UF Center for Arts in Medicine
The UF Center for Arts in Medicine co-‐developed the Rural Veterans Telerehabilitation Initiative Creative Arts Therapy Initiative in partnership with the Malcom Randall VA Medical Center, The Center of Innovation on Disability and Rehabilitation Research and the VHA Office of Rural Health. Founded in 2014, it is the nation’s first telehealth-‐based creative arts therapy program at a VA Medical Center. The Center and its partners have delivered pre and post assessments to program participants and are currently in the process of analyzing program outcomes. Additionally, musicians, writers and actors from the Center participate in programs at the VA and associated community outreach centers. The VA Chief of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation is an accomplished musician who serves on the Center’s advisory board.
