It's time for the 2022 Gold Humanism Virtual Conference, Healing the Heart of Healthcare! The conference, hosted by GHHS, will be held live May 5-6 (open to everyone) with a special GHHS Day (for GHHS members) on May 7. Speakers will include Dr. Jillian Horton, Dr. John Luk, Dr. Elizabeth Mensah, Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, Dr. Richard Levin, Dr. Ruby Mendenhall, Crista Irwin, Greg Bennick, and many more. Attendees can enter the conference site now to view prerecorded sessions, a Healing our Hearts meditation video, Art Gallery, Poster Hall, and more. CME is available. We look forward to seeing you there! View the agenda and speakers.

Advancing Health Equity with Medical Humanities, a Gold Human Insight Webinar Series with NYU Grossman School of Medicine, is a Gold-NYU collaboration that spans 10 sessions, all of which offer CME credit and dialogue on the timely issue of health equity across the healthcare ecosystem. The series includes:

May 19: Living to Grow Up: Progress and Persistent Disparities in Infant and Child Mortality with Dr. Perri Klass

June 14: Race and Racism in U.S. Medical Education with Dr. Laura Olsen

July 14: The Value of Life with Dr. Michael Ralph

August 18: Drowning: Film and the Challenges of Migrant Health Ethics with Dr. Catherine Belling

The Arnold P. Gold Foundation this June will recognize four healthcare leaders who embody the ideal of placing human interests, values and dignity at the core of healthcare with its 2022 National Humanism in Medicine Medal. This year’s medal honorees are: bestselling author and GHHS member Dr. Michele Harper, Bellevue Literary Review Editor-in-Chief and acclaimed physician-author Dr. Danielle Ofri; nurse leader and international anti-human trafficking activist Deb O’Hara-Rusckowski; and Steve Rusckowski, global business and healthcare leader and Chairman, CEO and President of Quest Diagnostics. Gold Trustee Dr. Kimberly Manning will be hosting, and the Northwell Health Nurse Choir will be performing. We hope you will join us for this inspiring evening, either in person in New York City or virtually.

Learn more about the 2022 Gala.

A new Gold Human InSight Webinar, “Tell Me More® at Northwell Health,” chronicles the successful implementation of Tell Me More® at multiple hospitals through a student elective at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. Tell Me More® is a Gold communication tool available for licensing at your hospital or school. Hippocrates members of the Gold Partners Council receive a Tell Me More® license as part of their membership.

The new video features two Tell Me More® experts: Dr. Alice Fornari, Vice President, Faculty Development, Northwell Health, and Associate Dean of Educational Skills Development, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, and Dr. Taranjeet Ahuja, Assistant Professor of Science Education & Pediatrics, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, board-certified pediatrician, and co-leader of the Communication Skills Curriculum.

The Gold Foundation is sponsoring partial scholarships of $5,000 for up to two Gold Humanism Scholars at the Harvard Macy Institute 2022/2023 Program for Educators. We seek to support medical and nursing educators working to develop and enhance educational projects focused on achieving humanistic patient care that can be replicated across a variety of healthcare delivery settings.

The nomination period is now open for the 2022 Pearl Birnbaum Hurwitz Humanism in Healthcare Award. This prestigious award is presented annually to a woman who exemplifies humanism and has advanced, through her scholarship, advocacy, leadership or work, the well-being of underserved populations in the healthcare arena.

Learn more about the Hurwitz Award and submit your nomination.

In honor of nurses who have cared for patients around the world, Nurses With Global Impact, founded by Gold Trustee Deb O'Hara-Rusckowski, is holding its 6th Annual Celebration of International Nurses Day.

This year’s event will be on Friday, May 13, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. EST at the Hudson House in Jersey City. Registration is $125, and participants who attend the entire event will be awarded 2.0 contact hours. Registration closes on April 29th.

Learn more about International Nurses Day Celebration.

GHHS members, you are invited to share your memories as part of our celebration of the honor society's 20 years. Reflect on your induction ceremony, on your time as a GHHS member, and on the impact of your GHHS peers and leaders through this this online form. In thanks, we will send you, for free in the mail, a commemorative 20th Anniversary GHHS pin. We are delighted to share your stories and memories through this special year!

The latest edition of the Jeffrey Silver Humanism in Healthcare Research Roundup features 10 recently published papers on humanism in healthcare, compiled by Dr. Bharat Kumar.

These papers tackle important questions, including:

Read the April 2022 edition of Research Roundup.

If you would like to receive an email alert when future Research Roundups are published, please sign up.

The Healthcare Burnout Symposium will highlight the factors that contribute to burnout and discuss how healthcare leaders and front-line workers can help their organizations address these critical issues. The objectives of the symposium include understanding the far-reaching consequences of burnout, discovering strategies for burnout prevention and mitigation, and learning how to identify burnout in yourself and others.

Gold Foundation Chief Operating Officer Dr. Elizabeth Cleek will be facilitating a panel on Friday, June 24. Many other friends of the Gold Foundation are also presenting, including Dr. Paul DeChant, former representative on the Gold Corporate Council, Dr. Susan Frampton, President of Planetree International, Dr. Jonathan Ripp, a Gold grantee, and Dr. Cynda Hylton Rushton, presenter on a Gold Human InSight Webinar.

Register here and use the code GOLD to get 10% off.

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 May 2 or July 9, or a longer, four-day in-person retreat in May or October. Use the code GOLD0421 for 5% off.

View more details and the entire schedule of Mindful Practice workshops.

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.