Podcasts about medical improv

"Medical improv teaches you to do unscripted, collaborative storytelling to the best of your capacity." On the series premiere of Doctor+, hosts Tseganesh and David speak with Dr. Ankit Mehta about medical improv, narrative medicine, and graphic medicine. About the guest: Ankit Mehta is a hospitalist with HealthPartners and an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Minnesota (UMN). He is certified in CHEST/Society of Hospital Medicine POCUS (Point of Care Ultrasound). He has a keen interest in the intersection of arts, humanities, and medicine. He co-created a one-day communication and empathy course, “CRAVE” (Communication, Resilience, Authenticity, Vulnerability, and Empathy) at HealthPartners for practicing clinicians. He also directs a “medical improv” course, an adaptation of improvisation principles in healthcare context to improve communication, empathy, teamwork and resiliency. He currently chairs the research committee for the National Medical Improv Collaborative (MIC) group. He is a member of the Editorial Review Board for the Journal of Patient Experience. He has been a part of the planning committee as creative arts/narrative medicine chair for the International Conference on Communication in Healthcare (ICCH) in 2021 and 2023. He has served on the Medical Executive Committee at Regions Hospital (St. Paul, MN) and the Patient Experience Council. Dr. Mehta is passionate about graphic medicine as a powerful tool in medical education to teach self-reflection and empathy with easy accessibility and poignancy. His graphic works have been published in various journals (including JAMA and Annals of Internal Medicine), book illustrations/cover designs and magazines. His graphic story (in collaboration with Twin Cities PBS and UMN Medical School) was part of an Emmy® winning documentary “Speaking About Race”. He is also actively engaged in global health initiatives, and has worked with International Organization for Migration (IOM) to support trainings of panel physicians. For more examples of Dr. Mehta's work, click here. Support for Doctor+ has been provided by the American College of Physicians. Doctor+ is hosted by Dr. David Hilden and Dr. Tseganesh Selameab and is produced by Julie Censullo. For more information, visit doctorpluspodcast.com.

PlayMD is a pair of physician-improvisers, based in the Philippines, who are advocates of medical improvisation. Their goal is to help improve collaborative, communication, and cognitive pathways using improvised play. Medical improv, according to Belinda Fu, is "the study and practice of improv theater philosophy and techniques applied to the unique challenges and environment of healthcare for the benefit of improved health and well-being providers and patients." Follow PlayMD on social media: www.facebook.com/playmd.ph www.instagram.com/playmd.ph Follow 99 Yellow Cars on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Also, visit the blog for other news: 99yellowcars.com Send us a message if you have questions, suggestions, comments, or violent reactions: 99yellowcars@gmail.com #improv #playmd #medicalimprov #playmdph #medimprov

In part two of our Medical Improv series, Senior Principal Health System Engineers Gene Dankbar and Kathy Zavaleta, along with host Tony Chihak reflect on improving communication skills, even in remote work settings. They teamed up with some of their colleagues from the Strategy Department.  With a few simple exercises borrowed from improvisational theatre the fun illustrates key lessons about thinking on your feet.

The importance of listening and communication is key for health system engineers and project managers as they work closely with senior leaders, project proponents, project team members and subject matter experts. Rather remarkably, tools used commonly by improvisation actors can help all healthcare professionals sharpen and enhance their communication skills. Join two of Management Engineering and Consulting's Senior Principal Health System Engineers Kathy Zavaleta and Gene Dankbar, along with host, Tony Chihak, as they describe how they have applied improvisation methods, referred to as ‘medical improvisation' in a healthcare setting, in their day-to-day work to enhance project outcomes. 

Find out how an actress/playwright is using her theatrical skills to help mold the healthcare professionals of tomorrow. Host David Mendel welcomes Nancie Xirinachs, who talks about the dramatic work she’s doing at three different medical schools in the Northeast. Nancie also shares advice for anyone that may be interested in getting involved with medical improv and the Standardized Patient program.

