Medical Improv GB
We have been thinking about uncertainty, and how it applies to healthcare and to improv. Esther heard a wonderful talk on ‘Palliating Uncertainty’ given by Dr Ariel Dempsey from Oxford…
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I have been thinking about the value of gifts – of how lovely it is to give and receive gifts from family and friends, the connection, meaning and validation that…
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When improv performers are on stage, building something collaboratively in the moment, ‘mistakes’ happen. Perhaps a character’s name is forgotten, or changed; maybe two characters get given the same name,…
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We usually do an exercise called ‘I am a tree’ towards the end of a session, as it pulls together lots of concepts around supporting, listening to and collaborating with…
read moreWhen I’m talking to people about medical improv, they often say ‘oh that’s not for me’. When I probe further, I get comments such as ‘I’m an introvert’, ‘I don’t…
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One of the things that health care professionals often struggle with is dealing with uncertainty. It’s difficult to say ‘I don’t know’ or ‘we don’t know how things will go’…
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This comment was made by a delegate at our first Medical Improv study day. She wassurprised to find that she didn’t need to state her profession, level of training, perceivedcompetence…
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My abiding motto when it comes to communications training is “You can’t learn to swim in the library”. You can read all the books you like on buoyancy, human physiology,…
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One of the core principles of improv is ‘yes – and’. This is taking what is given to you by yourpartner, accepting it for what it is, and building on…
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Have you ever had feedback that started with what you did well, before moving onto what youdid less well, before finishing with a positive? Or perhaps just what you did…
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