The Arnold P. Gold Foundation

Keeping the human connection in healthcare might sound impossible to do in today's challenging business climate. But the truth is that kind, safe, trustworthy care also saves money. Humanistic care is the best care. And it is a good business practice, too. Thanks to Practicing Excellence and Stephen Beeson, MD for having Gold President and CEO Kathleen Reeves, MD, FAAP on the podcast. Listen to This Clinical Life on YouTube or any podcast platform.

Congratulations to the inaugural class of Gold Humanism Honor Society members at Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine! (And it was great fun to spot a mention of Dr. Arnold P. Gold rounding with Dean Jeffrey R. Boscamp years ago, plus a quote from President and CEO Kathleen Reeves, MD, FAAP in this latest newsletter. Thank you for sharing, Miriam Hoffman!)

Congratulations to Gold Trustee Kimberly Manning, MD, MACP, FAAP! We are thrilled to celebrate Dr. Manning and her outstanding humanistic care. #humanismalways

“I never knew my brother, but because of him, I know that medicine is so much more than laboratory values, the history of present illness, a quick physical. Medicine is the patient, everything they are, and everyone who loves them.” — Danielle Collins, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine This excerpt is from “A Place for Grief,” a beautiful essay that won third place in the 2024 Dr. Hope Babette Tang Humanism in Healthcare Essay Contest. This year's Dr. Hope Babette Tang Humanism in Healthcare Essay Contest is open now for medical and nursing students — and the deadline has been EXTENDED to March 24, 11:59 p.m. PT. Winning essays are published in Academic Medicine Journal, by Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), and The Journal of Professional Nursing, by American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN). Learn more and submit essays on the Gold Foundation website. Read the Danielle's full essay here: https://lnkd.in/euBJiTp9

Gold Student Summer Fellowships are a wonderful opportunity for medical students — and the deadline was just extended to March 24! Two exciting 2025 changes: >> Project must be connected to a longitudinal, evidence-based initiative >> Project demonstrates a need identified by the patients or community members who will be the beneficiaries of the proposed intervention #medicaleducation #medicalstudents #fellowships #humanisminhealthcare #meded At The Arnold P. Gold Foundation, we look forward to reading your proposals! https://lnkd.in/eDHyesVx

Deadlines EXTENDED for both the 2025 Dr. Hope Babette Tang Humanism in Healthcare Essay Contest and the 2025 Gold Student Summer Fellowships! Both are now due ***Monday, March 24, by 11:59 p.m. PT.*** We look forward to reading your essays and your applications! https://lnkd.in/g5DWBC7 #medicalschool #meded #nursingschool #nursingstudents #medicalstudents American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC)

One week left to apply for a 2025 Gold Student Summer Fellowship! Deadline: March 17, 11:59 p.m. PT Gold Student Summer Fellowships: >> are designed and implemented by medical students >> improve the health and lives of traditionally underserved populations >> focus on understanding and/or enhancing cultural humility in delivering care >> encourage collegial and interprofessional teamwork >> promote a lasting or systemic change The grant award includes a stipend for a single project of up to $4,000 for a 10-week period. Please share with medical students at your school and in your life! #meded #humanism #medstudents #medicalschool #opportunities Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) https://lnkd.in/dS_F2Fd

Early Bird Registration ends TODAY, March 7! It's your last chance to save $100 on Gold Humanism Summit general registration. We'd love to see you there! - Lock in an inspiring national conference on your calendar for Sept. 17-20 - Make new friends and connections who are also passionate about humanism - Join us in Baltimore to learn practical skills, insights, and new research - Enjoy the Art Gallery of creative expressions about health and healthcare - Wonderful sessions with Rana Awdish, Wes Ely, Margot Savoy MD, MPH, FAAFP, FABC, FAAPL, CPE, CMQ, Kathleen Reeves, MD, FAAP, Deborah Trautman, and more - Special add-on Museum Workshop at the world-class Walters Art Museum, led by Elizabeth Gaufberg, Margaret Chisolm, Kamna Balhara, and Mariah Robertson The Gold Humanism Summit could be one of your most memorable times of 2025. Register today to save $100: https://lnkd.in/eMDVj_rG #healthcare #humanisminhealthcare #keepinghealthcarehuman #physicians #nurses #medstudents #nursingstudents #conference

“Something special happens when you work in the field. It speaks to you. It calls on the bounty of your generosity. It coaxes you to the precipice of your creativity, and it demands that you become sharper, savvier, and more self-possessed. If you listen, then in return you find it affords you the greatest gift life can offer: the privilege of having touched someone’s heart. Working with my patients touched mine too. As time has gone by, I have discovered that my heart has strengthened, yet softened, and broken, but has been made miraculously whole again.” This excerpt is from the exquisite essay “Apartment 5 on Dolphin Drive” by medical student Noor Ahmed of Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine at Seton Hill University, which won second place in the 2024 Dr. Hope Babette Tang Humanism in Healthcare Essay Contest. This year's Dr. Hope Babette Tang Humanism in Healthcare Essay Contest is open now for medical and nursing students. Essays are due in ONE WEEK, March 12. Winning essays are published in Academic Medicine Journal, by Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), and The Journal of Professional Nursing, by American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN). Learn more and submit essays on the Gold Foundation website. Read the Noor's full essay here: https://lnkd.in/ehxSWiJX

“It’s my calling to hear heartache, but it’s also my calling to feel hope, see beauty, and experience life in its entirety.” This beautiful line is from the winning essay of last year’s Dr. Hope Babette Tang Humanism in Healthcare Contest, written by nursing student Hailey Sommerfeld of University of Utah College of Nursing. https://lnkd.in/g-6c-_9X There is still time to enter this year’s contest for medical and nursing students by next Weds, 3/12. You can learn more and submit essays on the The Arnold P. Gold Foundation website. www.gold-foundation.org. ?