"Creative Bonds": a practical performance-based workshop for 3rd year medical students, Special Studies Module, Glasgow Medical School.

On 14th June 2010 we gave a joint presentation with Dr. Madeleine White to third year Medical students at the University of Glasgow as part of their module in the Medical Humanities. This was followed by a half day practical performance-based workshop. workshop outline:-

Aim:

Explore communication, non-verbal communication, behaviour and how we all subconsciously adapt and change behaviour in different situations.

Objectives:

· To heighten observation and non-verbal communication skills.

· To consider physical spatial relationships and how these influence how people behave.

· To explore embodied experience as a means of self and group reflection.

· To relate these experiences to experience of medical practice and working

Methods:

The use of practical exercises drawn from performance and improvisation exercises and group critique, as developed through our own art practices.