ProMiMiC – Professional Excellence in Meaningful Music in Healthcare
The ProMiMiC research project (2019-2023) investigated the application of person-centered live music in a hospital setting. This international project is the follow-up to a major pioneering research project from the Netherlands: Meaningful Music in Healthcare (MiMiC). This innovative artistic practice involves musicians improvising person-centered music for patients on various hospital wards.
Since the MiMiC research (Smilde et al., 2019) has shown that positive effects can be observed not only in patients but also in ward staff, this practice has now been further developed in the follow-up project ProMiMiC at four locations: Groningen , The Hague , London and Vienna .
Health promotion through interprofessionality was now the focus of the follow-up research ProMiMiC, funded by the Taskforce for Applied Research (SIA).
The mutual learning processes and collaboration between different professional groups in the hospital context were researched. In Vienna, the mdw – University of Music and Performing Arts, in cooperation with the Vienna General Hospital / Medical University of Vienna, investigated the interprofessionalism between musicians and music therapists using qualitative research methods.
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Magdalena Bork is the scientific supervisor of the project in Vienna.
Contact: bork@mdw.ac.at
Publications
Bezold, L. (2022). Music-based intervention in radiation oncology. The ProMiMiC project in a hybrid setting (unpublished thesis). University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna.
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Bezold, L., Bork, M. & Stegemann, T. (2023). Music therapy. In A. Petri-Preis & J. Voit (eds.), Handbook of Music Education – Studies, Teaching, Professional Practice (pp. 325–327). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag.
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Bork, M. (2022). Interim Report. (Unpublished document). University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna.
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Bork, M. (2023). Final Report. (Unpublished document). University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna.
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De Wit, Krista (2020). Legacy: Participatory Music Practices as a Resource for the Well-being of Healthcare Professionals (Dissertation). University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna.
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Smilde, R., Heineman, E., de Wit, K., Dons, K. and Alheit, P. (2019). If Music be the Food of Love, Play On - Meaningful Music in Health Care. Utrecht: Eburon.
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van der Wal-Huisman, H., Heineman, E. & van Leeuwen, BL (2021). Live bedside music in daily clinical practice of a surgical hospital ward among older patients: A controlled study design of an innovative practice. Journal of Geriatric Oncology, S1879406821000072. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jgo.2021.01.007
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van der Wal-Huisman, H., van den Berg, NM, Paans, W., Bezold, L., Stegemann, T., de Graeff, P., & Van Leeuwen, BL (2023). Live bedside music for hospitalized older adults: A qualitative descriptive interview study. International Journal of Older People Nursing, 00, e12574. https://doi.org/10.1111/opn.12574