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This chapter will illustrate how a modified form of Forum Theatre, Forum Learning, was employed as an educational strategy at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) to stimulate critical, reflective learning in students who were diabetes educators, health professionals involved in educating patients who have diabetes.
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Collier, K. (2015). Transforming Reflection through a Forum Theatre Learning Approach in Health Education. In: Vettraino, E., Linds, W. (eds) Playing in a House of Mirrors. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-118-2_3
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