Description
The Hospice and Palliative Care Music Therapy Institute provides music therapists with in-depth training of the needs of terminally ill patients and their families throughout the lifespan. This virtual CMTE offers advanced techniques, repertoire building and affords participants opportunities to practice skills under supervision in role plays. In addition, they will learn the business aspects of hospice music therapy.
Participants earn 16 CMTEs. There are no prerequisites for this institute.
In this course, participants will:
- Learn to identify the clinical needs of people with a terminal illness
- Create and evaluate music therapy interventions to meet those needs
- Practice skills under supervision in role play scenarios
- Learn how to establish a new music therapy program or expand an existing program in an end of life care settings and identify funding sources to establish a program
