UW Medicine is using actors to train doctors

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🗓️ 28 May 2026

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Practicing medicine is not an exact science. It takes knowledge, but also bedside manner. At UW Medicine, neurology residents train for both using actors from UW’s Drama Department. We’ll hear how it works with Associate Neurology Professor Wolfgang Muhlhofer.

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0:54.1	Practicing medicine is not an exact science.
0:57.6	It takes knowledge, but also bedside manner.
1:00.9	At UW Medicine, neurology residents trained for both using actors from UW's drama department.
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