Beth: What do you suppose is feasible for the way forward for pediatric music remedy? What do you suppose is happening now that’s limiting us as a area that would probably be damaged down and overcome the subsequent 10 years? And what would you say to any music remedy scholar skilled who’s contemplating a job in medical music remedy?
Amy: I believe that we’re simply broaching the start of what pediatric music remedy goes to seem like and that’s so thrilling. Even once I was an intern, eight or 9 years in the past now, this area has grown a lot. To see these new information articles and analysis popping out on a regular basis, it’s so thrilling to see the way it’s rising, however now we have to guarantee that we’re rising with it, proper? If there are new analysis articles popping out, we need to be on the forefront of that. In my web site, Pediatric Music Remedy, we’re going to do a month-to-month journal membership the place we’re maintaining with that literature and understanding how that impacts our care.
I believe one of many greatest boundaries is that this language piece and this analysis piece. I believe pediatric music therapists, generally, are referred to as to carry lots of totally different obligations. We’re offering care to our sufferers, we’re consistently advocating. We try to be part of the interdisciplinary staff whereas additionally holding totally different administrative obligations. If we’re in various kinds of departments which may include its personal obligations. On high of all of that we have to keep up with this literature. We have to keep up with the totally different medical procedures occurring, the totally different protocols that our kids are present process, as a result of that’s going to permit us to actually be part of this medical staff and being a necessary half that persons are going to come back to for experience, as a result of we’re consultants in what we do.
I believe in case you’re contemplating a job within the medical area, I say go for it. What we want is extra music therapists who’re on this medical area. There are such a lot of totally different areas the place it’s rising proper now and that’s tremendous thrilling. Discover one thing you’re keen about within the medical area and share your information with the remainder of us in order that we will proceed to develop as a neighborhood.