IN THIS ISSUE

  • Happy Thank a Resident Day! Show your gratitude today, Feb. 25
  • Join us Feb. 28 for a virtual event with Dr. Ruby Mendenhall & Dr. Don Berwick
  • RSVP for a Gold-Bellevue Literary Review event with writers, poets on March 23
  • 70+ GHHS chapters participated in Solidarity Week
  • Submit your entry to the Hope Babette Tang Essay Contest by March 14
  • Save the dates! Gala: June 9 & Conference: May 5-7
  • Gold Student Summer Fellow applications are due March 20
  • Book review: Just Human: The Quest for Disability Wisdom, Respect, & Inclusion
  • Register for a Mindful Practice workshop in 2022
The Gold Foundation is thrilled to share that a record 505 sites are participating in the 2022 Thank a Resident Day, which is today, Feb. 25. Sponsored by the GHHS, residency programs around the world have organized events, words of gratitude, gifts, and more to show their support and thanks to resident physicians and fellows, the unsung heroes of the healthcare system.

Follow along the festivities through this collection of tweets or follow the Gold Foundation on Twitter or Instagram.
Join us on Monday, Feb. 28, for a special Black History Month event celebrating Dr. Ruby Mendenhall, a visionary leader and interdisciplinary researcher who has galvanized students, faculty, community groups, and citizen scientists to advance the shared quest for a more equitable, healthy and just world for all. She is the Kathryn Lee Baynes Dallenbach Professor in Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Associate Dean for Diversity and Democratization of Health Innovation at the Carle Illinois College of Medicine.

Dr. Mendenhall will be presented with the Pearl Birnbaum Hurwitz Humanism in Healthcare Award, and then be joined in conversation with Dr. Donald M. Berwick, President Emeritus of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, followed by a live Q&A with Dr. Mendenhall. All registrants will receive a link to the recording later.

Register now for this free event on Monday, Feb. 28, 4:30-6:00 p.m. ET.
The Gold Foundation is teaming up again with the Bellevue Literary Review for a special virtual event, COVID: Primary Sources. Hosted by BLR Editor-in-Chief Dr. Danielle Ofri and BLR Board Member Dr. Ashley McMullen, the event will feature BLR authors Benjamin Kessler, Shanda McManus, Mallika Sekhar, and Haolun Xu, exploring our relationship to the pandemic then, now, and beyond. The event is free; the suggested donation to BLR is $25. Register to receive a link to join on March 23.


BONUS! Subscribe to the Bellevue Literary Review. Use the code GOLD15 for 15% off.
The 2022 Solidarity Week for Compassionate Patient Care, Feb. 14-18, sparked participation by more than 70 Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS) chapters across the world. Many chapters took inspiration from Valentine’s Day and married the themes of love and creativity. Just a few examples: The GHHS Chapter at Howard University School of Medicine adopted the theme “Where is the Love?”, University of Colorado School of Medicine held Love Rounds, Eastern Virginia Medical School (pictured) used the Gold Foundation tool Tell Me More® to connect with patients and handed out Valentine's Day flowers to individuals who displayed humanistic values, while Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University celebrated with Random Acts of Kindness and Sound Rounds.

Read an article about 2022 Solidarity Week, and check out more of the activities in this tweet collection.
The annual Hope Babette Tang Humanism in Healthcare Essay Contest asks medical and nursing students to reflect on a time in which they or a team member worked to ensure that humanism was at the core of care. This year's prompt is a quote from U.S Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy, who is also a Gold Humanism Honor Society and Vilcek-Gold Award recipient.

Submissions may not exceed 1,000 words. Winners will receive a monetary prize, and their essays will be published in Academic Medicine, published by AAMC, and the Journal of Professional of Nursing, published by AACN.

If you know a nursing or medical student, please pass this opportunity along!

The deadline is March 14. Learn more & submit your essay today.
Save the dates! Gala: June 9 & Conference: May 5-7
Don't forget to put the two major Gold events of the year on your calendar!
(1) Our Annual Gala will return to the Ziegfeld Ballroom in New York City on Thursday, June 9.
(2) The Healing the Heart of Healthcare conference, hosted by the Gold Humanism Honor Society will be held virtually May 5-7.

Both major events will celebrate the 20th anniversary of GHHS and the 5th anniversary of the Gold Corporate Council. Stay tuned for registration and sponsorships details!
Proposals are now being accepted for the 2022 Gold Student Summer Fellowships, which support medical students in tackling a research or service project related to underserved populations and community health.

Students may apply as individuals or in a group. Each fellowship includes a single project stipend of up to $4,000 for a 10-week period.

Deadline to apply is March 20. Learn more about Gold Student Summer Fellowships and How to Apply.
Just Human: The Quest for Disability Wisdom, Respect, and Inclusion is a new book by Arielle Silverman, PhD, disabled activist and a social scientist who is passionate about improving public understandings of disability. Dr. Silverman, who was born blind, shares stories and lessons throughout her life. In her review for the Gold Foundation, Dr. Dorothy Levine, former Gold Foundation Vice President of GHHS, calls the book "a wonderful mix of autobiographical stories and expert social scientific analysis" and "mandatory reading for anyone working in the fields of education, business, medicine, architecture, or law, especially those training students."

Here's a short excerpt by Dr. Silverman: “The word ‘blind’ has never bothered me, any more than the word ‘blonde.’ ... For me, blindness has always felt as natural as breathing. I don’t long for sight any more than somebody might long for the ability to fly, an invisibility cloak, X-ray vision, or the ability to read minds. Yet, I learned from a young age that blindness bothers many other people. I have heard of blindness described as a tragedy, a curse, a devastation, or a prison sentence. In population surveys, blindness is rated as one of the most feared ‘diseases’ surpassed only by cancer and AIDS. Much of my life has been spent on trying to understand how a condition that feels so normal and inconsequential to me would be so upsetting to outside observers.” 


Curious about Mindful Practice? Mindful Practice co-founders Dr. Ron Epstein and Dr. Mick Krasner invite you to attend a 3.5-hour introduction to Mindful Practice on March 12, May 2 or a longer, four-day in-person retreat in May or October. Use the code GOLD0421 for 5% off.


Wishing you could bring Dr. Epstein and Dr. Krasner to your institution? You can! The Gold Foundation helps facilitate workshops for our Gold Partners Council institutions. Reach out to Pia Pyne Miller, MPH, Senior Director of Strategy and Business Development, for more information at pmiller@gold-foundation.org.
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