2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Development of Education Program for Healthcare Professionals with Theatre and Improvisation

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Project/Area Number	20K10630
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Section	一般
Review Section	Basic Section 58050:Fundamental of nursing-related
Research Institution	Kyushu University (2022-2023) Nagoya University (2020-2021)
Principal Investigator	Okazaki Kentaro 九州大学, 医学研究院, 助教 (90450882)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	蓮行京都大学, 経営管理研究部, 特定准教授 (10591555) 直井玲子東京学芸大学, 教育学部, 研究員 (00734295) 園部友里恵三重大学, 教育学部, 准教授 (80755934)
Project Period (FY)	2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
Keywords	インプロ（即興演劇） / 医学教育 / 演劇 / コミュニケーション
Outline of Final Research Achievements	Focusing on the cultivation of communication skills, we developed a program for medical students using improvisational theater. This program was offered as a required elective course, “Introduction to Communication,” and was implemented in collaboration with education faculty members who are familiar with improvisation and medical education faculty members who have experience in improvisation. The medical students who took the course were highly satisfied with the program, and the majority of them indicated that it helped them improve their own “communication,” “empathy,” “well-being,” “team building,” and “leadership skills.
Free Research Field	医学教育、行動医学、演劇、糖尿病、地域医療
Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements	これまで、インプロ（即興演劇）を用いた医療系学生教育の実践は、ほとんどが北米からの報告に限られていた。しかし、本研究により、日本でも同様の実践が可能であり、受講した学生に対して遜色ない効果を与えることが明らかになった。今後、同様のプログラムを広く実施していくことで、臨床現場でのコミュニケーションスキルが向上した医療系学生が増加し、患者にもメリットとなることが期待される。