Gold Humanism Honor Society | Office of Medical Education | The University of Vermont(title)

The Gold Humanism Honor Society recognizes those students who have demonstrated outstanding personal/interpersonal characteristics in their interactions with fellow students, teachers, staff, and patients and/or their families. The Larner College of Medicine chapter was established in 2005.

Purpose

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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. 

Selection

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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.

Induction

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Approximately fifteen percent of the rising fourth-year class will be inducted. Students are inducted at a dinner during the Honors Night banquet in May. Selection of GHHS students are announced to all students and faculty, indicated in the MSPE, and acknowledged at graduation. 

Committment

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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.

Gold Humanism Honor Society Pledge

I pledge by all that I hold dear as a Physician:

  • I will Care for my patients with Compassion, Respect, Empathy, Integrity and Clinical
    Excellence;
  • I will Listen to my patients with my whole being;
  • I will Advocate for each patient as a unique individual;
  • I will Serve as a role model and mentor to promote humanism in health care;
  • I will Remember always the healing power of acts of  caring;
  • I will Dedicate myself to joining with others to make health care optimal for all.

(Gold Humanism Website, 2016)

Gold academic honors cords

Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award

In addition to the class GHHS members, one student and one faculty member are nominated by the student, faculty, and staff and selected each year as the recipient of the Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award.

More GHHS Information

UVM Larner College of Medicine GHHS Chapter Faculty Advisor

UVM Larner College of Medicine GHHS Chapter Faculty Advisor

Andrea Green, M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics