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Arnold P. Gold Foundation Humanism in Medicine Award Selection Criteria
2010 Humanism Award Nomination
Form (PDF, 11 pages)
Nominees must have a MD or DO degree and should be actively involved
in the medical student education process and have demonstrated their possession
of the primary qualities and characteristics outlined below:
- Positive mentoring skills
- Involvement in community service
- Compassion/sensitivity
- Collaboration with students and patients
Additional Information About the Selection
Criteria
Instructions
Each primary Organization of Student Representative (OSR) in a U.S. AAMC
member medical school may nominate one candidate each year. Institutions
may resubmit the name of a previously nominated candidate, although the
written nomination should be rewritten and not duplicated from the previous
year.
- Nominees must be a physician (M.D. or D.O. degree) member of the school's
clinical faculty either in a tenure or non-tenure track.
- The institutional selection process will be coordinated and supervised
by the OSR primary representative and should include an organized
institutional nomination and selection process involving all medical
students.
- The nomination must be submitted on the form provided.
- The OSR primary representative and the Dean of Student Affairs
of the medical school must sign each nomination packet, on the contact
page.
- The signed and completed form must be submitted via mail or email.
Faxed nominations will not be accepted.
- The OSR representative must notify the institution's nominee of the
award nomination at the time of submission.
- Please do not include nominees' curriculum vitae or resumes. These
materials will NOT be considered in the selection process and will not
be provided to the selection committee for consideration.
- The entire nomination packet (including contact sheet) must not exceed
10 pages in length. Please type the nomination, using a 12-point font.
Do not use italics.
- For each of the categories, please provide one typed page, 4,500-character
limit, including spaces.
- Nominations with less than two paragraphs of text per category will
not be eligible.
- Text describing the candidate must not exceed six typed pages; one
page per category. Nominations exceeding the 10 page maximum or not
using 12-point font, will not be accepted.
- Handwritten nominations will not be accepted.
- Nominations must be received via regular mail or email at the AAMC
by 5:00 PM, Eastern Standard Time, Monday, May 3, 2010.
- Nominations received after the deadline date will not be considered
for the award; no exceptions.
Suggestions
- Describe the process for selecting your school's nominee.
- Convey how students feel about the nominee.
- Provide quotes and anecdotes (listing who they are from: students,
peers, patients, etc.) describing the nominee's qualities.
- Give specific examples and accomplishments that exhibit the nominee's
humanistic characteristics.
- Relay how all sections impact students.
- Provide specific examples of humanism and compassion.
- Demonstrate a 360 degree view of the nominee in many environments.
- The nomination should be written well.
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