Person-Centered Healthcare Education That Supports Higher Quality Care
Articine helps healthcare organizations deliver professional learning that strengthens communication, reflection, and person-centered care in complex patient situations — beginning with Dottie, a ready-to-use dementia education module for healthcare professionals and educators.
Articine is an educational nonprofit for healthcare providers
We are one of the first performing arts and health nonprofits in the U.S. to offer continued education to the healthcare community. Through Association-Approved Professional Development programs, we bridge the worlds of medicine and the arts to inspire compassionate care.
Our work produces impactful experiences that highlight patient stories, challenge perspectives, and foster deeper emotional awareness. By integrating the arts and medical education, Articine helps healthcare professionals strengthen communication skills and deliver care with empathy and understanding.
We Provide CME Accredited Development Programs
We are one of the first performing arts and health nonprofits in the U.S. to offer continued education to the healthcare community. Through Association-Approved Professional Development programs, we bridge the worlds of medicine and the arts to inspire compassionate care.
Online Learning Module
A flexible, self-paced online program that introduces the foundations of art-based empathy training. This CME-accredited course helps healthcare professionals, educators, and organizations strengthen communication, emotional awareness, and connection through creative, human-centered approaches to patient care.
The Anxiety Piece: A Workshop on Mental Health & Anxiety
A dynamic, multimedia workshop that delves into the lived experience of anxiety, exploring both the patient and provider perspectives. It encourages open dialogue on mental health, fostering a deeper understanding and building emotional literacy within healthcare teams to enhance compassionate care.
Dottie: A Film about Dementia & Empathy
A powerful, performance-driven workshop that immerses participants in the human experience of dementia and Alzheimer’s. Through storytelling and embodiment, it offers new insights into memory, identity, and compassion, deepening understanding of the challenges faced by patients and caregivers in long-term care.
Participant Testimonials
“As a psychiatrist, I love Dottie for its ability to display the personal, unseen journey of dementia from the standpoint of the person themselves, as well as their caregivers. Too often, someone’s past is forgotten when they seek medical care, and they are relegated to a diagnosis or a set of medications. Dottie reminds us that, beyond the black and white, is a person with a full past which should be remembered and respected.”
Sarah Slocum, MD
Psychiatrist, Beth Israel Lahey Health, Core Physicians
[Dottie] made me recognize the reality of patients with dementia are living with. Think of a day in their shoes. Try to remember who they were and honor that, look beyond the hospital bed. I learned how important it is, especially in the healthcare setting, to react to where the patient is, and it can positively impact outcomes.
“Dottie’s story offers a powerful reminder to us all that a person, with a lifetime of memories and experiences, will always be more than her dementia diagnosis. Thank you for sharing Dottie with us.”
Melanie Benjamin
Executive Director, The Center at Belvedere, Charlottesville, VA.
Our Funders
Foundation for Seacost Health
Kennebunk Savings
New England Foundation for the Arts
Seacoast Plastic Surgery and Medical Aesthetics
Senior Helpers
Our Mission
Articine integrates the arts and medicine to inspire healthcare providers to deliver more empathetic and effective patient care.
Through powerful performances and interactive workshops, we use storytelling to reconnect clinicians with the humanity at the heart of their work, helping them listen deeper, communicate better, and care more compassionately.
Our Vision
Our vision boldly imagines the universal delivery of empathetic and effective healthcare that embraces the arts to support healing and well-being for healthcare providers and their patients.
