Fearlessly exploring the other: the role of drama in medical training

Case study Drama has been used as a medium for instruction within medical education, with particular focus on illness-centred performance. 1 At the University of California, Davis, faculty from the Department of English and Division of Internal Medicine informally read scenes from various plays alon...

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Published in:Medical humanities 2010-06, Vol.36 (1), p.58-59
Main Authors: Matharu, Kabir Singh, Howell, Jessica, Fitzgerald, Faith Thayer
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
AIDS
arts in health/arts and health
California
Characters
Cultural studies
Culture
Drama
Education, Medical, Undergraduate - methods
Empathy
Exercise
Gays & lesbians
gender studies
HIV
HIV Infections
Human immunodeficiency virus
Humans
lesbian/gay studies
Literature, Modern
Medical education
Medical students
Mormonism
Patients
Physiology
Professors
Reading
Students
Universities
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Summary:Case study Drama has been used as a medium for instruction within medical education, with particular focus on illness-centred performance. 1 At the University of California, Davis, faculty from the Department of English and Division of Internal Medicine informally read scenes from various plays alongside medical students in hour-long sessions. Angels in America is a story of homosexuality, religion and politics set during the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s in New York City. When prompted regarding the best course of treatment should these characters be patients presenting in the clinic, one student said he would 'gauge someone's personality when treating them' to understand them as an individual as well as a medical entity.
ISSN:1468-215X
1473-4265
DOI:10.1136/jmh.2009.003509