The Whiddon College of Medicine's chapter of the Arnold P. Gold Humanism in Medicine Honor Society (GHHS) will host Solidarity Week for Compassionate Patient Care Feb. 14-16.
During Solidarity Week, healthcare members are invited to participate in Wellness Bingo, to be entered into a raffle for various gift cards from local establishments. Wellness Bingo seeks to inspire students, residents and faculty to better their own personal mental well-being and the well-being of their colleagues and patients.
Submit a picture of your completed “Bingo!” card (see blank card below), full name, and preferred form of contact to asb2021@jagmail.southalabama.edu by Friday, Feb. 16, at noon to be entered into the drawing.
The following events are planned for Solidarity Week:
Motivational Wednesday, Feb. 14
GHHS will visit with ICU patients and their families at University Hospital and Children’s & Women’s Hospital, and bring them comforting and encouraging messages on this Valentine’s Day.
Thankful Thursday, Feb. 15
GHHS will hand out thank-you messages to staff members at University Hospital and Children’s & Women’s Hospital, and express their sincere appreciation for their vital roles in providing daily compassionate care to patients.
Wellness Friday, Feb. 16
Visit with GHHS members outside of the cafeteria at University Hospital from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. where they will invite healthcare workers to fill out cards detailing how they provide compassionate care to patients. Every card filled out will enter a participant in a raffle drawing to receive a gift card to a local establishment. They will also hold the raffle drawing from the Wellness Bingo cards.
The national GHHS established National Solidarity Day for Compassionate Patient Care in 2011 to highlight the nationwide movement promoting provider-patient relationships based on caring, personalization and mutual respect. In 2013 and 2014, the U.S. Senate passed a resolution recognizing Solidarity Day on the national calendar, and the day was expanded to become Solidarity Week in 2016.
