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Gold President and CEO Kathleen Reeves, MD, FAAP recently visited Wayne State University College of Nursing, where humanism is thriving!

What good are dazzling advancements in science – such as the rapid development of an effective COVID vaccine – if public distrust of science and medicine leads people to reject them?  That’s the sort of question animating the work of today’s Raise the Line guest Dr. Kathleen Reeves, president and CEO of The Arnold P. Gold Foundation. A key part of the answer, Reeves believes, is to increase the level of humanism in healthcare, defined as providing kind, safe, trustworthy care.  “Humanism in healthcare is the vehicle to allow science to make an impact, and it is what is needed to change a broken healthcare system,” she tells host Caleb Furnas. Her conviction is based on numerous studies showing that patients who feel heard, understood, and treated with empathy by their healthcare providers report higher satisfaction levels and improved quality of life. The approach boosts provider satisfaction and lowers costs as well. “There's more science in the value of humanism than in many of the things I learned almost thirty years ago when I was a pediatric resident.”  Tune in to this insightful episode to discover what providers can do in less than a minute to create a connection with patients, what Reeves and the foundation are doing to support providers who want to incorporate humanism into their practice, and how the White Coat ceremony got started.      Mentioned in this episode:   Arnold P. Gold Foundation - https://lnkd.in/gSsv8zQw Listen to today's episode of Raise the Line: https://lnkd.in/gbgQFKW2 #raisetheline #podcast #healthcare

The Arnold P. Gold Foundation is proud to announce that the 2024 Pearl Birnbaum Hurwitz Humanism in Healthcare Award is presented to Dr. Elizabeth Gaufberg. A consummate educator and transformative leader, Dr. Gaufberg has devoted her career to guiding a generation of healthcare students, resident physicians, and faculty on their path to becoming humanistic clinicians. She is Associate Professor of Medicine and Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and Director of the Cambridge Health Alliance Center for Professional and Academic Development. She co-founded — and continues to co-direct — the Harvard Macy Institute Art Museum-Based Health Professions Education Fellowship and served as a senior consultant for the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC)’s FRAHME (Fundamental Role of the Arts and Humanities in Medical Education) Initiative.   Dr. Gaufberg has made significant contributions to the Gold Foundation's mission of humanism in healthcare, including serving as the Jean and Harvey Picker Founding Director of the Arnold P. Gold Foundation Research Institute, where she spearheaded efforts to spark research focused on the value of compassionate care, to disseminate findings showing its impact, and to cultivate a vibrant community of over 400 educators, researchers, and advocates. “Dr. Gaufberg has made an extraordinary impact on healthcare through her deep empathy and nuanced understanding of human perspectives,” said Dr. Kathleen Reeves, MD, FAAP, President and CEO of the Gold Foundation. “Through her teaching and mentorship of medical students and resident physicians, and her ability to tap art and creative expression to increase human connection, she has changed our world for the better – just as Pearl Birnbaum Hurwitz did. We are honored to be celebrating Dr. Gaufberg.” Read the full announcement: https://lnkd.in/ecsqRyiF #meded #humanisminmedicine #healthcareleadership #medhum #humanities

We were thrilled to celebrate the White Coat Ceremony at Donald & Barbara Zucker School of Medicine — congratulations to the students on their oath to compassionate patient care and the start of a journey of humanistic medicine! Gold Foundation President and CEO Kathleen Reeves, MD, FAAP, pictured here with medical student Michael Thompson, spoke to students about how to stay connected to the person in front of you even in a hectic and stressful time for healthcare. Stephen Trzeciak, MD, co-author of the book Compassionomics, gave the keynote talk, in which he spoke about the power of compassion and connection to support clinicians' own well-being, and Dean David Battinelli congratulated this new class of future doctors. The coaters were two humanism champions: Dr. Taranjeet Ahuja, who has been a leader in implementing our Tell Me More communications tool, and Dr. Carmen Rodriguez. Also pictured are more humanism advocates: Dr. Nina Hicks, Dr. Lyndonna Marrast, and Pia Pyne Miller. Thank you to everyone who participated and organized this beautiful event. It was an inspiring day! Did you know? The White Coat Ceremony is a Gold Foundation program designed to spotlight the importance of humanism in healthcare. The Zucker School and Northwell Health are members of the Gold Partners Council — we are grateful for your leadership in humanism in healthcare!

