The document discusses Prescribe Culture, a pilot program at the University of Edinburgh that provides social and cultural activities to support student wellbeing and mental health. It was created in response to increased demand on counseling services. Prescribe Culture involves collaboration between health, social work, heritage and other university courses. It provides internships, contributes to curriculum, and engages in research on social prescribing and its benefits to student mental health.

1. Aware of the significant increase of demand on the UoE Counselling Service
& Wellness Centre, coupled with knowledge of the positive impact of social
prescribing on older communities, a health, wellbeing and heritage
collections interdisciplinary Steering Group was created to support
development of a Prescribe Culture pilot - Programme 6 and Take 30
Booklet.
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PRESCRIBE CULTURE EST. 2018
PLACE-BASED DUAL COLLABORATION
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Prescribe Culture inputs to the Critical Public Health course, with tutorials
provided on the Social and Ethical Medicine module. Prescribe Culture
Creative Health placements are available to students across health, social
work and heritage courses. The Prescribe Culture Lead sits on the
Personalised Care Inter-professional Education Group Board.
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TEACHING AND LEARNING
Prescribe Culture, as the foundation to social prescribing on-campus,
is a key element in the psychosocial education strand of the new,
Lead Well Award, under development at the Edinburgh Futures
Institute.
CURRICULUM TRANSFORMATION
The Prescribe Culture Lead sits on the Student Mental Health Research
Group and is a Co-Investigator on international research project,
U-Flourish, led on by Prof Anne Duffy, Academic Psychiatrist, at Queen’s
University, Canada.
RESEARCH
SOCIAL PRESCRIBING
ON CAMPUS - YEAR 5
Civic Engagement Manager/Prescribe Culture Lead -
Ruthanne.Baxter@ed.ac.uk
More Information on Prescribe Culture
Collaborative working, with referral pathway in operation, with the
University’s Health Centre, Counselling Services, Disability Services and the
Student Support and Student Wellbeing Advisor teams. Partnership
working, across Edinburgh, with other heritage, culture and nature
engagement providers, such as Royal Botanic Gardens and National Library
of Scotland, to provide diversity of delivery programme options.

2. 100%
75%
100%
Profile of Prescribe Culture Student Members
PG : UG Students Medication : Talking Therapy
International : Domestic
100%
Students rated Prescribe
Culture's Programme 6
'Excellent'
Students agreed non-
clincial support
programmes on-
campus are extremely
important
Students would
recommend Prescribe
Culture to others in their
situation
Interaction with PC Lead
was vital to their starting
and maintaining
engagement with
Programme 6
0 25 50 75 100
Social Media Use High/Med/Low
In-personal socialising High/Med/Low