Clinical Fieldwork

Earn 16 CMTE* hours of supervised, intensive in vitro hospital training in NICU and pediatric MT procedures. Spend two days at either Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare in Tallahassee, Florida or Florida Hospital in Orlando, Florida. Clinical fieldwork requires a fee of $250 due with registration. Training must be scheduled within two years of completion of lecture component.

Optional Half-Day Observations with Adult and Geriatric Patients
Start your clinical fieldwork a day early and experience medical music therapy with adult and geriatric populations. The additional registration fee of $50.00 covers approximately four hours of clinical observation in the following possible areas:
• orthopedic unit
• cardiac/pulmonary unit
• diabetes unit
• oncology unit
• adult day services
• rehabilitation center
CMTE credits are not available for the Adult Observation at this time.

Text
Standley, J.M., Gregory, D., Whipple, J., Walworth, D., Nguyen, J., Jarred, J., Adams, K., Procelli, D., & Cevasco, A. (2005).Medical Music Therapy: A Model Program for Clinical Practice, Education, Training, and Research. Silver Springs, MD: American Music Therapy Association.(included with registration fee for Clinical Fieldwork):

*One semester of NICU volunteer practicum at Florida State University may be substituted for this requirement.