The importance of listening and communication is key for health system engineers and project managers as they work closely with senior leaders, project proponents, project team members and subject matter experts. Rather remarkably, tools used commonly by improvisation actors can help all healthcare professionals sharpen and enhance their communication skills. Join two of Management Engineering … Continue reading Medical Improv →

In this episode we interview Jonathon Garland, an improv expert, on how medical communication can be enhanced through improv techniques. The post EP 34: Medical Improv with Jonathan Garland appeared first on Woman Centered Health.

Everyone has to leave the nest sometime, and for us, it's time to grow up and let go of the July 2015 Independence show, because this is the last story from that event! Fittingly, it features Stephanie Frederick's tale of breaking free from her hometown, despite the objections of her father and the traditions of her ancestors. From Stephanie's Odyssey bio: Stephanie Frederick grew up on the bayous of southern Louisiana, and found her way to the drylands of the Sonoran desert 40 years ago.  She's spent 10 years discovering the bounties of the Blue Ridge Mountains while living in Asheville, NC and rural Virginia, and returned to her beloved Tucson in 2012.  As an RN, Holistic Health Educator, and Patient Advocate, she's managed to carve out professional niches outside the constraints of conventional medicine.  In 2013 she received training in Medical Improv, and is CEO of her company, Improv to Improv(e) Healthcare!. You can find more information on that and her other endeavors at https://stephaniefrederick.com/. She calls it "serious play" (not comedy!) to help health professionals/employers/employees explore authentic communication and collaboration.  Her spirit is fueled by 5 Rhythms dance, racewalking, landscape gardening, and time spent with her chosen family. This story was performed and recorded in front of a live audience at The Screening Room in Tucson, AZ, on July 2nd, 2015, and was curated by Drew Cronyn. For more information about Odyssey Storytelling, please visit www.odysseystorytelling.com

Ashley is an author and the host of the podcast "How Are You Still Single?" which is available everywhere podcasts are found!In today's episode: We talk the power of podcasts & podcasts providing insight into the lives of another person! We talk travel stories and talking to people on planes! We talk relationships & dating! We talk vulnerability! We talk the opioid epidemic! We talk performance of all kinds (improv, dance and pageants)!Ashley has a book out as well! How Are You Still Single? is available on Amazon in paperback and kindle versions: https://www.amazon.com/How-Are-You-Still-Single/dp/1734599901/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=ashley+rodabaugh&qid=1581895587&sr=8-1

Miles is a writer, actor, performer and improvisor. In today's episode: We ask the question "Am I peaking?"! We talk putting ideas into motion! We talk checking in with yourself and doing things you enjoy! We talk the power of improv! We talk realizing your own superpowers!   

Laura is a Chicago-based improvisor and has a Master's Degree in Social Work !In today's episode, Laura interviews me as part of her final project for her master's program. We talk the therapeutic applications of improv! We talk Medical Improv and teaching improv to medical professionals (doctors, therapists, social workers, and more)! We talk improv's importance to both our lives! We talk working with youth! We talk meeting someone in their reality and building connections!To learn more about Medical Improv, check out: http://www.medicalimprov.org/

