Lead author:  Hartley Jafine
Submitted by: Dyan Colpo, Cleveland Clinic, Simulation and Advanced Skills Center

I teach improvisational theatre to health scientists and trainee doctors. When I tell people this, they are often confused because theatre and medicine appear to be separate fields. Medicine, however, is a performance. And the skills actors and improvisers learn are equally important for any health-care role. For more than 10 years now, I have been facilitating theatre courses within undergraduate health science and medical education — to enhance the clinical skills of students and train better health-care professionals.

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