Pilot project for development of Maine Medical Arts (MEMA) MA degree

PI: Owen Smith, UM Innovative Media Research & Commercialization Center

Collaborators:  Patrick McFarlane, Northern Light Health Care; Lewis Mehl-Madrona, MD, University of New England, Susan Smith, UM Intermedia Programs.

This project proposes the development of a pilot Maine Medical Arts (MEMA) MA degree focused on Arts and Medicine. This unusually innovative graduate degree can address both Maine’s shortage of medical professionals and high rates of social and health issues such as addiction, food insecurity, and children in poverty. This project has strong potential to succeed because it draws on multiple disciplines that will ultimately complement, challenge, and inspire the imaginations of practitioners and patients alike.