Building Empathy and Professional Skills in Global Health Nursing Through Theatre Monologues.

Background: As part of a global health professional development class, the authors designed an educational activity for nursing students to write and perform 5-minute monologues based on interviews with individuals involved in global health. The goals of this educational activity included developing empathy, teaching qualitative research methods, and strengthening writing and presentation skills while encouraging students to engage with global health practitioners and real-world global health recipients.

Method: Groups of four to five students used information from interviews with key informants working or receiving care in the global health context to develop monologues with the assistance of theatre professionals.