Continuing Education Credits

Accreditation Statement

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and The Arnold P. Gold Foundation. The University of California, San Diego School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of California, San Diego School of Medicine designates this live activity for up to 17.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.   

Nurses: For the purpose of recertification, the American Nurses Credentialing Center accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ issued by organizations accredited by the ACCME.

Physician Assistants: AAPA accepts category 1 credit from AOA Category 1-A credit, Prescribed credit from AAFP, and AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME.

Registering for CME

You will receive a link to the UCSD website to complete a survey after the conference to note what sessions you attended and receive your certificate. 

 Claiming CME Use the following claim credit instructions. The claim credit code for this activity will be 21428.  

Accessing Your CME Certificate

Participants are responsible for claiming CME credit through CloudCME. Certificates must be claimed within 2 weeks of the activity end date; after this period, certificates will expire. 

Upon completion of the evaluation, a copy of your certificate will be emailed to you. It is strongly encouraged that you download and save the certificate at that time for your records. Our office does not provide duplicate or paper copies of certificates. Your credits are always available in your transcript via CloudCME. Instructions for downloading a copy of your transcript can be found using this link.

Course Description

The 2026 Gold Humanism Summit will convene The Arnold P. Gold Foundation’s many community members and engage new partners to explore best practices and strategies to fuel change and inspire action. The 2025 Gold Humanism Summit: The Person in Front of You will take place September 16-18, 2026 in Pittsburgh, PA

This interprofessional, international event will create space for solution-oriented conversation and the exchange of practical methods to enhance trust in the caregiver-patient relationship, foster collaborative community building across the health professions, and emphasize the importance of human touch in a world of rapid technological advancement. Sessions, workshops, posters, keynotes, and other content and experiences delivered through this convening will be guided by the following three categories of emphasis:

Education – Education across the lifespan of the learner, from early training in health professions education, including service-learning programs, through residency and fellowship, to later career professional development and certification initiatives. Emphasis is on training and learning.

Community building – Work that involves engaging multiple groups of people (healthcare team members, community members, organizational partners) who are working together to address needs that they define and prioritize in the delivery of trustworthy, kind, safe, and equitable healthcare. Emphasis is on collaboration and partnership to effect change.

Evidence-informed practical solutions – Application of validated tools and systems, innovative practices, and efforts leading to systemic or structural changes. Emphasis is on putting discoveries into practice.

Target Audience

The target audience for this activity includes practicing physicians of all specialties and subspecialties as well as medical students and residents. Scientists, researchers, nurses, social workers, psychologists are also included in the target audience.

Needs Assessment

Establishing a relationship between patients, their caregivers, and the healthcare team that is safe, kind and trustworthy is essential to producing favorable health outcomes. Recent research shows that trust between patients, hospital systems, and the field of medicine has been steadily declining due to a combination of factors: fragmented care, rushed clinical encounters, inconsistent communication, and a growing perception that healthcare systems prioritize efficiency over human connection. In one study, participants shared that once trust was lost, there was little or nothing that could be done to bring them back to the provider. A clear priority for patients is feeling seen, heard, and treated with empathy and cultural competence.

At the same time, rapid technological change has widened the gap between the care patients hope for—care that is compassionate, guided by the human touch, and grounded in scientific evidence—and the care that is often delivered in high pressure, time constrained environments.

Another area of concern this summit aims to address is the increasing sense of burnout, lack of fulfillment, and moral injury experienced by healthcare practitioners. These pressures affect not only seasoned clinicians but also the professional identity formation of medical students, residents, and others entering the field. The 2024 Needs Assessment completed by our Gold Humanism Honor Society members revealed a strong desire for self reflective writing, storytelling, and wellness focused workshops to help alleviate rising burnout.

Healthcare continues to suffer from a compassion deficit for patients, a diminished sense of connection between healthcare workers and the systems they serve, and staggering clinician burnout rates.

Establishing a relationship between patients, their caregivers, and the healthcare team that is safe, kind, and trustworthy is essential to producing favorable health outcomes. Recent research shows that trust between patients, hospital systems, and the field of medicine has been steadily declining due to a combination of factors: fragmented care, rushed clinical encounters, inconsistent communication, and a growing perception that healthcare systems prioritize efficiency over human connection. In one study, participants shared that once trust was lost, there was little or nothing that could be done to bring them back to the provider. A clear priority for patients is feeling seen, heard, and treated with empathy and cultural competence.

