Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Receives Arnold Gold Foundation’s Recognition for Humanism in Healthcare
The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has been awarded the prestigious Arnold Gold Foundation’s “Outstanding” ranking, in recognition of the school’s chapter of the Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS) and its work throughout the school year.
The Gold Humanism Honor Society at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai honors those students who have demonstrated humanistic values in their clinical training.
“We are so proud of the way in which our students continue to uphold the values and legacy of our medical school and Health System, never wavering from our focus on justice, equity, and humanism in the context of their work as doctors, scientists, and advocates for our patients,” says David Muller, MD, Dean for Medical Education at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
This year, 19 students at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai were inducted into the Gold Humanism Honor Society. During the year, these students came together to collaborate on two projects focused on humanism in medicine, including “Photovoice,”in which students worked with a wide spectrum of Mount Sinai patients who agreed to photograph themselves to share their personal stories. Patients were asked to use the photos to address questions such as, “What is hard about being a patient?” and “What does a good day look like? What does a bad day look like?”
A separate project involved a food fair, conceived by students to reflect the ethnic and culinary diversity of the community where The Mount Sinai Hospital is situated, straddling the distinct neighborhoods of Manhattan’s Upper East Side and East Harlem.
In announcing the recognition, the foundation described the purposeful activities that it hoped to highlight through the award:
- Increase engagement and empathy with the diverse patient community they serve
- Encourage clinician resilience and team-building
- Teach advocacy and leadership skills so critical for today’s clinicians
- Highlight the importance of compassionate care at all levels in the healthcare workplace
In congratulating the Icahn School of Medicine students, the foundation’s leadership offered this thought: “It is always reassuring for patients, alumni, and donors to see how the medical institution they depend on focuses its up-and-coming classes of physicians on the importance of keeping health care human.”
About the Mount Sinai Health System
Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with 48,000 employees working across eight hospitals, more than 400 outpatient practices, more than 600 research and clinical labs, a school of nursing, and a leading school of medicine and graduate education. Mount Sinai advances health for all people, everywhere, by taking on the most complex health care challenges of our time—discovering and applying new scientific learning and knowledge; developing safer, more effective treatments; educating the next generation of medical leaders and innovators; and supporting local communities by delivering high-quality care to all who need it.
Through the integration of its hospitals, labs, and schools, Mount Sinai offers comprehensive health care solutions from birth through geriatrics, leveraging innovative approaches such as artificial intelligence and informatics while keeping patients’ medical and emotional needs at the center of all treatment. The Health System includes approximately 9,000 primary and specialty care physicians and 11 free-standing joint-venture centers throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, Long Island, and Florida. Hospitals within the System are consistently ranked by Newsweek’s® “The World’s Best Smart Hospitals, Best in State Hospitals, World Best Hospitals and Best Specialty Hospitals” and by U.S. News & World Report's® “Best Hospitals” and “Best Children’s Hospitals.” The Mount Sinai Hospital is on the U.S. News & World Report® “Best Hospitals” Honor Roll for 2024-2025.
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