Steinbeis Transfer Institute
International Institute for Medical Clowning
| Gürtelstraße 29A/30 | |
| D-10247 Berlin | |
| Phone: | +64-33299223 |
| E-Mail: | SU1594(at)stw.de |
| 44B Chrystalwood Lane, Governors Bay, RD1 | |
| NZ-8971 Christchurch - Lyttelton | |
- Management:
- Professor h.c. Dr. Thomas Petschner, Ph.D.
Services
- Level 1 Certified course: Certified Medical Clown
- Level 2 Certified course: Certified Instructor & Medical Clown
- Level 3 B.A. degree: Medical Clown B.A.
Key Areas
- This program is created for specialised artists known as “clown doctors”, “hospital clowns” or “care clowns” - mostly people who have already studied a different kind of clowning, performing arts, acting or ideally still working in a similar profession in hospitals and family entertainment.
- Our main task is to extend their artistic knowledge and experience to gain a deeper understanding for the physical, emotional and psychological state of people in pain and in need.
- This programme is also a vehicle to improve the relationship between medical staff and artists, as well as to raise awareness /change the image of professional clowns within the health industy.
- The curriculum for medical clowning is based on consolidated requirements from numerous international organizations, institutions and experianced trainers in order to set a common ground for quality standards in clown education.
- This program will possibly create a globally recognized occupation 'medical clown' which will gain a significant level of credibility for this important professional work. In some countries this status could bring much more social security such is a health insurance or retirement.
