University of Florida Online Graduate Programs: Master of Arts or Graduate Certificate in Arts in Medicine (AiM)

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Arts in Health as a Field
Arts in health (also referred to as arts in medicine or arts in healthcare) is a multidisciplinary field dedicated to transforming health and the healthcare experience through the arts. The field integrates literary, performing, and visual arts and design, along with other forms of creative expression, into a variety of healthcare and community settings to enhance health and well-being in diverse institutional and community contexts (NOAH, 2017). 

Master of Arts (MA) in Arts in Medicine
Transform lives, advance research, and revolutionize health through the evidence-based power of arts in health. This program is designed for students and professionals of all backgrounds interested in leading at the intersection of arts and health. Each of the courses offered through our master's program reflects the best practice in the field of arts in health. 

Use your creativity to transform health through arts programming and research. Create a healthier world.

As national leaders in the field, the UF Center for Arts in Medicine and its faculty provide a rigorous and comprehensive curriculum that supports you as you advance your arts in health research, administration, and creative facilitation skills. Whether you're switching gears or starting your career, our faculty lay decades of experience as a foundation for you to bridge your passions for the arts, and for health. The curriculum fully integrates the advanced research, ethics, safety, and administration concepts and resources you need to lead today's arts in health programs or start your very own. 

Curriculum
The MA in Arts in Medicine requires 36 credit hours of coursework to complete. Students also complete both a hands-on practicum and capstone to gain crucial hands-on experience in practice, research, and evaluation in their own community. You can request more information or start an application to learn more. 

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Graduate Certificate (GC) in Arts in Medicine
Engage the arts to enhance healthcare, empower patients, care for caregivers, and bring joy to clinical or outpatient clinical settings. This program is designed for students and professionals of all backgrounds interested in the intersection of arts and health. Each of the courses offered through our certificate program is designed to reflect the best practices in the field of arts in health. 

Use your creativity to transform the healthcare experience for patients and caregivers Create better healthcare.

The UF Center for Arts in Medicine and its faculty provide a rigorous curriculum that supports students as they develop their bedside manner and creative facilitation skills. Our certificate program also provides an introduction to advanced research, ethics, safety, and administration concepts and resources from our MA curriculum.

Curriculum
The Graduate Certificate in Arts in Medicine requires 12 credit hours of coursework to complete. Students will also participate in a practicum course where they facilitate creative activities at a self-selected hospital or clinical site in their home community. You can request more information or start an application to learn more. 

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The application deadline for the Spring '22 cohort of both programs (MA and GC in Arts in Medicine) is Wednesday, September 15, 2021. Classes will begin in the first week of January, 2022. 

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