November 2018 | News & Notes
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Now live: Gold Foundation's Practical Applications of Humanism Database
The Arnold P. Gold Foundation is proud to announce a new, free resource for health professions educators, students, and academic and corporate leaders: the
Practical Applications of Humanism Database
. This new database is available on the Gold Foundation website as a curated repository of studies, tools, webinars, curriculum guides, and much more, all designed to help foster humanistic care, in education and in practice. "We hope people will reach out to us with more entries and that this will become a “go-to” resource for those looking for strategies to implement humanistic practice," said Elizabeth Cleek, PsyD, Chief Program Officer.
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Golden highlights from 2018 AAMC Learn Serve Lead meeting in Austin
The stellar annual meeting of the Association of American Medical College drew more than 4,500 clinicians, faculty members, students and supports for engaging discussions, lectures, and workshops around medical education. The importance of humanism felt alive across the conference. The Gold Foundation hosted three sessions:
- the Jordan J. Cohen Humanism in Medicine Lecture, presented this year by Dr. George Thibault, which was a remarkable and illuminating talk that brought the room to tears. Dr. Thibault looked frankly at the state of humanism broadly. “It will be very difficult to have humanism in medicine if we do not have humanism in our world,” he said.
- the Organization of Student Representatives (OSR) Luncheon and Ceremony, honoring Dr. Mark Garry with the 2018 Arnold P. Gold Humanism in Medicine Award.
- a Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS) workshop that highlighted the impact GHHS chapters have on their students, medical school, and medical centers.
Finally, we were especially delighted to celebrate Drs. Sylvia and Richard Cruess, who were presented the 2018 Abraham Flexner Award for Distinguished Service to Medical Education. Dr. Richard Cruess is the Chairman of the Board of the Gold Foundation for Humanistic Healthcare, Canada.
Read more
about our highlights of the 2018 AAMC Annual Meeting.
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December 7 deadline for 2019 Pearl Birnbaum Hurwitz Award nominations
Do you know a remarkable woman who fosters humanism in the healthcare arena and has advanced, through her scholarship, advocacy, leadership or work, the well-being of vulnerable or underserved populations? Nominate her today for the
2019 Pearl Birnbaum Hurwitz Humanism in Healthcare Award
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Deadline: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2018
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"Diagnosis: Literature" event was a hit with five stellar authors, packed reading
The Gold Foundation's first collaboration with the #YeahYouWrite author series at Bo’s Kitchen & Bar Room was a smash hit. Authors Judith Hannan, Dr. Danielle Ofri, Dr. Rana Awdish, Akhil Sharma, and Sands Hall shared witty and wise insights in their readings. Weren't able to join us? We
Facebook live streamed the entire event, and
captured the evening through photos. Thank you to all who joined the fun event, especially the five wonderful authors who traveled near and far, and our fabulous hosts, Lisa and Robin, at Bo's Kitchen & Bar Room.
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November edition of Research Roundup features 8 recently published studies
The
November edition of the Jeffrey Silver Humanism in Healthcare Research Roundup is out, with 8 studies, 7 of which are available as free full texts. This edition includes studies of the Gold Foundation's Tell Me More ® program implemented at Northwell Health, the C.O.N.N.E.C.T. communication model, a framework by Mapping the Landscape grantees to help providers prevent disrespect and harm to the patient, and much more.
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Gold grantee Dr. Helen Riess releases new book, "The Empathy Effect"
Dr. Helen Riess, one of the leading researchers around empathy, has a new book out:
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The Empathy Effect: 7 Neuroscience-Based Keys for Transforming the Way We Live, Love, Work, and Connect Across Differences.” The Gold Foundation has been proud to support Dr. Riess' work through several grants since 2014. Gold Foundation President and CEO Dr. Richard Levin received an early copy and concluded that Dr. Riess "describes in the simplest terms the neurobiology of empathy and why it is critical to healthcare and every other service offered to humans. She succeeds brilliantly in the challenge of her title, to transform life, love, work and human connection.”
Read more
about "The Empathy Effect" and Dr. Levin's thoughts.
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Save the Date for the next Golden Thread Gala: June 13, 2019
This year's Golden Thread Gala was a remarkable evening, as we honored the contributions of Dr. Darrell Kirch, President of AAMC; Alan Alda, actor, author, and trailblazer in communication of science and medicine; and our co-founder, Dr. Arnold P. Gold. Next year's gala will bring us together again to celebrate humanism in healthcare, in a memorable, once-a-year gathering. Please circle the date on your calendar for June 13, 2019. More details to come soon!
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Michigan Women's Hall of Fame inducts GHHS member Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha
Dr. Hanna-Attisha was instrumental in exposing the water crisis in Flint, Michigan, and bringing it to national attention. On October 16, 2018, the Gold Foundation was proud to sponsor three Gold Humanism Honor Society members from Dr. Hanna-Attisha's alma mater, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, to attend her induction into the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame. Dr. Hanna-Attisha was previously inducted into GHHS while she was a faculty member at Wayne State University. GHHS member Maria Bule shared her reflections on the ceremony and meeting Dr. Hanna-Attisha.
Read Maria's
reflection
here.
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Remember the Gold Foundation & humanism in your year-end giving
We hope you will put humanism in healthcare at the top of your list of year-end giving. And during the month of December, anyone who makes a donation to The Arnold P. Gold Foundation will be entered into a drawing to win Dr. Rana Awdish’s book, “In Shock: My Journey from Death to Recovery and the Redemptive Power of Hope.” It is an incredibly insightful and gripping true story of an ICU physician who became a patient in her own hospital, and who had new epiphanies about how important connection is to healing. It is one of our very favorite books of 2018.
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Humanism at your school or hospital could make a splash on our homepage
Do you have a fantastic photo that highlights one of the Gold Foundation's programs or how the Gold Foundation helps foster collaborative, compassionate, scientifically excellent care? Such photos could include a White Coat Ceremony, Gold Humanism Honor Society induction, Student Summer Fellowship program, Tell Me More® program, and much more. Email your photo to
balcala@gold-foundation.org, and it could appear at the top of our
homepage
or shared on social media. Thank you in advance!
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