Tara Jamieson, MB BCh BAO (Hons), MT-BC is a Pediatric Resident, Musician, and Content Creator who strives to make the world of medicine more human. She does this through her clinical work as a resident as well as by connecting with individuals on social media. Playing music, sharing stories, and dispelling medical misinformation along the way.

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Dr. Jamieson lives and works in Boston, MA. She’s available to travel for speaking engagements throughout the United States and abroad.

Contact Tara for more info.

Resume

  • Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

    Academic program in Medicine, First Class Honours: September 2018 - May 2022

    • Degree Awarded: MB BCh BAO (Hons)

    • CIMRO Aleppo Award Recipient May 2021

    • Adult/Pediatric CPR and AED

    Licensing Exams: USMLE Step 1, USMLE Step 2CK, USMLE Step 3

    Berklee College of Music

    BM, Music Therapy, Boston MA Cum Laude: Spring 2016

    • Student Affairs Collaborative Celebration of the Year Award: Community Impact 2016

    o Awarded to graduates who have shown commitment to academics, character, and leadership.

    • Berklee Shining Star Award 2015

    o For excellence in Social Justice and Mental Health education in the Berklee Community

    Licensing Exams: Certification Board for Music Therapists Licensing Exam

  • Pediatric Resident, Boston Combined Residency Program, Boston MA

    • Completing pediatric residency and fulfilling all responsibilities required of a pediatric resident physician

    Music Therapist, Center for Music Therapy, Austin TX

    • Facilitated care of multiple therapeutic needs for 25+ patients on a weekly basis

    • Implemented a new EMR system for the practice utilizing HIPAA-approved software

    Music Therapy Intern, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles CA

    • Facilitated care of acutely ill children as part of a multidisciplinary team

    • Contributed to weekly multidisciplinary team meetings in rehabilitation, palliative care, and bone marrow transplant teams

    Senior Resident Assistant, Berklee College of Music, Boston MA

    • Lived with and supported 30+ first year university students

    • Facilitation and implementation of the LGBT+ Social Justice Living and Learning Community

  • Experiences

    • 10th Annual RCSI Research Summer School

    o Worked as part of a research team attempting to understand the care pathways for children with ADHD in Ireland and created an intervention for healthcare practitioners as a possible solution using integrative design frameworks in collaboration with TU Dublin

    Posters

    • Asset-Based Community Development and Asset Mapping in Cavan; Chester, A., Israelian, L., Jamieson, T., Neder, A., Reid, T., Staunton, M.; Cavan Community Health Meeting, April 2021

    • Increasing the impact of qualitative research by design: the development of ADHD experience insight cards to transform research into practical, evidence-based tools to facilitate empathy development; McErlean, K, Jamieson, T., Maher, A., Ennis, M., Hanratty, M., Hayden, J., Morgan, S., Gavin, B., Murphy, P., McNicholas, F., Holton, A., Flood, M.; Research Summer School Poster Competition, August 2019

    • Bridging the Gap: An Online Intervention to Improve Knowledge Acquisition for Non-Science Medical Students; Israelian, L., Jamieson, T., Gargaritano, K., Mati, A., O’Keefe, C.; RCSI International Education Forum, June 2019

  • YouTube Channel – Dr. Tara Jamieson

    • Produces weekly content for YouTube in two main series: IMG Tales and Tunes with Tara

    • Has grown to reach more than 15 thousand subscribers and 1 million cumulative views

    Ireland’s Got Talent

    • Semifinalist on Series 2

    RCSI Drama Society Presents Chicago

    • Starred as one of the leading ladies, Velma, in RCSI’s first feature full length musical

    Berklee Commencement Performer

    Berklee Songwriting Club

    • Berklee Perfect Pitch Finalist 2014 and 2015

    Berklee Poetry Slam

    • Finalist for the Berklee Poetry Slam Team 2014/2015

    • Member of the Berklee Poetry Slam Team 2015/2016

    Public Speaking

    • Lions Club Public Speaking Winner and Finalist 2006-2009 and 2013

    • Royal Canadian Legion Public Speaking Province of Ontario Finalist 2013