And I can tell it's a pirate ship because one woman is leaning off-she's the pirate captain. So off to my left, there's about six people, and they're apparently forming a pirate ship with a table. But curiosity gets the better of me, and I try to take the whole scene in. And I realize to my horror: it's an experiential workshop. You know, if it's really boring, I can take a little nap." I figure, "Okay, that might be good for a few laughs. So I think the other one, it's on improv comedy. I'm trying to decide what to go to, and I get a phone call from a colleague back home-complicated ethics consult. It's a large ballroom-we've all seen them at conferences. It's one of those meeting rooms that could be anywhere. So, I'm standing in a doorway, in a hotel in downtown Denver. He's also served on the hospital ethics committee, and for many years anchored both the Physician Well Being Committee and the Schwartz Rounds at SF General.īut before we chat with David, we'll hear the story of how an improv workshop transformed his interaction with a patient on the psych consult service. A clinical professor at UCSF, he's worked at SF General for over 30 years on the Psych Consult-Liaison Service, which he now co-directs. David grew up outside Philadelphia, earned his MD from the University of Pennsylvania, and after a false start in internal medicine, completed his psychiatric training at UC Davis, and received a Masters in the Study of Law from UC Hastings. This is The Nocturnists: Stories from the World of Medicine. Thank you for consulting the audio before quoting in print.
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