MEDG: Hot Spot: What Medical Educators Can Learn from Improv Theater

Improvisational theater is a type of unscripted live theater. The skills, principles, and exercises of improvisational theater have been utilized to improve communication, teamwork, and cognition within healthcare, often referred to as medical improv. This session will review key improv skills, principles, and a framework for developing a medical improv curriculum, and discuss theories as to why medical improv may be effective as a pedagogy. Discussions will center on how attendees may consider bringing aspects of medical improv skills, principles, and exercises into their teaching toolkits.

Associated Clinician Educator Milestone:

• ETP 1 – Educational Theory and Practice 1: Teaching and Facilitated Learning