Associate, Sidney De Haan Research Centre for Arts and Health, Canterbury Christ Church University, Canterbury, UK.
General Practitioner, NHS Southwark, London, UK.
Perspect Public Health. 2021 Sep;141(5):287-294. doi: 10.1177/1757913920924440. Epub 2020 Jul 17.
General practitioners (GPs) and other health professionals have a key role in signposting their patients to appropriate opportunities for engaging in arts and creative activities for the health and wellbeing benefits they may bring. Training is needed to ensure that GPs are aware of the evidence supporting the role of the arts, and the local availability of 'creative arts for health' activities for their patients.
This article describes the content and evaluation of three arts and health training events for trainee GPs conducted over the period 2016-2019. They took place in association with Guy's and St Thomas, Hillingdon and York and Scarborough General Practice Vocational Training Schemes (GPVTS).
Evaluation was undertaken for the London events using a specially constructed questionnaire, with rating scales, completed before and after the training events. For the York event, a simple bespoke evaluation questionnaire was employed at the end of the training day. All participants gave consent for photography and filming during the events.
Feedback from GPs on the training events revealed increased awareness of the evidence for arts and health interventions, and more positive attitudes towards the role of creative arts in primary care in promoting the health and wellbeing of patients. An additional finding was a recognition by GP trainees that creative activities can enhance a holistic approach to patient care and play a positive part in supporting their own wellbeing.
Training events of the kind described, with opportunities for creative participation for GP trainees, can enhance awareness of the benefits of creative activity for patient health and wellbeing, and may motivate future GPs to signpost patients towards opportunities for engaging in creative activities. This training model is applicable for any health worker who can refer patients to arts for health activities and has potential to be scaled up nationally.
全科医生（GP）和其他健康专业人员在为患者提供参与艺术和创意活动的机会方面发挥着关键作用，这些活动可以带来健康和福利。需要培训以确保全科医生了解支持艺术作用的证据，以及他们的患者可以获得的当地“创意艺术促进健康”活动的情况。
本文描述了 2016-2019 年期间为受训全科医生举办的三次艺术与健康培训活动的内容和评估情况。这些活动与盖伊和圣托马斯、希灵登和约克和斯卡伯勒全科医生职业培训计划（GPVTS）有关。
使用专门设计的问卷，对伦敦的活动进行了评估，问卷中包含了在培训活动前后完成的评分量表。对于约克的活动，在培训日结束时使用了简单的定制评估问卷。所有参与者都同意在活动期间拍照和录像。
全科医生对培训活动的反馈表明，他们对艺术与健康干预措施的证据有了更多的认识，对创意艺术在促进患者健康和福利方面在初级保健中的作用的态度更加积极。另一个发现是，GP 受训者认识到创造性活动可以增强对患者护理的整体方法，并在支持他们自己的幸福感方面发挥积极作用。
描述的这种培训活动，为 GP 受训者提供了创造性参与的机会，可以提高他们对创造性活动对患者健康和福利的益处的认识，并可能激励未来的全科医生为患者提供参与创造性活动的机会。这种培训模式适用于任何可以为患者转介艺术活动的健康工作者，并且具有在全国范围内推广的潜力。