It has been said that communication is everything. I can think of no other arena than healthcare where this is more important to do effectively. Nurses and physicians are not taught effective communication in school. There are many barriers to effective communication in healthcare. Isn’t it cool that there is a tool called Medical Improv that helps nurses and physicians and others on the healthcare team learn how to hone this skill and actually have fun doing it? Have you heard of this? What if you could learn to communicate more effectively with your co-workers and actually have fun doing it? It’s a win-win; especially for patient outcomes. Tune in to today’s Divine Downloads episode to see how Registered Nurse Beth Boynton got into improv and how it is helping improve patient outcomes and enjoyment of healthcare staff. To learn more about Beth and Medical Improv, check out these links: https://www.bethboynton.com/ https://www.facebook.com/beth.boynton.1 https://www.linkedin.com/in/bethboynton/ https://twitter.com/bethboynton Confidentvoices.com Portsmouthimprovlearninglab.org Beth@bethboynton.com Train the trainer medical improv workshop for healthcare leaders, HR, corporate trainers and the like. Nov 1st, 2019 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/medical-improv-101-t3-intensive-for-improving-communication-key-outcomes-tickets-73598329585 3rd step to the Two Challenge Rule https://www.confidentvoices.com/2015/08/09/heres-a-3rd-essential-step-for-the-two-challenge-rule/ "Interruption Awareness" used here in the context of Root Cause Analysis. https://www.confidentvoices.com/2017/12/03/medical-improv-activity-for-enhancing-root-cause-analyses/ "Same Time Story" an activity for listening. https://portsmouthimprovlearninglab.org/lots-of-creative-happenings-on-the-nh-seacoast-yes-like-the-pill-filming-project/ A Lifetime of Learning in 60 second Improv Game: Death in One Minute! https://portsmouthimprovlearninglab.org/a-lifetime-of-learning-in-60-second-improv-game-death-in-one-minute/ #emotionalintelligence #leadership #healthcare #improv #medicalimprov #nursesinbusiness #play #goals #communication #effectivecommunication #teamwork #patientsafety #patientexperience #workforcehealth #nursing #patientadvocacy #confidentvoices

On episode 225 of The Nurse Keith Show nursing career podcast, Nurse Keith interviews Dr. Candy Campbell, who is an international speaker, award-winning actor, author, and filmmaker. She works with individuals and corporations using medical improv and other techniques and strategies to improve leadership, interprofessional communication, and team development.  Nurse Keith is a holistic career coach for nurses, as well as a professional podcaster, published author, well-known blogger and freelance writer, inspiring and sought-after keynote speaker, and successful nurse entrepreneur. Show notes NurseKeith.com Facebook.com/NurseKeithCoaching Twitter.com/nursekeith

In the last episode of this month's Spotlight Series, we don't dance around the subject… we're talking about how knowledge about movement can influence our practice of medicine. In this episode, we interviewed Nina Shevzov-Zebrun and Dr. Elizabeth Barchi about their plan to teach others about movement and medicine and we interviewed Marleigh Stern who created a documentary about creatives in medicine during medical school and her inspiration from her own dance background. Thanks to Darlina Liu for producing this episode, to our podcast leads, Shiv and Darlina, and to the band Night Float for providing our music. This episode was sponsored by the Master Scholars Program in Humanistic Medicine at the NYU School of Medicine as part of our four-episode Spotlight Series featuring: Medicine & Improv, Medicine & Writing, Medicine & Art, and Medicine & Dance. We hope you've enjoyed this series as much as we have! "Our program takes a broad, inclusive approach to medical humanities, with the goal of supporting students' creative and intellectual interests outside the scope of traditional medical education. Many of our students come into medical school with a passion for the humanistic disciplines. Others develop this along the way, after encountering particular experiences or questions over the course of their training and looking to art or history or one of the social sciences to explore them more deeply. Students can do this through one of our mini-courses, like Art & Anatomy or Medical Improv, or through our Rudin Fellowship in Medical Ethics and Humanities, if they have a more targeted research project in mind. Many of our courses actually grow out of student-generated ideas—Medical Improv is a great example. Participants in our program often report that it helps sustain the many dimensions of their identities beyond their interest in biomedicine, and that the freedom of choice (either in selecting seminars or in the Rudin Fellowship, where students design completely individualized projects) is validating and empowering in a context that can often feel very hierarchical. It is imperative that we recognize and support each of our students as a whole person if we want them to develop into the kind of physicians who treat each of their patients as a whole person." – Katie Grogan, Associate Director, MSPHM

