

Nursing Webinars, scholar programs, awards, and more, for and by nursing students, educators and leaders.	GME/Residents/Fellows Resources, grants, awards, toolkits, and more for residents, fellows and Graduate Medical Education (GME) leaders.	Students Resources and programs for students in the healthcare professions.

Humanism Centers Centers of humanism created at a handful of medical schools.	Webinars and Videos Gold Human InSight Webinars, Gold conference session recordings, keynote speeches, and more.

Medallia Gold Humanism Trust Tool

The Medallia Gold Humanism Trust Tool was designed to help identify humanistic, compassionate behaviors that can help to build trust between patients and clinicians through 6 specific questions.

Databases and Research

If you would like us to consider including your study or tool in a Gold Foundation database, please share it with us by completing this form.

Practical Applications of Humanism

The Gold Foundation’s database of practical applications of humanism comprises over 300 practical tools, best practices, curriculum, videos, journal articles, and more, all focused on putting humanism into practice.

Search by keyword or filter by primary topic, institution, principal investigator, or Gold program affiliated with the work. Instructions for how to use the database.

Research on the Impact of Humanism

These Gold Foundation databases includes studies that demonstrate how humanistic care supports the Quadruple Aim:

Jeffrey Silver Humanism in Healthcare Research Roundup

Each month we compile recently published research related to humanism and papers written by members of the Gold community. Sign up here and check “Research Roundup” at the bottom to receive future issues of Research Roundup.

Gold Human InSight Webinars

View our timely, useful, and inspirational collection of Gold Human InSight Webinars. For 2022-2023, the overarching series theme is: Renewing our Commitment to Humanism: Reconnection After the Dual Pandemics.

Gold Connection Podcast

The Gold Connection is a podcast created and produced by members of the Gold Humanism Honor Society. Episodes feature nuanced conversations about clinician wellbeing and structural racism in healthcare systems, highlight projects supported by the Gold Foundation through grants, and more.

Humanism Course

Humanism in Health & Healthcare course

This free virtual Humanism in Health & Healthcare course, open to anyone at any time, on the NextGenU.org platform, was developed in partnership with Oakland University’s William Beaumont School of Medicine. Faculty may also use the curriculum as the foundation for their own class focused on humanism in healthcare.

Clinician Well-Being

Clinician Well-Being Resources

Staff at the Gold Foundation are committed to doing our part to foster wellbeing, increase joy in the practice of healthcare, and combat the increasing rates of depression and suicide among all clinicians.

Our collection of clinician wellness resources includes articles, programs, podcasts, and practical approaches.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Anti-Racism

Equity and Inclusion

Addressing equity and inclusion and all discrimination to create a just, inclusive, and humanistic healthcare system for all people is an integral part of carrying out the mission & vision of the Gold Foundation.

Our Equity and Inclusion collection includes selections in our library of Gold Human InSight Webinars, conference sessions hosted by the Gold Foundation, podcast episodes, art galleries, and more that relate to promoting healthcare equity.

Dismantling Structural Racism to Advance Health Equity

The Dismantling Structural Racism to Advance Health Equity course, designed by Gold Course Directors Ruth S. Shim, MD, MPH, and Karinn Glover, MD, MPH, in collaboration with the NextGenU.org team and sponsored by the Gold Foundation, provides an introductory exploration of the key concepts related to health equity, including structural racism, health inequities, and social determinants of health. It is also open to anyone at any time.

Art, Design and Humanities

Art, Design & Humanities

Visit our Art, Design and Humanities Collection, a celebration of ways to integrate art, design & humanities into healthcare practice and reflection.

Art Gallery

Members of the Gold community express the human connection and find an outlet through different forms of artistic expression, including visual art, photography, dance, video, poetry, and narrative writing. Our Art Gallery collections feature work that have been showcased at Gold Humanism Conferences, shared via the Golden Glimmer project, and other digital galleries.

Humanities in Healthcare Newsletter

Our latest newsletter is Humanities in Healthcare, a collaboration with the Division of Medical Humanities at NYU Langone Health. To receive this monthly newsletter featuring articles, events, and calls for submission related to the humanities in healthcare, please sign up here.

Reading Corner

Seek inspiration from published authors featured in our reading lists, book reviews, and Bookshop.org site, and other collections that focus on medical humanities in our Reading Corner.

Organizations that promote humanistic healthcare

Organizations Centered on Humanistic Healthcare

This collection comprises other organizations and initiatives that promote trust in the relationship between clinicians and patients, work to create systems change, and offer communication tools to create exceptional care experiences.