In honor of national Solidarity Day celebrated on Feb. 16, dozens of medical students, faculty and staff will join hands and create a human chain representing solidarity with compassionate patient care. The symbolic gesture is a culmination of Solidarity Week, a nationwide movement that promotes patient-centered health care through kindness, empathy and mutual respect.
This year’s weeklong events include Tucson Mayor Jonathan Rothschild, who will speak about patient access to appropriate and compassionate health care.
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Mayor Rothschild’s talk and the following Solidarity Week activities are all open to the public:
■ 6 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 13
UA Poetry Center Hillman Odeum | 1508 E. Helen St.
Outdoor Amphitheater
Students will participate in a poetry slam contest that reflects humanism in medicine.
■ Noon, Wednesday, Feb. 14
Banner – University Medical Center Tucson | 1501 N. Campbell Ave.
DuVal Auditorium
Tucson Mayor Jonathan Rothschild will speak about patient access to appropriate and compassionate health care despite economic and cultural challenges. Lunch is provided for all attendees; registration is required to ensure enough food is prepared: http://bit.ly/SolidarityWeekLunch
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■ Noon, Friday, Feb. 16
UA College of Medicine Tucson South Entrance | 1501 N. Campbell Ave.
UAHS Plaza
In honor of national Solidarity Day, faculty, staff and students will link arms creating a human chain in the UAHS plaza where the Farmers Market is hosted. In addition to the singing group Docapella, speakers include: Dr. Randy Friese, Professor of Surgery; Dr. Andreas Theodorou, Chief Clinical Education Officer; Dr. Charles Cairns, COM-T Dean; and Tom Dickson, CEO, Banner – University Medical Center Tucson and South hospitals and clinical facilities.
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Students in the UA College of Medicine – Tucson’s Gold Humanism Honor Society lead the effort on the UA Health Sciences campus. Nationwide, the annual event is spearheaded by the Arnold P. Gold Foundation. The foundation encourages medical schools, patient-care institutions and other health-care organizations to show their support for the importance of kindness to patients.
Solidarity Week 2018 is sponsored by Banner – University Medical Center, the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson and the Gold Humanism Honor Society.
—David Mogollón