The Gold Foundation Dedicated to Keeping Healthcare Human November 19, 2019 Dr. Andrea Green, GHHS Faculty Councilor
The Gold Foundation - Robert Larner College of …med.uvm.edu/docs/ghhsinfosession_ppt/medical-education...The Larner College of Medicine established a chapter of the Gold Humanism
Vivek Murthy, the United States Surgeon General said: “The world is locked in a struggle between love and fear and we must tip the scale toward love.”
Mission
The Arnold P. Gold Foundation sustains the commitment of healthcare professionals to provide compassionate, collaborative and scientifically excellent patient care.
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The Arnold P. Gold Foundation began in 1988, when Dr Gold a pediatric neurologist at Columbia University, realized that his medical students and residents were losing crucial connections with their own patients as the focus in patient care was shifting towards technology. The Foundation supports humanism in medicine and sustains the commitment of healthcare professionals to provide compassionate, collaborative and scientifically excellent patient care.
Gold Foundation Programs
• White Coat Ceremony
• Gold Humanism Honor Society
• The Research Institute
• Tell Me More®
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Intended for first year students in medical, nursing and physician assistant programs, the White Coat Ceremony is a rite of passage that often takes place during the initial days of orientation. It serves as a powerful way to ensure that students understand that healthcare is a noble profession that requires not only technical skill, but compassion as well. The Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS) recognizes students, residents and faculty who are exemplars of compassionate patient care and who serve as role models, mentors, and leaders in medicine. GHHS members are peer nominated and are the ones that others say they want taking care of their own family. The Society currently has over 25,000 members in training and practice. There is a pressing need to deepen our understanding of the complexities of humanism in medicine. In 2012, the Arnold P. Gold Foundation Research Institute was established to help accelerate discovery in humanism in healthcare, disseminate findings, and use those findings to make change. Tell Me More® (TMM) is a way for the entire healthcare team to get to know patients better. We are starting to introduce this program into our hospital.
White Coat Ceremony
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Each year, UVM first year medical students are formally welcomed to the medical profession at the annual White Coat Ceremony. This rite of passage is designed to instill the values of professionalism, humanism, and compassionate patient care, as you gather with your classmates, faculty and staff supporters, family and friends at Ira Allen Chapel to receive your white coats and stand together to recite the Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine at The University of Vermont Oath.
A typical patient visit lasts 15 minutes, with only 2% of that time spent on empathy and reassurance. That’s enough time to ask the question: “How are you?” but is it really enough time to hear the answer? Tell Me More® (TMM) is a way for the entire healthcare team to get to know patients better. Patients are asked 3 non-medical questions about their lives. Answers are displayed on wall stickers by patients’ beds to remind all care providers that every patient is more than just their diagnosis. The current GHHS members are working to introduce Tell Me More to some of our medical floors.
The Larner College of Medicine established a chapter of the Gold Humanism Honor Society in 2005.
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The Gold Humanism Honor Society is the heart of our Community of Caring. Founded in 2002, through the generous support of Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, The Berrie Foundation, and an anonymous donor, GHHS now has more than 160 chapters in medical schools and residency programs. More than 35,000 medical students, physicians, and other leaders have been inducted and serve as role models of the human connection in healthcare. The Larner College of Medicine established a chapter of the Gold Humanism Honor Society in 2005. The purpose of our chapter is to recognize those students who have demonstrated outstanding personal/interpersonal characteristics in their interactions with fellow students/teachers/staff and/or patients and their families. The selection of students for this honor is obtained from students within the class using a peer evaluation survey and from members of our faculty and staff.
Gold Humanism Honor Society
• The Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS) recognizes students, residents and faculty who are exemplars of compassionate patient care and who serve as role models, mentors, and leaders in medicine. GHHS members are peer nominated and are the ones that others say they want taking care of their own family.
• The Society currently has over 25,000 members in training and practice.
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Our Community of Caring is made up of like-minded individuals who support humanism in medicine, and who want a place to connect, share, and advocate for the cause.
Benefits of Membership
• International recognition of humanistic achievement
• Special recognition on the ERSA residency application form
• Leadership development opportunities
• Chapter awards and grants
• Networking and mentoring connections
• Professional conferences, lectures and workshops
• Resources to promote humanistic care in their community
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GHHS members are role models for humanistic care in their communities The Society currently has over 25,000 members in training and practice. GHHS membership is recognized as an important factor in the residency selection process. Because of this, a sortable indicator of GHHS membership was placed on the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS) application in 2015.
