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The following article was first printed in Parade Magazine (a publication of The Houston Chronicle) on January 17, 2010 and reprinted here with permission.
"Send in the Clowns"
by Dr. Ranit Mishori
The world's first academic degree in medical clowning is now available to aspiring healers. A big red nose is not part of the the admission requirements, but a sense of humor is.
The program --- at the University of Haifa in Israel --- offers courses in comedy, improvisation, mime, juggling, as well as the psychology of pain, therapy, and communicating with patients. Trainee clowns even go on morning rounds with doctors as full members of the medical team. Research has confirmed the role of laughter in healing. A study in Pediatric Ansthesiareported that using medical clowns for children undergoing surgery can "significantly alleviate pre-operative anxiety" when compared with no intervention, and is better than or similar to sedation medication. --- The End ---
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