4 October 2006
Improvisation:
What Does It Have to Do
With Practicing Medicine?
Stephen Nachmanovitch, Ph.D., Free Play Productions
Improvisation and creativity in medicine as well as in the arts and sciences involve the ability to encounter as openly and directly as possible whatever data and experiences-patients, for example, or research results-come our way. How might acquaintance with the "free play" of improvisation foster greater attentiveness, acumen, and artistry in our practice?