Abstract
The project aimed to explore the effectiveness of drama and nursing students working collaboratively to develop communication skills based on situations nurses face working with children in palliative and end-of-life care. Interactive theatre techniques were developed in the participatory performance and embedded in Noddings’ concept of care education. Based on findings from pre and post intervention student feedback the results demonstrate and exemplify how performance can offer new ways of understanding the caring encounter. Through facilitating re-enactment of their real-life scenarios pre-registration nursing students both discussed and practiced nurse: patient interactions, reflecting on how caring and uncaring communication sounds and feels. Role-play and simulation is not new in training nursing students but the innovative aspect of this project was the way working with drama students enabled participation and reflection through elements of ‘Simultaneous Dramaturgy’ and ‘Forum Theatre’ in this paediatric palliative context.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 99 |
Number of pages | 13 |
Journal | Journal of Applied Arts and Health |
Volume | 9 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Apr 2018 |
Keywords
- Communication skills
- Participatory performance
- Interactive techniques
- Palliative care
- care education
- Forum Theatre