Selection for membership
• Nominations from faculty and peers
• Selected by GHHS committee
• 15% of the class selected at the end of the clerkship year
Selection Survey
• The classmates you would like to have at your side in a medical emergency
• The classmates who best personify the quote “The secret of good patient care lies in caring for the patient”
• The classmates who have shown exceptional interest in service to their communities
• The classmates who would be best choices for a highly desired residency
• The classmates you would want as the doctor for yourself or a loved one
• The classmates who have the best listening skills with patients
2020 Members• Ava Bakhtyari
• Nathan Richard Benner
• Zara Simons Bowden, 2020 GHHS Secretary
• Charles Wesley Cubberley
• Pooja Tushar Desai
• Nathan T. Dreyfus
• Eli Aaron Goldberg
• Kathryn Marie Grenoble
• Mary McDonald Griffin
• Erin Elizabeth Hunt
• Caleb Daniel Knight
• Isabella Kratzer
• Florence Lambert-Fliszar
• Alexis Marielle Nadeau
• Arjun Anit Patel
• Benjamin Frederick Smith (Inducted with Class of 2019)
• Conner Rorison Soderquist
• Emily A. Vayda, 2020 GHHS Vice President & Treasurer
• Collin York, 2020 GHHS President
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As our students have been highly involved in community service activities, it is particularly likely that those selected for membership in the GHHS will embrace the idea of establishing an ongoing project that will advance the ideals of the Society in our community.
2019 Members• Kristen Jennings Bartlett
• Cody James Couperus
• Julia Lane Cowenhoven
• Kristen M. Dalton
• Desiree Nicole DiBella
• Florence Ann DiBiase
• Wyll T. Everett
• Sebastian Alexander Franco
• Jenna Conway Jorgensen
• Lawrence Jun Leung
• Caroline Krumholz Linehan
• Geordie Claire Lonza
• Hyunsoo Joshua No
• Jacob Benjamin Reibel
• Benjamin Frederick Smith
• Amelia Vera Tajik
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We are very proud of the Class of 2019 inductees, nominated by their fellow classmates and selected by the Class of 2018 GHHS and other alumni GHHS members.
Awards
• Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award recognizes students and faculty members who demonstrate both clinical excellence and outstanding compassion in the delivery of care.
• Pearl Hurwitz Humanism in Healthcare Award is presented annually to a woman who exemplifies humanism and has advanced through her scholarship, advocacy, leadership or work of the well being of vulnerable or underserved populations
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Every year awards are given to recognize humanism and compassionate care The Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine award is given to a student and faculty member at our medical college The Pearl Hurwitz Humanism in Healthcare Award is given to one woman nationally In 2018, Libertas Medical Director, Dr Dinali Fernando was given the award for her work caring for survivors of torture and trauma.
2019 Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award Faculty Recipient & 2019 GHHS Inductee:
Lauren K. MacAfee, M.D.Assistant Professor, Larner College of Medicine
Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, UVM Medical Center
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Dr. Dougherty is an associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology and was recognized for her passion and dedication to serving her patients in Vermont as well as Uganda. Previous winners of the award include Dr Candace Fraser, Family Medicine Dr. Marvin Klikunas, Medicine
Student Recipient of the 2019 Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award:
Caroline Krumholz LinehanClass of 2019, Larner College of Medicine
Family Medicine Resident, Kaiser Permanente Washington, Seattle, WA
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Dr. Kelley Weston Collier was the Student Recipient of the 2018 Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award Previous awardees are Dr Robin Leopold in 2017 And Dr. Mutlay Sayan in 2016. Radiation oncology residency at Rutgers R W Johnson Medical School
Programs
• Grants of up to $1,500 to support chapter activities
• GHHS Advisory Council
• Humanism and Medicine Lecture at the AAMC
• Student Summer Fellowships
• Hope Babette Tang Humanism in Healthcare Essay Contest
• Gold Humanism Scholars at the Harvard Macy Institute Program for Educators
• Picker Gold Challenge Grants for Residency Training
https://www.gold-foundation.org/programs/
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Jordan J. Cohen Humanism in Medicine Thought Leader Session at the AAMC Annual Meeting. These lectures feature prominent speakers on topics related to humanism and medicine. The Student Summer Fellowship program offers opportunities for medical students to complete a research or service project related to community health. Hope Babette Tang Humanism in Healthcare Essay contest: medical and nursing students to engage in a reflective writing exercise around a prompt or quote related to humanism in medicine. The award validates how important reflection is to the process of becoming a physician or nurse. Winners receive a monetary award as well as publication of their essay in Academic Medicine and the Journal of Professional Nursing. Gold Humanism Scholars at the Harvard Macy Institute (HMI) Program for Educators in the Health Professions is a highly-interactive faculty development program that trains participants in innovative methods to teach and assess health professional learners. The Picker Gold Graduate Medical Education Challenge Grant Program supports the research and development of successful patient-centered care initiatives and best practices in the education of our country’s future physicians.
GHHS members are involved in a service project. Last year we partnered with AOA and held our first StorySlamRx workshop and event. The event is a Moth like story telling evening on a theme like resilience or this year “lost and found”. The purpose of the event is to bring the medical community together for connection, healing and entertainment in a way that fosters resilience. Sign up for the Workshop on Dec 4th or the Slam event on Jan 23.
Questions?
Andrea Green, M.D. | GHHS Faculty Councilor & Associate Professor of Pediatrics | LCOM GHHS Chapter
