Ideas for Arts in Medicine Program offerings
Art to Improve Clinical Physical Space
Role Play and Theater for Education
Art for Dementia and Memory Care
Participation in Beads of Courage
JPS Patient/Provider Choir
Muscal artists at the bedside (expansion on Lawrence, the volunteer harpist we currently have)
Movement and Dance for post operative rehab and Neurological diseases
Community Museum Series
Patient-Resident Pen Pals (UCSF)
Art for Public Health Education
Art for Cancer Center
Medical Poetry for Patients & Providers
Oral Histories and Patient narrative poem creation
Arts acitivities in patient waiting areas to decrease stress/boredom/frustration
Bedside or small group visual arts for patients in acute or intermediate care needs
Prenatal and Perinatal Arts based activities to ensure patient preparedness, understanding, joy and special memories of perinatal experience
Arts in Medicine Program in Alignment with JPS/Acclaim Values
Teamwork
Arts provide a great way to promote teamwork in low stress environment with meaning and relationship building
Excellence & Education
Arts in Medicine is a nationally recognized trend in Medicine to humanize the healthcare experience
Provide service opportunites not present commonly in DFW but are offered in limited capacity at UTSW
Increased engaement with medical students and residents
Dedicated Curriculum Elective Course with Public Health Outreach messaging for patient and community health improvement
Cartoon art to enhance education handouts for patient education
Mutual Respect & Integrity
Arts provide neutral ground to build trust and rapport between providers, interprofessional peers and patients through a myriad of activities
Engagement
Patient
Bedside art-making experiences this may includes visual, narrative, musical, dramatic and movement arts
Beautifying patient rooms with art prints donated from museums
Patient outreach museum experiences at JPS
Inclusion into Arts discussions as related to healing and provider communication and relationship building
Provider
Museum Collaboration Series - Kimbell, Amon Carter & Modern (on site educations workshops
Art making experiences for JPS providers
Opportunity to showcase creative abilities and recognize our providers in a unique way