Since starting medical school, I've begun seeing biology and medicine in art everywhere I look: at the MoMa, Cooper Hewitt Design Museum, even the random art galleries in Chelsea… I see folded proteins and cells and viruses. In Episode 3 of our Spotlight Series, we are going to talk about how art and medicine go hand in hand. From the work of Dr. Mike Natter to making murals in a hospital waiting room to learning Art & Anatomy with Laura Ferguson, we can paint a colorful picture about the literal art of medicine. More information about Art & Anatomy can be found here: https://artandanatomy.com/ Thanks to Darlina Liu for producing this episode, to our podcast leads, Shiv and Darlina, and to the band Night Float for providing our music. This episode was sponsored by the Master Scholars Program in Humanistic Medicine at the NYU School of Medicine as part of our four-episode Spotlight Series featuring: Medicine & Improv, Medicine & Writing, Medicine & Art, and Medicine & Dance. "Our program takes a broad, inclusive approach to medical humanities, with the goal of supporting students' creative and intellectual interests outside the scope of traditional medical education. Many of our students come into medical school with a passion for the humanistic disciplines. Others develop this along the way, after encountering particular experiences or questions over the course of their training and looking to art or history or one of the social sciences to explore them more deeply. Students can do this through one of our mini-courses, like Art & Anatomy or Medical Improv, or through our Rudin Fellowship in Medical Ethics and Humanities, if they have a more targeted research project in mind. Many of our courses actually grow out of student-generated ideas—Medical Improv is a great example. Participants in our program often report that it helps sustain the many dimensions of their identities beyond their interest in biomedicine, and that the freedom of choice (either in selecting seminars or in the Rudin Fellowship, where students design completely individualized projects) is validating and empowering in a context that can often feel very hierarchical. It is imperative that we recognize and support each of our students as a whole person if we want them to develop into the kind of physicians who treat each of their patients as a whole person." – Katie Grogan, Associate Director, MSPHM

Welcome to Episode 2 of our Spotlight Series, where we will be discussing the many ways that doctors and doctors-in-training can hone their writing skills, outside of clinical notes. In Part One, Dr. Colleen Farrell speaks candidly about her journey through writing and medicine, including her experience with writing about mental health, the confidence gap she witnessed in clinical medicine which inspired her Rudin Fellowship Project, and the essence of storytelling. Thanks to Darlina Liu for producing this episode, to our podcast leads, Shiv and Darlina, and to the band Night Float for providing our music. This episode was sponsored by the Master Scholars Program in Humanistic Medicine at the NYU School of Medicine as part of our four-episode Spotlight Series featuring: Medicine & Improv, Medicine & Writing, Medicine & Art, and Medicine & Dance. "Our program takes a broad, inclusive approach to medical humanities, with the goal of supporting students' creative and intellectual interests outside the scope of traditional medical education. Many of our students come into medical school with a passion for the humanistic disciplines. Others develop this along the way, after encountering particular experiences or questions over the course of their training and looking to art or history or one of the social sciences to explore them more deeply. Students can do this through one of our mini-courses, like Art & Anatomy or Medical Improv, or through our Rudin Fellowship in Medical Ethics and Humanities, if they have a more targeted research project in mind. Many of our courses actually grow out of student-generated ideas—Medical Improv is a great example. Participants in our program often report that it helps sustain the many dimensions of their identities beyond their interest in biomedicine, and that the freedom of choice (either in selecting seminars or in the Rudin Fellowship, where students design completely individualized projects) is validating and empowering in a context that can often feel very hierarchical. It is imperative that we recognize and support each of our students as a whole person if we want them to develop into the kind of physicians who treat each of their patients as a whole person." – Katie Grogan, Associate Director, MSPHM

