The program offers two specialized medical clowning courses each year, open to students university-wide. The multidisciplinary study of artistic and medical training culminates in an on-site weekly medical clowning practicum, conducted by professionals and advanced students, in the program’s established partner hospitals. These hospitals include the LAC+USC Medical Center (LAC+USC), the Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles (CHLA), and the Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center (NCCC). The practitioners currently sustain over 150 visits each year at these venues and have built a strong rapport with the hospital staff, ensuring the program’s long-term integration into these facilities and laying the groundwork to establish medical clowning in additional medical centers throughout Los Angeles.
USC undergraduate students across all disciplines can sign up for the Introduction to Medical Clowning Course at https://classes.usc.edu.
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