@mjbonnin
There is a whole field of medical improv. Really helps teach docs how to be in the moment and communicate better with both patients and peers.
@hermanb8389
That's not silly. That's a great idea for new Doctors who struggle with conversation and are introverted.
@mesamom62
I think medical school and residencies should be changed in such a way that the students and young doctors can get proper sleep. It will lead to better care. I have been cared for by many sleep-deprived residents.
@NichelleEng1
i'm in psych nursing school and it's part of our curriculum every semester. very anxiety inducing at times but very helpful when it comes to clinical!
@mitchelnelson
University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix does this actually! We have 3 or 4 improv sessions across the preclinical curriculum
@elliekinzz1
I’m from England and my brother is an actor, a few years ago he and some other local actors actually spent 2 days doing improv for medical students, where they were given different characters to play with different ailments. The doctors were rated by an examiner who observed the “appointments”
@temekalawlor1970
This is a big thing in South Australia! A lot of the medical courses here have Simulation programs and hire actors to be Simulated patients. The med students get to practice anything from taking histories to giving bad news to deescalating threatening patients. It’s so valuable as the students can make mistakes and try different strategies in a safe learning environment. And us actors get to have a job other than tending bars 😂
@lorriefinley3129
When I was in Nursing College, we did this or at least the Nursing students teamed up as patient/nurse to practice responding to a patient.
@HappyHollyPlayz
As a person who takes inprov classes, i agree to this. I have social anxiety and if i had this in school it probably would've helped a lot before i became homeschooled.
@u4f-x7b
As a therapist I wholeheartedly agree. Psychiatry needs this advice, as well
@FooDanger
We do Medical Improv in medschool here in Sweden.
@xaphelion
I’m in veterinary school (on a campus with multiple grad programs all medical-related) and we all have to do improv interactions with client actors. It ranges from basic history gathering to end-of-life discussions as you progress each year.
@Bringon-dw8dx
I’m in the uk, it’s pretty standard to practice with actors in medical school
@PipesPlayer1980
As an MD, I agree with Mike 100%!
@pippagrey9633
Yes!!!!! There is nothing more frustrating than having your doctor listen to the first thing you say and then nothing else you say, make their diagnosis on just that one data point, and therefore make things worse because, as the patient, you didn't know that the first piece of info you gave wasn't the most important piece.
@Blackedtear
I study to be a paramedic in a university of applied sciences in Finland. We simulation classes where our teachers and us do the cases according to what they teach us. We do the communications and improv through the exercises. Best way of learning!
@rabbitholegirl1
We had that in my nursing school. We had drama classes where one was the nurse & the other was the patient.
@Brandywackyman188
In South Africa my university has changed out curriculum slightly and one of the courses we did had an improv workshop I was transformed from a socially awkward person who struggled to meet people and converse into someone who could not only maintain conversation, but better understand unspoken conversation and build more confidence in initiating conversation (yes I am diagnosed with ASD and am in medical school)
@HeyitsJtotheA
My friend was an actor and was part of a class that taught med students at UCLA with handling bedside manner, and how to handle actual human patients. What amazed me was that med students had to be taught this.
@kojoasante5005