The Student Groups

Abstract

StArt An innovative music and arts program for children admitted to the pediatric ward of Strong Memorial Hospital. START (Strong Art) is a unique program designed to expose pediatric patients and their families to artistic pursuits as a form of therapeutic healing and self-awareness. The program is directed and run by students from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, with the hope of fostering a relationship of sensitivity, self-expression, empathy and compassionate healing between future doctors, researchers, nurses and their patients.