title: Theatre of the Oppressed in medical humanities education: the road less travelled.
abstract: Internationally, there is an increasing awareness of the need to include humanities in the medical curriculum. The Medical Humanities Group at the University College of Medical Sciences, Delhi, organised a series of events to explore this area. This paper describes our experience with Augusto Boal's "Theatre of the Oppressed" (TO). Twenty-six participants attended a 2-day workshop culminating in a "forum theatre", in which the spectators are transformed from passive observers to active participants or spect-actors. The participants' responses to our workshop indicate that TO provides a multitude of experiences and addresses a wide range of learning domains. TO challenges the senses and offers a promising and enjoyable option for learning medical humanities.
authors.affiliation: MBBS student, University College of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110 095 INDIA.
authors.forename: Setu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Abhinav
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Agrawal
authors.forename: Satendra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Navjeevan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Singh
mesh_terms: D004324:Drama; D004501:Education, Medical; D006809:Humanities / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*