In this episode of Mindworks in Conversation, theatre veteran and SP educator Rik Walter explains how to move students away from robotic role-play and into authentic professional ownership. Rik reveals how theatrical techniques turn a nervous student into a confident clinician who can "own the room."
In this Mindworks in Conversation, Brian Saville Allard explores how skills from theatre - particularly improvisation, listening, and presence - shape effective medical education through patient simulation.
In this episode of Mindworks in Conversation, we sit down with physician and educator Eve Makoff, MD, MS to discuss the disciplined practice of Narrative Medicine.
Dr. Wendy Nielsen joins Mindworks in Conversation to explore why Frankenstein still shapes how we think about technology, medicine, and humanity.
Dr. Jennifer Frank believes every patient has a "truth line" that reveals what's really happening beneath the symptoms. Finding it requires listening beyond the chart.
Theatre artist, educator, and SP pedagogy leader Kevin Hobbs joins us for a rich exploration of how performance, story, and relational work strengthen the education of future clinicians.
When Katrina (Kate) Pugh is called in to handle thorny issues – downsizing, isolation, and the intersection of AI and business strategy – in the workplace, her Columbia University classroom or the community at large, she begins as she always does, mulling it over with a conversation.
In this Mindworks in Conversation, actor and Shakespeare teacher Charles E. Gerber invites us into the emotional world behind A King’s Curtain, a powerful short film where he portrays Richard Easley, a veteran performer slipping into dementia yet still anchored by the poetry that shaped his life.
An educator-practitioner at Columbia’s Narrative Medicine program, Cindy Smalletz brings the humanities to the bedside—cultivating trust, reflection, and practical “caring on” skills for clinicians, students, and communities.
What if the cure for loneliness isn’t medicine—but meaning? Dr. Jeremy Nobel, physician, public health expert, and poet, shares how creativity helps us find each other—and ourselves—again.
