In the framework of a Leonardo da Vinci Partnership

Musique & Santé (Paris, France), the Royal Northern College of Music (Manchester, United Kingdom), Music Network (Dublin, Irlande) Ireland), and the Academy of Music of Cracow (Poland) developed a pilot European 'Music in Healthcare Settings' Training Program from October 2008 to September 2010.

The key objectives were:

• identifying the skills and competences required of musicians to carry our musical interventions in healthcare settings
• developing and evaluating a pilot European Music in Healthcare Settings Training Program across the partner countries
• exploring the potential for certification / accreditation of the training;
• embedding the training in the partners’ annual programme.

The results of the project were

• the training of 14 musicians from the four partner countries
• a proposition of list of skills and competences required of musicians to work in healthcare settings.

The program had the additional benefit of:

• transferring new competences to musicians in a European context
• intercultural and interdisciplinary collaborations
• humanizing the hospital environment for patients, visitors and staff

This project was supported by the “Leonardo da Vinci – Partnership” programme of the European Commission in the framework of the Lifelong Learning programme.

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