Events and Meetings

June 6, 2023 at 8:00 pm EDT Join us on Tuesday June 6, 2023 at 8pm EST for the second of a two-part inspiring webinar series featuring experts within the field of mental health in the performing arts! Part 2 will be focused primarily on what steps we can take to not only prevent mental health challenges for performing artists, but what we can do about it when issues arise. We will discuss organizational and systemic factors, as well as steps individuals can take to look after their own mental health. This webinar is aimed at health professionals and educators who are part of the circle of care for performing artists, as well as leaders in the industry and performing artists themselves. Our esteemed panelists for this webinar are Susan Raeburn, a clinical psychologist, Leigh Skvarla, a professional counselor, Rachel Fine, a Registered Dietician Nutritionist, and professional ballet dancer Katherine Williams. Learn More and Register

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May 9, 2023 at 8:00 pm EDT Join us on Tuesday May 9, 2023 at 8pm EDT for the first of a two-part inspiring webinar series featuring experts within the field of mental health in the performing arts! Part 1 will focus primarily on the factors that are contributing to the epidemic of mental health challenges within the field, from the systemic to individual level. This webinar is aimed at health professionals and educators who are part of the circle of care for performing artists, as well as leaders in the industry and performing artists themselves. Our esteemed panelists for this webinar are John McMillan, a medical psychotherapist, Paula Thomson, a clinical psychologist, and Stephen Sitarski, a professional musician and violinist. Learn More and Register

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Join us for the 41st Annual PAMA International Symposium HYBRID Event Thursday, July 6 – Sunday, July 9, 2023 in New York, New York – and Virtually. Weill Cornell Medical Center 1300 York Avenue, New York, NY The PAMA symposium is designed to meet the research and practice needs of physicians, therapists, athletic trainers, educators, artistic directors, and other health care and performing arts professionals who seek to improve the well-being of performing artists. The symposium fosters an environment full of education, networking, and growth all to support the health and well being of the performing artist. We hope you will join us in New York. If you are unable to travel to New York, we are happy to announce our virtual symposium option. Check out the the amazing line-up of speakers or get the latest schedule. Learn More

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PAMA is offering a certificate of completion in performing arts medicine for physicians (MD and U.S. trained DO), allied healthcare professionals (athletic trainers, physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech language pathologists, psychologists, chiropractors, nurses, licensed massage therapists, manual osteopathic practitioners [including non-US trained osteopaths], acupuncturists, and others as approved), and arts educators. To receive the certificate, participants need to complete an online series of lectures prior to the online exam. Participants need to pass the exam by the course close date in order to receive the certificate of completion. Course content focuses on risk factors, life-span issues, and the interactive, cultural, and contextual distinctions of health problems that are unique to performing artists, highlighting specific opportunities and techniques for engagement, education, prevention and treatment in response to various arts-specific health concerns.This content is tailored to the background of course participants and presented as four concurrent streams: physicians/health professionals; music educators; dance educators; vocal educators. Participants are asked to select the most appropriate stream for their background and objectives in completing the course – only one stream can be completed at a time. Following course completion, health professionals will be able to discuss occupation-specific questions that should be asked during the initial interview with performing artists to identify key injury causes; identify basic physical elements of performance on common instruments; apply key special assessment procedures that are useful when evaluating performing artists; establish goal-oriented and evidence based treatment approaches; assess basic requirements of the occupational environment of the performing artist; implement functional return to ...

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