Improv comedy classes are part of the training medical residents at Minnesota's Mayo Clinic receive. It's an effort to help doctors learn early how to improve relationships with patients.

Improv comedy classes are part of the training medical residents at Minnesota's Mayo Clinic receive. It's an effort to help doctors learn early how to improve relationships with patients.

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