Lunch-and-Learn: Can Health Professionals Come Out and Play?
- When: 23 Feb 2012 - 12:00
- Where: 11th Floor Classroom – Mount Sinai Hospital
- Address: 600 University Avenue
Event Details:
An Artist in a World of Scientists
I am a strong advocate for infusing the arts, specifically drama, within health science education and training. Theatre can have incredible benefits for health science and medical professionals including the development of important transferable skills such as communication, presence and empathy.
Drawing from my perspective as an artist and my experience developing drama-based courses in the Bachelor of Health Science (BSHc) program at McMaster University this lunch and learn will reflect on the process of facilitating drama courses within health science spaces and discuss the benefits of engaging with theatre and performance practices.
This lunch asks the question at what age did you stop playing? There is this understanding that once one crosses the threshold and becomes an ‘adult’ there is no longer any time for play. It is seen as unproductive and frivolous. I will illustrate how theatre can provide a space to regain play as well as engage with sensitive topics, such as anxiety and failure, which can contribute to personal health benefits and improve psychological resilience.
So grab your lunch and come out to play!
- Hartey Jafine, Instructor, BHSc Program, McMaster University
Hartley is currently an instructor, facilitating drama and arts based courses, in the Bachelor of Health Sciences (Honours) program at McMaster University while concurrently working on a PhD in the Faculty of Education at York University.