Welcome to our tenth Medicine 360 podcast, in which Riki Msindo -- an (accidental) stand-up comedian and a Bristol medical student -- discusses comedy and medicine.
Where does stand-up comedy fit into a medical education? Are medical professionals more likely to be comics than non-medics, or just to have a darker sense of humour? How important is being a good performer to being a good doctor? How goofy are doctors? Do specialities produce their own characters? (If character is not quite destiny, is it at least your speciality?) Is medical life more like House or Scrubs? Just what is comedy, anyway? And is it good for your health? Confused? You won't be, after this week's podcast from Medicine360...
Includes advice for aspiring doctor-comics (opening for Russell Howard and Nathan Caton not guaranteed).
This podcast is hosted by Vinay Mandagere, a Junior Doctor at Bristol.
More information can be found at medicine360.co.uk.
Riki Msindo and Mark Olver have their own podcast, 'Oh Captain, My Captain' on Spotify and Anchor.
