Why Your Healthcare Organization Needs an Improv Workshop
At Danger Boat Productions, we’ve always believed that improv is more than entertainment.
That idea is at the heart of a new research article in Mayo Clinic Proceedings, co-authored by Danger Boat co-founder Tane Danger, who also teaches improv to medical professionals as Artist in Residence at Mayo Clinic’s Dolores Jean Lavins Center for Humanities in Medicine.
The article, “Exploring the Promise of Improvisational Theatre Applications in Health Care,” reviews decades of research starting in 1973 on how improv is being used in healthcare settings. The authors screened 694 sources, reviewed 135 full-text articles, and selected 81 for analysis.
They saved you thousands of pages of reading — and we’re saving you even more by summarizing the article here!
Why is my doctor taking an improv class?
Danger Boat co-founder Tane Danger speaks with "Health Matters" podcast host Kristen Meinzer about his work as an inaugural artist-in-residence at Mayo Clinic, where he uses improv to teach healthcare professionals how to think on their feet, collaborate with team members, and really listen to their patients.
How Improv Is Helping Doctors at Mayo Clinic Communicate, Connect, and Care Better
A recent MPR New article about Tane Danger discussed how Mayo doctors use improv to improve empathy, listening, and teamwork in patient care.