Insights to our international scholarly work on music therapy...
International Hospice Our Arts Service continues to grow in many directions in line with our vision for St Columba’s to become a centre of excellence and innovation for the arts therapies and community arts in palliative care.
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hile expanding our provisions for patients, families and the wider hospice community, our arts team has been building a research and education portfolio with international reach. The spreading of best practice and the generation of new knowledge has been at the heart of this portfolio which also includes our team’s contribution to international forums as well as the formation of new ones.
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Since 2019, our Arts Lead Dr Giorgos Tsiris has been part of an international group focusing on the development of clinical guidelines for the range of music experiences and music therapy in relationship completion in palliative care. Led by Dr Amy Clements-Cortes (Assistant Professor, Music and Health Sciences, University of Toronto, Canada), this group has been exploring a spectrum of musical care practices alongside their evidence with a focus on how such practices can support
people’s relational experiences in palliative and bereavement care. In July 2020, the group led a webinar on relationship completion to music therapists and other professionals working in end-of-life care. This webinar was part of the International Association for Music and Medicine (IAMM) and attracted
