Improv comedy classes are part of the training medical residents at Minnesota's Mayo Clinic receive. It's an effort to help doctors learn early how to improve relationships with patients.

The core principles of improvisation — equality, collaboration, flexibility, responsiveness, differing perspectives — can be applied to anything from comedic theater to a hospital room. Dr. Carolyn ...

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Improv comedy classes are part of the training medical residents at Minnesota's Mayo Clinic receive. It's an effort to help doctors learn early how to improve relationships with patients.