Study Day

Advanced Communication Skills

A medical improvisation workshop

Our next Study day will be in April 2025.Â

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A 1-day study day highlighting the power of Medical Improv to boost teamwork, communication, cohesion and other human factors.

Are you a health professional?  Would you like to experience a new and innovative approach to advanced communications training?  Tools and techniques to have better conversations with colleagues, patients and families.

Experience Medical Improv training for yourself and see how it fits into the medical curriculum in clinical practice and in your teaching.

Suitable for all health professionals, and those involved in communications training.

In improvisation there is no script and no plan.

Participants learn to listen, to accept what they are given, and to support each other when things go awry.
Sound familiar?

These are the ‘non-technical and listening skills that healthcare professionals need in order to work effectively with patients, families and colleagues.

CPD applied for.

Would you like to communicate more effectively and powerfully with patients, colleagues and other stakeholders?

This will be a day of experiential learning in a fun, safe and supportive environment.

Led by Dr Esther Waterhouse, Consultant in Palliative Medicine and communication skills trainer, and Jon Trevor, Founder and CEO of Improv Initiative.

This was a completely different kind of comms skills training to anything I’d done before. The first few exercises totally broke down any anxieties or fears about the day and the group really quickly became a safe, supportive group in which we all flourished. The games are genuinely fun and it isn’t always obvious what the learning points will be initially but as they develop the facilitators then allow the group to reflect and reach conclusions without any pushing and it’s like a light bulb goes off. It becomes apparent that the skills being learnt are fundamental pillars are building good communication without any need to memorise or rote learn phrases or approaches. It’s about how we connect, represent ourselves and build trust and meaning with our verbal and non verbal skills. Esther and Jon were just lovely. Engaging, charming and skilled at encouraging and supporting the group. A lovely informal day with real impact.

Anna Perry, Speciality Dr Palliative Care

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    The most fun I have ever had on a training course. A fantastic way to improve advanced communication skills, mindful, refreshing and inspiring!

    Prof. Ruth Green – Respiratory Medicine Consultant

    I was delighted to be challenged in my practice by the medical improvisation course and have been able to use activities from the day in delivering communication skill training.

    Dr Luke Feathers, Palliative Care Consultant

    I learn a profound communication skill from every session of improv I attend. I believe that every trainee should do improv as a way of learning communication skills.

    Dr. Huda Mahmoud, Nephrology Consultant