by Mary Blazek, M.D. | March 5, 2021 Article Citation: Dalton J, Ivory K, Macneill P, Nash L, River J, Dwyer P, Hooker C, Williams D, Scott KM. Verbatim Theater: Prompting Reflection and Discussion about Healthcare Culture as a Means of Promoting Culture Change. Teach Learn Med 2020; 32(5):531-540. DOI: 10.1080/10401334.2020.1768099 What is this article about? This article describes the use of Verbatim Theater (VT) to facilitate awareness and discussion of the hierarchy within the medical education and clinical environments, particularly related to mistreatment of learners and junior health professionals. In VT, a script is created and performed using only the spoken words of informants for the purpose of attitudinal change. In Australia, the Sydney Arts and Health Collective recruited and interviewed inter-professional healthcare students to create a play in the VT genre. A month after performance of the play, open to the lay public, a subset of the audience comprising healthcare students and professionals reflected on training culture and potential for change. Participants were able to recognize portrayals of their own experiences and propose antidotes to systemic issues, such as harassment and bullying. Why should you read the article? This article brings together 3 timely topics of interest to medical educators: 1) addressing trainee mistreatment 2) using the arts and humanities 3) incorporating inter-professional education. Over the past decade, identification of the longstanding problem of medical student mistreatment has garnered increased attention. Bullying and harassment of trainees is not unique to Australia, and crosses the boundaries of disciplines beyond medicine to nursing and other healthcare disciplines. Simultaneously, the American Association of Medical Colleges initiatives encourage the integration of the arts in medical education and inter-professional education. This article describes a specific example of the use of the arts to promote cultural change in healthcare training and the reflection and discussion it generated. How can you use this article? As the COVID pandemic shines a spotlight on disparities and systemic racism in society, healthcare and medical education, medical students are eager to participate and lead efforts in reform. Consider this exemplar of a theatrical genre to create and implement educational experiences integrating the arts to promote attitudinal and social change in your own curriculum. Review Author: Mary Blazek, M.D.; Clinical Associate Professor and Director, Geriatric Psychiatry Clinic; University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI. Organization: Association of Directors of Medical Student Education in PsychiatryVerbatim Theater: Prompting Reflection and Discussion about Healthcare Culture as a Means of Promoting Culture Change