Doctors gain insight from theater training
November 26th, 2007 Posted by: Dr. Dobson
What can an actor teach a physician? A lot, according to a team of physicians and theater professors at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond.
A flick of a hand. A clenched jaw. The body communicates more than words, but are physicians listening? Not if they are glued to a computer reading an electronic medical record or flipping through a paper chart.
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