Medical Improv
2002-present
Applied-improv curriculum for clinicians — listening, presence, bad-news conversations, teamwork under pressure — pioneered by Katie Watson at Northwestern Feinberg in 2002.
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- Katie Watson (JD, bioethicist) created the first required medical-improv course for MD students at Northwestern Feinberg in 2002.
- Course title: 'Playing Doctor' — 10 hours across five sessions, required for first- and second-year med students.
- Belinda Fu (MD) leads Medical Improv teacher training; medicalimprov.org aggregates the community.
- Research shows measurable improvement in communication, cognitive flexibility, tolerance of ambiguity — all correlated with patient-outcome metrics.
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