White House Summit on Arts and Culture
Earlier this year, the White House held the first ever summit on arts and culture in Washington, DC. "Music," said U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy, "can, in a matter of seconds, make me feel better ... I've prescribed a lot of medicines as a doctor over the years. There are few I've seen that have that kind of extraordinary, instantaneous effect."
NEA Military Healing Arts Network
Creative Forces®: NEA Military Healing Arts Network is an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with the U.S. Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs that seeks to improve the health, well-being, and quality of life for military and veteran populations exposed to trauma, as well as their families and caregivers.
Empathy: Key to Patient Satisfaction
Annals of Internal Medicine: Annals Fresh Look Blog by Faranza Hoque, MD
Every human being longs to be seen, heard, and understood. Empathy is the true art of medicine that gives us fulfillment as physicians to make a difference in our patients' lives and build rewarding human connections.
ACP Performance Measure Review: Working to Take the Burden Out of Measures
The ACP Performance Measurement Committee works to ensure performance measures are meaningful, clinically sound, and evidence-based. Ideally, performance measures should enhance patient care without adding undue burden on physicians. Explore the latest ACP Performance Measurement Committee papers.
Real-World Spaces and Creative Thinking
The published a study on the connection between the physical layout/design of workplaces and creative thinking.
Sound It Out Together offers tools for emotional well-being.
Discover how to use music to explore difficult emotions and experiences
Playlist to Inspire Healing and Resilience
The created a Spotify playlist of songs to inspire well-being.
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