Tonight >>> "Bring Your Best Self: Creating Environments of Growth" starts at 6 p.m. ET. This free webinar is hosted by the Gold Humanism Honor Society and Kern National Network for Flourishing in Medicine. Register below! Dr. Andrea N. Leep Hunderfund will lead the session, and the series is facilitated by Kimara Ellefson, MBA. Gold Trustee Dr. Trish Sexton will be introducing the webinar. The building blocks of character — strengths like compassion and curiosity or honesty and humility — shape our approach to others and the situations we face personally and professionally. In this session, self-reflection, introspection, and dialogue invite us to clarify our values, strengthen our human excellences across different dimensions, and identify ways we can show up as our best selves each day. Join us this evening, Oct. 10! https://lnkd.in/ePSVZstr #leadershipdevelopment #personalgrowth #healthcare #character #freewebinar

Do you create art as a way to process or illuminate your healthcare experiences? We invite you to submit your artwork to the 2025 Gold Humanism Summit Art Gallery! 📷 This wonderful part of the Gold Foundation's annual conference features writing, poetry, visual art, music, video, dance, or other form of creative expression that relates to healthcare experiences. 🖌️All works submitted will be considered for inclusion in a widely disseminated digital art gallery that will be featured during the conference and through our website. Students, doctors, nurses, healthcare professionals, patients, family members, caregivers, and all those touched by healthcare are welcome to submit their art. 🖼️ Select pieces will be invited for display in the Summit Art Gallery at the conference in Baltimore, September 17-20. 💛 All participating artists will have the opportunity to donate their artwork to a silent auction held during the Summit, proceeds of which will support the Gold Foundation’s mission of to promote humanism in healthcare. The Gold Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Please help us spread the word about this opportunity by reposting or tagging creative friends and colleagues below. Thank you! Learn more: https://lnkd.in/e7rdTUQQ #healthcare #artopportunities #art #medicalhumanities #medhum #creativeexpression #healthcareleadership

It’s so rewarding to see an initiative that I helped get started thriving all these years later! The first issue of Black Diamonds was published in 2013, with input from the members of the charter class and funding from the Arnold Gold Foundation. I served as Founding Editor. I’ve since moved away from Northeastern PA, but I’m glad to see that Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine continues to promote and support Black Diamonds, giving medical students and others in the community the opportunity to engage in the arts and express themselves creatively! Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine The Arnold P. Gold Foundation

The building blocks of character — strengths like compassion and curiosity or honesty and humility — shape our approach to others and the situations we face personally and professionally. Join us Oct. 10 at 6 p.m. ET for a free webinar hosted by the Gold Humanism Honor Society and Kern National Network for Flourishing in Medicine: "Bring Your Best Self: Creating Environments of Growth," led by Dr. Andrea N. Leep Hunderfund and facilitated by Kimara Ellefson, MBA. Gold Humanism Honor Society Louisa Tvito, MSW will be introducing the webinar. In this session, self-reflection, introspection, and dialogue invite us to clarify our values, strengthen our human excellences across different dimensions, and identify ways we can show up as our best selves each day. Objectives: ⭐ Identify guiding values and virtues that are personally meaningful and how practical wisdom can be used in deliberating well amid challenging situations. ⭐ Understand how qualities across moral, intellectual, civic and performance dimensions impact work, life and relationships. ⭐ Explore creative ways to apply signature character strengths in daily life Register here: https://lnkd.in/ePSVZstr #healthcareleadership #character #healthcare #personaldevelopment #growth #humanism

Happy National Latino Physicians Day! We are proud to celebrate Latino and Latina physicians, including many members of the Gold community! This day was established both as a celebration and as a way to awareness to the urgent need to address underrepresentation in medicine. Latino physicians make up 6% of U.S. physicians, while the overall U.S. Latino population stands at 19%. (And in California and Texas, the Latino population makes up 40% of the state's population.) Join us in celebrating your Latino and Latina physician colleagues today! #nationallatinophysicianday #nationallatinaphysicianday #nationallatinxphysicianday

Health equity can't happen without humanism. Gold Foundation President and CEO Dr. Kathleen Reeves, MD, FAAP and Dr. Margot Savoy MD, MPH, FAAFP, FABC, FAAPL, CPE, CMQ, Senior Vice President of Education, Inclusiveness and Physician Well-Being at American Academy of Family Physicians, spoke yesterday at AAFP's FMX conference in Phoenix. They detailed what humanism in practice looks like and the attitudes and habits that sustain humanism. Many thanks to Dr. Savoy for her expertise and leadership in collaborating on this session! #AAFPFMX #healthcareleadership #humanism #physicianwellbeing