by Cindy Abole
Public Relations
College of Medicine
students, honored for their humanism in
medicine and patient care, were recognized
Sept. 11 as the newest members of the Paul
B. Underwood Jr. Chapter of the Gold
Humanism Honor Society (GHHS).
A total of 23 student
inductees joined College of Medicine Dean
Etta D. Pisano, M.D., chapter namesake
Underwood, faculty advisors Sherron
Jackson, M.D., and Robert Turner, M.D.,
and GHHS faculty at an induction ceremony
held in their honor.
Third-year
medical student Joy Dean receives her
Gold Humanism Society pin from Dr. Rusty
Turner, program faculty co-advisor, at
the Sept. 11 induction ceremony of 23
students. The students were selected by
their peers for demonstrating the values
of humanism and professionalism in
medicine. The Gold Humanism Honor
Society was established at MUSC in 2005
to recognize students, residents and
role-model faculty in medical education
for demonstrating patient-centered
medical care. More than 90 percent of
U.S. medical schools sponsor a Gold
Humanism Honor Society.
"Each of you elevates
the values of humanism and service as
medical students by providing clinical
care, leadership, compassion and
dedication to service. There's no greater
honor than to be recognized by your peers
for demonstrating these empathetic and
honorable values," said Pisano.
The students were
presented with a certificate and pin and
later recited the society's pledge
committing themselves as role models and
mentors to humanism in medicine, inspiring
colleagues to promote humanism and
advocate for quality patient care and
improving health care for all.
Bonnie Brooks, a
third-year medical student from Columbia,
said she chose medicine as a career
because of the care she can continually
provide and the ability to give back to
society. "I try to give the best level of
care to my patients all the time. I'm
proud to receive this honor."
Fellow student Craig
Thomas, a native of Jamaica, was humbled
that the award recognized excellence as
voted on by his student peers. "In our
training, sometimes we wonder how we're
doing in our efforts to provide patient
care. Receiving this type of feedback is
invaluable and encouraging. It reminds me
that I'm on the right path in the work
that I do in providing quality patient
care."
The 2013 inductee class
includes Brooks, Amy E. Brown, Jessica S.
Connett, Shana N. Coshal, Thomas Criswell,
Thomas Cunningham, Sarah Dean, Brett
Hoffecker, Jocelyn Kerpelman, Ryan Kroll,
Spencer Lovelace, Neil Naik, Ashekia
Pinckney, Stephen Potter, Daniel Reed,
Stefanie Robinson, Phillip Rodriguez,
Andrea Shipp, Mary Darcy Slizewski,
Thomas, Thomas Tyner, Chelsea Webb and
Rahim Wooley.
The recipient of the
Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Faculty
Award also was recognized during the
luncheon.
The award was presented in May to Ashlyn
H. Savage, M.D., by the Arnold P. Gold
Foundation. The dean recognized Savage,
assistant professor in the Department of
Obstetrics and Gynecology, who works at
MUSC Women's Health at Cannon offices.
Savage, who is a 2002 COM alumnus, is the
director of OB-GYN's residency training
program. She was chosen for her compassion
and empathy with patients and her
mentorship with students, residents and
colleagues. Savage was joined by previous
Tow Humanism awardees Rachel Sturdivant,
M.D., and Marian Taylor, M.D.
The Leonard Tow
Humanism in Medicine Award also is
sponsored by the Arnold P. Gold Foundation
and honors practitioners who value
humanism in medicine.
Friday, Oct.
12, 2012
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