Target audience: Everyone
Learning objectives:
- Use creative outlets that help heal us mentally and physically
- Physicians should encourage patients to use creative outlets in their healing journey
- Use music during PT for Parkinson’s disease to decrease tremors
- Use drumming to learn the rhythm of social groups, collaboration, team work.
- Use dance or movement as a form of expression.
- Use creative writing as a means of expression.
- Use medical improv and theatrical skills to help with creativity and mental health
- Narrative medicine goes along with creative writing as part of the evaluation.
- Discuss the research on utilizing creative outlets in certain groups with chronic disease.
