Standing Up, Speaking Out: Stand-up Comedy and the Rhetoric of Social Change

Champion,

doi:10.5325/studamerhumor.4.2.0307

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“…In addition, comedy has long been used as a tool to enact social change. 29 Through laughter, comedians can break down social barriers and bring people together through shared experiences to discuss taboo topics. 30 Approaching serious topics in a lighthearted way can lower resistance to audience persuasion and stimulate discussion.…”

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Exploring the Value of Improvisational Theater in Medical Education for Advancing the Doctor–Patient Relationship and Health Equity

Rusiecki¹,

Orlov²,

Dolan³

et al. 2023

Academic Medicine

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Health care inequities persist, and it is difficult to teach health professions students effectively about implicit bias, structural inequities, and caring for patients from underrepresented or minoritized backgrounds. Improvisational theater (improv), where performers create everything in a spontaneous and unplanned manner, may help teach health professions trainees about advancing health equity. Core improv skills, discussion, and self-reflection can help improve communication; build trustworthy relationships with patients; and address bias, racism, oppressive systems, and structural inequities. MethodAuthors integrated a 90-minute virtual improv workshop using basic exercises into a required course for first-year medical students at University of Chicago in 2020. Sixty randomly chosen students took the workshop and 37 (62%) responded to Likert-scale and open-ended questions about strengths, impact, and areas for improvement. Eleven students participated in structured interviews about their experience.

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confidence: 99%