Course Objectives

At the conclusion of this activity, participants will be able to:

1. Demonstrate an understanding of the multitude of factors influencing patients' outcomes including but not limited to trust, communication, and social determinants of health.

2. Apply strategies that enhance clinician well-being and resilience, including reflective practices, storytelling, and community-building approaches that mitigate burnout, moral injury, and isolation across all stages of training and   practice.

3. Identify and practice evidence-based strategies that strengthen the patient-caregiver relationship—particularly as AI rapidly expands—resulting in improved professionalism, interpersonal and communication skills, effective collaboration, and compassionate action that preserves authentic human connection within evolving clinical environments.

Agenda

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Meeting Planner
The primary individual responsible for the operational and administrative support of the certified activity.

Louisa Tvito, MSW
Vice President, Programs
The Arnold P. Gold Foundation

Kathleen Reeves, MD
President and CEO
The Arnold P. Gold Foundation

Planning Committee Members

Brianne Alcala, MBA
Chief Communications Officer
The Arnold P. Gold Foundation

Rachel Cramton, MD
Program Director, Pediatric Residency Program
University of Arizona College of Medicine

Joanne Cortese, MBA
Chief Financial and Administrative Officer
The Arnold P. Gold Foundation

Judith Friedland
Director, Gold Corporate Council and Partner Engagement
The Arnold P. Gold Foundation

Jodi Langsfeld, EdD
Chief Operating Officer
The Arnold P. Gold Foundation

Brianne Lipford
Associate Director, Program Initiatives
The Arnold P. Gold Foundation

Stacy-Ann Morris
Project & Event Manager
The Arnold P. Gold Foundation

Patricia Sexton, DHEd
Associated Dean
ATSU Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine

Disclosure Statement

It is the policy of University of California San Diego Continuing Medical Education to ensure that the content of accredited continuing education and related materials is accurate, balanced, objective, and scientifically justified. Education must be free of the influence or control of ineligible companies, and protect learners from promotion, marketing, and commercial bias. All persons in a position to control the content of accredited continuing education must disclose all financial relationships held with ineligible companies, prior to assuming a role in the activity. Those relationships deemed relevant to the education are mitigated prior to the activity through one of the following strategies, depending on the nature of relationship and the role of the person: 1)divesting the financial relationship, 2) altering the individual’s control overcontent, and/or 3) validating the planning decisions and/or content throughindependent peer review. All relevant financial relationships are mitigated priorto the activity and mitigation strategies and necessary steps for implementationare communicated to individuals prior to them assuming their role in theactivity. Persons who refuse or fail to disclose are disqualified from participatingin the activity. Activities are evaluated by participants and peer reviewers todetermine if the content was free of bias and met acceptable scientific standards. This information is considered in future activity planning

The University of California, San Diego School of Medicine is the accrediting sponsor of the 2026 Gold Humanism Summit: The Person in Front of You conference.

Persons in control of content of this educational activity who are not specifically identified by name above, such as (but not limited to) course directors, faculty, CPD staff, planners, editorial staff, peer reviewers, and CPD committee reviewers do not have any relevant financial relationships.

This educational activity may contain discussion of unlabeled and/or investigational uses of agents that are not approved by the FDA. Please consult the prescribing information for each product. The views and opinions expressed in this activity are those of the faculty and do not necessarily reflect the views of the University of California San Diego School of Medicine.

Cultural & Linguistic Competency and Implicit Bias
Continuing medical education (CME) providers are required by state Assembly Bills 1195 and 241, and the standards created by the California Medical Association (CMA), to include components that address cultural and linguistic competency and implicit bias in CME activities. The planners and presenters of this activity has been asked to provide meaningful consideration of these standards in the selection and presentation of content. Additional information and resources are available on the UC San Diego CME website. 

Cancellation Policy

A refund, minus a $50 administration fee, will be issued for cancellations received via email to the conference planning committee at summit@gold-foundation.org on or before June 1, 2026. No refunds will be issued after June 1, 2026.

If you cannot attend after you registered, you may find a substitute for your registration. Send your name and the name, email, position, and organization of the person substituting for you in writing by September 1, 2026, to summit@gold-foundation.org, so that we may ensure the information is updated for badges and other conference materials. One substitution is allowed for each original registrant. The individual submitting the substitution request is responsible for all financial obligations associated with that substitution, as well as updating any contact information. Late substitutions will likely not be updated on badges or other conference materials.