The Gold Foundation provides financial support for programs and projects that encourage compassionate and relationship-centered healthcare.  In order to become complete doctors, physicians must be able to understand the human condition; scientific knowledge and technology are critical to medicine, but do not represent the full scope of competencies necessary for effective doctoring. For this reason, the Gold Foundation partners with medical schools and teaching hospitals to infuse humanism into medical training from the first day of medical school to the last day of residency.

The Gold Foundation creates and supports national programs for which schools, teaching hospitals and other appropriate institutions may apply. We also provide funding for innovative projects proposed by students, residents and faculty.

The Gold Foundation provides grants only to 501(c)(3) organizations.
 

Gold Foundation Program Strategies

• Setting Expectations; Instilling Values

Creating rituals centered on oath-taking

White Coat Ceremony

Student Clinician's Ceremony

• Recognizing Excellence; Promoting Role Models

Awards to highlight the value and significance of humanism

Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Awards

Humanism and Excellence in Teaching Awards

Gold Humanism Honor Society

Gold Foundation Professorships

• Providing Life-Changing Experiences; Understanding the Patient Perspective

Formative experiential and service learning where trainees have the opportunity to learn and understand the patient perspective and reflect on the role of caregiver.

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Student Projects and Student Summer Fellowships

• Support for Curricula Development

Courses that teach topics such as patient perspective, reflection and reflective practice, empathic communication skills and cultural competency.

• Research