26isfam140 10.3205/26isfam140 urn:nbn:de:0183-26isfam1408 Meeting Abstract Vergara-Marshall Vergara-Marshall Rosa R

Factoria Musical Foundation

author Tomic-Molina Tomic-Molina Dominga D

Factoria Musical Foundation

author de los Ángeles Paul-Delfau de los Ángeles Paul-Delfau María M

Universidad Católica de Chile

author German Medical Science GMS Publishing House

Düsseldorf

610 20260612 engl This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. Dieser Artikel ist ein Open-Access-Artikel und steht unter den Lizenzbedingungen der Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (Namensnennung). M0652 140 International Society for Arts and Medicine The Healing Arts – Forging Alliances of Arts & Medicine Poster Abstracts Berlin 20260618 20260620 26isfam140 TextBackground: Paediatric hospitalization is recognized as a highly stressful event for children and families. Humanization of care is essential for children’s wellbeing and for improving treatment effectiveness. Although some evidence suggests that music-based interventions can offer benefits, further evaluation is needed in specific clinical contexts.The project “Kids Playing for Kids” introduces live music performed by children into a pediatric outpatient setting, transforming a public hospital waiting room in Chile into a space of dignity, reciprocity, and human connection.Objectives: This pioneering intervention positions children as protagonists and seeks to humanize pediatric care by fostering relational encounters through music among children from diverse backgrounds, enhancing emotional wellbeing, and creating a participatory cultural experience accessible to all. It challenges the conventional paradigm of the “child patient” – passive, silent, and anonymous – by restoring children’s agency within the clinical environment.Methods: Concerts held periodically integrate music into the rhythm of the clinical setting. The playroom consistently becomes a temporary concert hall, marked by noticeable reductions in screen use and increases in curiosity, creativity, attentiveness, and joy. Qualitative field notes, narrative observations, and feedback from families and staff document the relational and emotional dynamics that emerge during each performance.Conclusion: Experience suggests that sustained live music performed by children offers an original and impactful model of pediatric humanization, strengthening relational presence in clinical environments and enriching the emotional climate of care. Its scalability through institutional partnerships presents challenges but offers a pathway for broader integration of the healing arts into pediatric healthcare. 0 0 0 0