Culture and Health - Where training meets practice: the Lugano case

The seventh lecture of the 2025 Culture and Health course – Doctors and Social Prescribing. Healing through sport, nature, culture and volunteering – will take place on Monday, November 24, from 6:00 to 7:45 p.m., at the Aula Polivalente, East Campus, Lugano.

The final lesson of the course will be dedicated to the culture on prescription pilot project promoted by the City of Lugano, IBSA Foundation and the Institute of Family Medicine of USI, in collaboration with LAC edu. The project is trialling the prescription of artistic and cultural activities to over-65s with health problems connected with their lifestyles.
Jess Bone, researcher at University College of London, will illustrate the social prescribing approach adopted in the UK, funding models and the supporting scientific evidence. The outcomes of the studies conducted by the Social Biobehavioural Research Group of UCL on millions of patients, through electronic medical records, cohorts and trials, will also be presented.
As discussant and principal investigator, Luca Gabutti – internist and full professor at USI – will outline the design of the current trial.

Full programme: www.culturaesalute.ch – IBSA Foundation