Clients Served
Setting(s): Other: Behavioral health, General Hospital, Children’s hospital or unit, Oncology, Inpatient psychiatric unit
Population(s): Medical/surgical, Cancer, Other: women & infants, Other: cardiac care, Behavioral disorder, Other: skilled nursing
Age Range: pre-natal – older adults
Facility Characteristics
Banner Desert Medical Center is the largest, most comprehensive hospital in the East Valley of metro Phoenix located in Mesa, Arizona. Desert is centrally located, just off of the superstition freeway, across from Mesa Community College. BDMS has 549 licensed beds, including 118 dedicated to children. Desert offers a full array of clinical services including: pediatric and adult oncology, orthopedics, renal/diabetic and inpatient dialysis care, peroperative services, endoscopy, cardiology, intensive care unit, women and infants services, and emergency services. The mission of Banner Health is to make a difference in peoples’ lives through excellent patient care and that is accomplished at Desert with the assistance of an interdisciplinary approach of which music therapy is an integral part.
Training
The clinical internship at Desert will be a comprehensive medical music therapy experience. Interns will have the opportunity to become familiar with basic medical terminology, diagnosis, and experience music therapy applications in most of the clinical specialty areas mentioned above. Interns will also be given the opportunity to select different therapeutic specialities that they would like to observe, i.e. PT/OT/Speech, surgeries, procedures, etc. Interns will interact with all levels of healthcare professionals and will have the opportunity to participate in unit specific interdisciplinary rounds in many areas throughout the facility. Hours are Monday through Friday, 8:30am to 5:00pm, with a once a month commitment in the evening. Intern application information may be obtained by e-mailing the Internship Director. Please note that e-mailing the Clinical Training Director is the preferred method of contact for information regarding the internship. Donalyn.Richardson@bannerhealth.com
We are pleased to be able to offer the Mary Susan Dalton Music Memorial scholarship to our interns based upon merit, thanks to a wonderful donor. This scholarship ($600.00) will be awarded once a year upon merit. In addition, there will be another scholarship available ($600.00) to interns based upon merit (same process) that will be funded by our facility for the second student accepted during each year. An intern would be allowed to apply for one of these two scholarships if she/he meets criteria. These scholarships would be awarded mid-way through the internship.
Essentials
Starting Months: arrange with director
Housing: Low cost
Meals: Low cost
Stipend: $0.00
Clinical Training Director
Banner Desert Medical Center
Donalyn B. Richardson, MT-BC
Integrative Therapy Department
1400 S. Dobson Road
Mesa, AZ 85202
Phone: (480) 512-3667
email: Donalyn.Richardson@BannerHealth.com
