Gold Humanism Honor Society

Our December Gold Humanism Honor Society Student of the Month is Elizabeth Picciolo, MSIII. Elizabeth is known by her peers for being one of the hardest working medical students in her class. She always arrives early to her rotations to assist the residents and to check up on her patients. She is the first to volunteer when a resident needs help. On her internal medicine rotation, she noticed a discrepancy on a patient’s influenza test. There was a miscommunication and the flu swab was discarded without notifying the residents. The patient, who was in a hurry to get home to her two kids, would have had to stay an extra day in the hospital due to this error. Thankfully, Elizabeth noticed the discrepancy and took it into her own hands to repeat the flu swab and make sure it was sent to the lab. Her patient was able to be discharged home as soon as possible to be with her children. As a medical student, Elizabeth never fails to go out of her way to help her team members and patients.