Tetenbaum-Novatt Jaclyn E, Alexander Akash J
LIU Pharmacy (Arnold & Marie Schwartz College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences), 1 University Plaza, Brooklyn, NY 11201, United States.
Curr Pharm Teach Learn. 2023 Feb;15(2):201-210. doi: 10.1016/j.cptl.2023.02.027. Epub 2023 Mar 27.
Medical improvisation (improv) is increasingly being used to teach physicians, nurses, and other caregivers how to better communicate with patients and other members of the healthcare team. This article describes how improvisational activities were incorporated within an existing pharmacy practice lab course and how to implement improv games targeting specific communication skills.
Three hours of improvisational activities were incorporated into a semester-long pharmacy practice lab course. Partner games such as "the mirror" and group games such as "out-of-order story" were played and connected to communication skills related to counseling or taking a patient's history. Additional activities were introduced targeting specific areas of weakness identified in a formative assessment.
A survey was used to assess student perceptions of the improv activities. Students were largely able to connect the skills learned in improv to pharmacy, and some provided examples of how they were already implementing these skills in practice.
This article provides a user manual so that faculty with little to no improv experience can include these activities in their communications courses.
医学即兴表演越来越多地被用于教导医生、护士和其他护理人员如何更好地与患者及医疗团队的其他成员进行沟通。本文描述了如何将即兴活动融入现有的药学实践实验室课程，以及如何开展针对特定沟通技巧的即兴游戏。
将三小时的即兴活动融入为期一学期的药学实践实验室课程。开展了诸如“镜子”之类的搭档游戏和诸如“无序故事”之类的团体游戏，并将其与咨询或获取患者病史相关的沟通技巧联系起来。针对形成性评估中发现的特定薄弱环节引入了其他活动。
通过一项调查来评估学生对即兴活动的看法。学生们大多能够将在即兴表演中学到的技能与药学联系起来，一些学生还举例说明了他们已经如何在实践中运用这些技能。
本文提供了一份用户手册，以便几乎没有或没有即兴表演经验的教师能够将这些活动纳入他们的沟通课程。