Welcome to Episode 2 of our Spotlight Series, where we will be discussing the many ways that doctors and doctors-in-training can hone their writing skills, outside of clinical notes. In Part One, we share some six word stories from fourth year medical students, a project coordinated by Max Wang and others from the NYU Gold Humanism Society. Eli Cahan, an editor of Agora, NYU Medicine's arts and literary magazine, discusses receiving feedback for work in journalism. And Dr. Jules Lipoff shares some words of advice about the process of publishing narrative medicine. Thanks to Darlina Liu for producing this episode, to our podcast leads, Shiv and Darlina, and to the band Night Float for providing our music. This episode was sponsored by the Master Scholars Program in Humanistic Medicine at the NYU School of Medicine as part of our four-episode Spotlight Series featuring: Medicine & Improv, Medicine & Writing, Medicine & Art, and Medicine & Dance. "Our program takes a broad, inclusive approach to medical humanities, with the goal of supporting students' creative and intellectual interests outside the scope of traditional medical education. Many of our students come into medical school with a passion for the humanistic disciplines. Others develop this along the way, after encountering particular experiences or questions over the course of their training and looking to art or history or one of the social sciences to explore them more deeply. Students can do this through one of our mini-courses, like Art & Anatomy or Medical Improv, or through our Rudin Fellowship in Medical Ethics and Humanities, if they have a more targeted research project in mind. Many of our courses actually grow out of student-generated ideas—Medical Improv is a great example. Participants in our program often report that it helps sustain the many dimensions of their identities beyond their interest in biomedicine, and that the freedom of choice (either in selecting seminars or in the Rudin Fellowship, where students design completely individualized projects) is validating and empowering in a context that can often feel very hierarchical. It is imperative that we recognize and support each of our students as a whole person if we want them to develop into the kind of physicians who treat each of their patients as a whole person." – Katie Grogan, Associate Director, MSPHM

We're kicking off our Spotlight Series on the NYU School of Medicine with a spotlight on improv and medicine! In this episode, we interviewed Nick Kanellis who taught a "Medical Improv" seminar and his students who shared about their experiences. Listen to learn more about improv games you can play to improv-e your skills with patients. Thanks to Darlina Liu for producing this episode, to our podcast leads, Shiv and Darlina, and the band Night Float for providing our music. This episode was sponsored by the Master Scholars Program in Humanistic Medicine at the NYU School of Medicine as part of our four-episode Spotlight Series featuring: Medicine & Improv, Medicine & Writing, Medicine & Art, and Medicine & Dance. "Our program takes a broad, inclusive approach to medical humanities, with the goal of supporting students' creative and intellectual interests outside the scope of traditional medical education. Many of our students come into medical school with a passion for the humanistic disciplines. Others develop this along the way, after encountering particular experiences or questions over the course of their training and looking to art or history or one of the social sciences to explore them more deeply. Students can do this through one of our mini-courses, like Art & Anatomy or Medical Improv, or through our Rudin Fellowship in Medical Ethics and Humanities, if they have a more targeted research project in mind. Many of our courses actually grow out of student-generated ideas—Medical Improv is a great example. Participants in our program often report that it helps sustain the many dimensions of their identities beyond their interest in biomedicine, and that the freedom of choice (either in selecting seminars or in the Rudin Fellowship, where students design completely individualized projects) is validating and empowering in a context that can often feel very hierarchical. It is imperative that we recognize and support each of our students as a whole person if we want them to develop into the kind of physicians who treat each of their patients as a whole person." – Katie Grogan, Associate Director, MSPHM

On episode 194 of The Nurse Keith Show nursing career podcast, we're joined by well-known nurse entrepreneur Beth Boynton, an expert in the teaching of medical improv to assist healthcare professionals in achieving greater teamwork, emotional intelligence, and communication. This isn't improv comedy -- it's improv skills that are directly applied to the stressors and challenges of working in medicine and healthcare!  Nurse Keith is a holistic career coach for nurses, as well as a professional podcaster, published author, inspiring speaker, and successful nurse entrepreneur. Show notes NurseKeith.com Facebook.com/NurseKeithCoaching Twitter.com/nursekeith Instagram.com/nursekeithcoaching LinkedIn.com/in/keithallancarlson

