IN THIS ISSUE
- Join other advocates of humanism at our 2024 Gold Humanism Summit
- Learn more about 2024 Gold Humanism Summit speaker Dr. Jillian Horton
- New AACN-Gold Award honors collaboration of doctors and nurses
- Announcing the 2023 Pearl Birnbaum Hurwitz Award recipients
- Get ready for Solidarity Week for Compassionate Patient Care: Feb. 12-16
- Celebrate resident physicians & fellows on Thank a Resident Day on Feb. 23
- Gold Resource Library Spotlight: Clinician Well-Being Collection
- Read this year's first-place Hope Babette Tang Essay Contest winners
- November-December Research Roundup spotlights 12 recent studies
- Join the Gold Foundation in Las Vegas at Medallia's Experience conference
- Sign up for a Mindful Practice workshop
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Here's your chance to come together with fellow advocates of humanism: Have you registered? |
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A few of our amazing speakers... |
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Join us in Atlanta, Feb. 29 to March 2, to experience our full schedule of workshops and panels! The conference will offer many opportunities to learn new skills and cutting-edge innovations around humanistic care and to network with peers who care about humanism as you do. A few of the session highlights include:
- The Power of Nursing: Building a Culture of Connectedness for Students
- Cool Tempers on Hot Topics: Using Humanism to Navigate Controversy in Medicine
- Celebrating Aging: Using the Humanities to Combat Ageism in Clinical Education
- Utilizing Trauma-Informed Care Principles to Enhance Care for Refugee and Migrant Populations
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Read our “8 Questions with…” Dr. Jillian Horton, one of the featured speakers at our 2024 Gold Humanism Summit. Dr. Horton is a Gold Foundation Canada Trustee and a past winner of the AFMC-Gold Humanism in Healthcare Award, as well as the author of We Are all Perfectly Fine and a teacher of mindfulness for clinicians across the globe.
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Special Pricing
All students receive a special rate of only $199. Invite a classmate or friend to experience the Gold Humanism Summit together.
Community health center employees receive a special discounted rate of $199.
General registration is $599.
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The Arnold P. Gold Foundation and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) are delighted to announce the winners of the inaugural AACN-Gold Interprofessional Humanism in Healthcare Award, a new honor that celebrates and elevates the collaboration of physicians and nurses. Susan T. Peeler, MD, MPH, FACOG, and Patricia McMullen, PhD, JD, CRNP, FAAN, FAANP, are being recognized for their partnership in supporting comprehensive women’s healthcare and disseminating best practices on women’s health to clinicians across a wide range of disciplines.
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The 2023 Pearl Birnbaum Hurwitz Humanism in Healthcare Award will be presented to Dr. Shira Shavit, a transformational leader who has spent decades redefining national policy around a critical issue of our time — mass incarceration and its health harms.
Dr. Shavit is Clinical Professor of Family and Community Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, a compassionate physician at Southeast Health Center, and the Executive Director and Co-founder of the Transitions Clinic Network.
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The Gold Foundation is recognizing innovative pharmacist leader Dr. Andria Peterson as the 2023 Honorable Mention for her humanistic and cutting-edge care of infants with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome.
Dr. Peterson’s bold thinking led her to co-found EMPOWERED, a program that provides comprehensive services for pregnant and postpartum individuals and their babies. She is Executive Director of EMPOWERED at the Roseman College of Medicine.
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Deadline is January 19 to request free stickers for Solidarity Week and Thank a Resident Day |
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Solidarity Week for Compassionate Patient Care is almost here! Join us during this special week for celebrations that foster a deep human connection. Each GHHS chapter and organization that participates will create activities and events best suited for their community.
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Thank A Resident Day is a special day of collective celebration and appreciation for resident physicians and fellows! It takes place each year on the last Friday of February to show how the house staff is to the healthcare team.
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NEW GOLD RESOURCE LIBRARY SPOTLIGHT: The Gold Resource Library features many diverse collections categorized by theme, format, and audience. This month, we are spotlighting the Clinician Well-Being Collection, which offers a variety of clinician wellness resources, including articles, programs, podcasts, and practical approaches.
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Read the 2023 first-place winning essays in the Hope Babette Tang Humanism in Healthcare Essay Contest |
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We are excited to share this year's first-place essays in the Hope Babette Tang Humanism in Healthcare Essay Contest, which have just been released in Academic Medicine, published by the Association of American Medical Colleges, and Journal of Professional Nursing, published by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing.
We hope you'll enjoy reading these beautiful reflections!
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“The Window” by Courtney Polimeni of the Washington State University College of Nursing
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“The Nail Salon” by Federico Erhart of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
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The essay contest is named for Hope Babette Tang-Goodwin, MD, an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, whose approach to medicine combined a seemingly limitless enthusiasm for her work, intellectual rigor, and deep compassion for her patients.
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The latest edition of the Jeffrey Silver Humanism in Healthcare Research Roundup features 12 recently published papers on humanism in healthcare, compiled by Dr. Bharat Kumar.
These papers tackle important questions, including:
- What are the care needs of patients and families who have experienced sudden cardiac arrest?
- How do race, ethnicity, and language preference relate to the likelihood of patients reporting diagnostic concerns?
- Why should healthcare professions education incorporate teaching about medicine, Nazism, and the Holocaust?
If you would like to receive an email alert when future Research Roundups are published, please sign up.
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Join the Gold Foundation in Las Vegas at Medallia's Experience conference in February 2024 |
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The Gold Foundation will be at Medallia’s Experience conference in February 2024, which will highlight the latest innovations in Experience management technology. We hope you will join us!
Together, the Gold Foundation and Medallia, a member of the Gold Corporate Council, have crafted the Medallia Gold Humanism Trust Tool, which is designed to help identify humanistic, compassionate interactions and foster communication and trust between patients and clinicians. The tool is being piloted now, and we look forward to sharing more about the tool with you at Medallia’s conference in Las Vegas, Feb. 5-7, and at the Gold Humanism Summit in Atlanta, Feb. 28-March 2.
Medallia is offering the Gold community a special discount of $200 off registration! Use code PNTEXP24LOVE to reserve your spot.
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Upcoming Workshop: January 10, 2024
Mindful Practice co-founders Dr. Ron Epstein and Dr. Mick Krasner invite you to attend a half-day introductory workshop on January 10th from 5:30-9:00 p.m. 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 Brianne Lipford, Business Development Associate, for more information at blipford@gold-foundation.org.
*Dr. Mick Krasner will be presenting a Mindful Practice workshop session with Dr. Jillian Horton at the 2024 Gold Humanism Summit.
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