Training Program
Are you a musician interested in having social impact within healthcare?
Consider attending a Musical Rounds training session! Led by Melanie Ambler, this session is a two-hour virtual springboard into the field of music and medicine. It is meant for musicians interested in learning more about the field and to point them to:
- Relevant best practices in both the virtual and in-person setting
- The current state of the research on music and medicine
- Hospital policies, including HIPAA and ethical considerations.
- Experiential breakout sessions rooted in the medical education simulation framework
**Musical Rounds is NOT music therapy and is not advertised as such. It is an introduction to the field of music medicine for musicians. Board-certified music therapists have been consulted in the development of the training and have provided valuable feedback on its structure and content.**
Our Structure
Our Partners
“Melanie Ambler’s Musical Rounds training program is an invaluable resource for Project: Music Heals Us (PMHU). It has transformed our artists’ ability to connect with patients, empowering them to create meaningful interactions that combat patient isolation and depression. These musical moments of true connection and shared humanity offer desperately needed hope and encouragement across a wide variety of hospital settings, and PMHU is proud to partner with Melanie Ambler and Musical Rounds to deliver these transformative experiences.”
Testimonials
“Melanie did such a fantastic job running the session. She modeled the exact right blend of compassion, openness, and confidence that’s needed for hospital concerts. I especially appreciated the new ideas that I encountered in this session—for instance, asking a patient for prompts (a meaningful memory, etc.) to initiate an improvisation.”
“Thank you so much for your wonderful insights and tips! I thought the training was super informative and it was also great to have the chance to simulate the scenarios – as someone who learns by doing, that was especially helpful.”
“It made me reconsider the nature of the sessions and now I love the idea of thinking about them as primarily a conversation/opportunity to connect that can include music. I think that will really help me not only in establishing meaningful human connection with the patients but also in curating even more suitable selections of music for them.”
“It was helpful to learn about the rules and things about the hospital and their patients such as the Portability and Accountability. Although I’ve played in hospital settings virtually and in-person for many years, I was surprised how much of these things that seem basic knowledge I wasn’t aware of.”
“The breakout room is an amazing thing to do, it really took me out of my comfort zone! Thank you for this.”
Supported by: Stanford School of Medicine Medical Scholars Program, Stanford Community Public Health Equity grant, Honeywell Arts Fellowship, Arnold P Gold Foundation Student Summer Research Fellowship
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