Samuel Merritt University’s Inaugural Health, Education, and the ARTS (HEARTS) Online Conference
Friday, April 15, 2022 9 AM - 1 PM (Pacific Time)
Outcomes
- Learn about the role expressive arts plays in healthcare, wellness, and well-being for patient and individual self-care
- Explore how the arts can mitigate burnout, reduce stress, enhance communication, promote team work, and improve wellness
- Participate in experiential narrative arts break-out sessions
- Hear from leaders across North America about the power, justification, research, and implementation of narrative arts
****LEARN * GROW* EXPERIENCE* DISCOVER****
Open to the entire SMU Community: faculty, staff, students, and administration
Sponsored by the
Center for Innovation and Excellence in Learning (CIEL)
For information about CEUs and signing-in/out, scroll to the bottom of the page.
Conference Program
9:00 AM – 9:05 AM
Welcome
Dr. Celeste Villanueva
9:05 AM – 9:10 AM
Centering
Dr. Marcus Penn
9:10 AM – 9:20 AM
Land acknowledgement, Overview, Content Housekeeping
Dr. Alice Vestergaard
Introduction of Keynote Presenter #1
Dr. Alice Vestergaard
9:20 AM – 9:50 AM
Keynote Presentation:
Expressive Arts: Ancient Solutions for Modern Healthcare
Constanza Roeder
9:50 AM – 10:00 AM Break
10:00 AM – 10:50 AM Breakout Session #1*
10:50 AM – 11:00 AM Break
11:00 AM – 11:50 AM Breakout Session #2*
11:50 AM – 12:00 PM Break
12:00 PM – 12:45 PM
Keynote Presentation:
Arts in Practice (Video demonstration and dialog with the artist.)
Erin Ball
12:45 PM – 12:55 PM
Concluding Remarks
President Dr. Ching-Hua Wang
12:55 PM – 1:00 PM
Wrap Up/ Acknowledgements
Dr. Celeste Villanueva
[ See Speaker Bios ]
Participants will have a choice to participate in two of the 6 breakout sessions (each breakout session is offered twice.)
*All breakout sessions are experiential vs. didactic, and with a health care focus (self and patients/clients). No advance preparation required for any breakout sessions. Breakout options for participants (facilitated by experts):
- Narrative Drama
- Movement
- Music: Sound Healing/Drumming
- Creating Art (using found objects from the home)
- Narrative Medicine/Health
- Book Making/Biozines in Healthcare
Continuing Education Units
The HEARTS Conference is pleased to offer continuing education units to nursing and occupational therapy professionals for the keynote and workshop portions of the day. If you wish to receive CEUs for attending HEARTS, please complete the “sign in” and “sign out” surveys for your profession. Your certificates will be emailed to you within 4 weeks after the event.
Samuel Merritt University College of Nursing is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #11258 for 4.0 contact hours.
- The Nursing sign in and sign out link has expired. Contact your program chair for assistance with this.
OT will receive 4.0 contact hours.
- The OT sign in and sign out link has expired. Contact your program chair for assistance with this.