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When is humor appropriate in the medical field? Bioethicist Katie Watson, an Assistant Professor in the Medical Humanities & Bioethics Program of Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University, has thought a lot about this issue. She moonlights as faculty at the Second City Training Center in Chicago, the teaching side of the famous improv comedy club.She has written about gallows humor in medicine, spoken about it at the Chicago Humanities Festival, and used the intersection of her interests to develop a workshop in “Medical Improv.”  Later, WNYC’s Health Reporter Marry Harris and Kurt Andersen return to Laughter Yoga to give us the scoop on their experience.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When is humor appropriate in the medical field? Bioethicist Katie Watson, an Assistant Professor in the Medical Humanities & Bioethics Program of Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University, has thought a lot about this issue. She moonlights as faculty at the Second City Training Center in Chicago, the teaching side of the famous improv comedy club.She has written about gallows humor in medicine, spoken about it at the Chicago Humanities Festival, and used the intersection of her interests to develop a workshop in “Medical Improv.”  Later, WNYC’s Health Reporter Marry Harris and Kurt Andersen return to Laughter Yoga to give us the scoop on their experience.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“Once I found improv, I knew I wanted to do that with my life…” So many applicable takeaways and specific examples! In the first half of this episode… Read more "032: Improviser Dan Sipp says yes to THIRD DATE and the Medical Improv Initiative" The post 032: Improviser Dan Sipp says yes to THIRD DATE and the Medical Improv Initiative appeared first on Artist Soapbox.

Peter Rezkalla is a third-year medical student at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School (USA) and describes himself as a “human, Christian, son, brother, Disney fanatic, friend, medical student, and 'YouTuber'." He has a passion for the arts, more specifically the performing arts, and has always been consumed with its' relation to science.  As Peter recounts:   "Growing up, I was always captivated by the arts and fascinated with science, but never truly felt either side accepted the other. I succeeded in my academic work with my “smart” friends and then left to choreograph theater work with my “arts” friends. (I use quotation marks because I believe both sides offer ingenuity to the other if they only allow themselves to explore.)”   In medical school, Peter was able to channel his artistic talents into several endeavors. He has developed a highly successful Medical Improv course open to students, residents, nurses, and physicians. The course was able to educate people about the value of empathy skills in medicine. Peter had heard many in the medical education community doubt the ability to teach empathic skills, but found through Improv this was definitely not the case. He went on to become his medical school's official videographer and created a video sharing his fellow classmates' compelling acceptance stories, worked on AMA Video Challenges for his colleagues, and was a cameraman for a medical documentary produced by Dr. Saray Stancic titled CodeBlue. During this time Peter also chronicled medical student stories in his medical school through a Humans of NJMS Facebook page. After USMLE Step 1, he had a “reset”, and it allowed him to begin anew in his 3rd year of medical school. This is where he decided to start his YouTube channel: Doctor Disney. Peter recounts why he started his Doctor Disney YouTube Channel: So, I picked up a dream of mine - almost a summation of my prior activities - and started my YouTube channel - Doctor Disney! Today, I am humbled to use medicine to serve, and arts to entertain - two forms of healing humanity. I really just wanted a platform to simultaneously have a creative outlet, share stories, make people laugh, and create a positive impact on our world. Pretty simple.  

Maia Aziz P.S.W., C.L.Y.L., C.H.P., writes and speaks on living a life of love and laughter. President-Elect of The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor, Maia is joined each week on Morning Moments With Maia...Conversations of Love and Laughter by an eclectic lineup of guests who live their lives with love and laughter and work to help others do the same. www.withloveandlaughter.ca             Beth Boynton is a RN, MS is an organizational development consultant who uses theatre improvisation activities to teach communication, collaboration and leadership skills to healthcare professionals. She is the author of Successful Nurse Communication : Safe Care, Healthy Workplaces & Rewarding Careers and  Confident Voices: The Nurses’ Guide to Improving Communication & Creating Positive Workplaces. She is an avid blogger who publishes a blog called, Confident Voices in Healthcare a wonderful blog dedicated to making healthcare safer, kinder, fairer, and more cost-effective.  www.confidentvoices.com