Using Movies to Strengthen Learning of the Humanistic Aspects of Medicine

Shankar, Pathiyil Ravi; Rose, Christopher; Balasubramanium, Ramanan; Nandy, Atanu; Friedmann, Alberto

doi:10.7860/jcdr/2016/16264.7066

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“…The module explores various issues related to health and sickness from a patient perspective and discusses how to make the patient-doctor relationship more patient-centered and egalitarian. To strengthen learning of the humanistic aspects of medicines movie screening and activities related to the movie shown are organized during each semester (Shankar et al, 2016b). Thus a variety of initiatives are offered to strengthen learning of communication skills by students and to inculcate a more patient-centered attitude among them.…”

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Basic Science Medical Student Attitudes toward the Patient-Doctor Relationship

Shankar¹,

Dwivedi²,

Bhandary³

et al. 2016

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Introduction: Patients seem increasingly to be in favor of taking a more active role in the patient-doctor relationship. Increasing education and the rising prevalence of chronic and lifestyle diseases require patients to take more responsibility for their health. The present study was conducted among basic science students at a private medical school in Aruba, Dutch Caribbean using the well validated patient-practitioner orientation scale (PPOS) to obtain information on student attitudes toward the patient-doctor-relationship and study whether the attitudes were associated with demographic characteristics.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Basic Science Medical Student Attitudes toward the Patient-Doctor Relationship

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Dwivedi²,

Bhandary³

et al. 2016

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“…These films have been widely shown in film festivals and museums and on the public broadcasting service but are otherwise unknown to the general public. Using movies as educational tools has been studied [7–9]. A number of pedagogic techniques could be applied in group discussions or a more open Q-and-A forum with experts on the topics.…”

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Teaching medicine through film: Wiseman's medical trilogy revisited

Wijdicks

2019

BMC Med Educ

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BackgroundBetween the late 1960s and early 1980s, Frederick Wiseman filmed hundreds of hours in an emergency department, intensive care unit and asylum. These films recorded events as they happened without rehearsal and narration.Main bodyCinema and Medicine meet each other in feature fiction film and in documentary format. Showing films in hospitals is revealing for both the unexpected audience but also the medical establishment. This paper revisits Wiseman’s edited but explicit films and their revelation of the complexity of care in this era in the United States. Although they offer a narrow view of medical institutions and the issue of informed consent later became problematic, the films provide an intriguing glimpse of US healthcare and decision making. These films are largely unknown but would be an invaluable resource in a masterclass on medical ethics in urgent care and end-of-life decisions.ConclusionsDespite their flaws, Wisemans’ medical films have a significant educational value. Each documentary can be used in a masterclass on medical ethics. The films provide ample opportunities to discuss core issues in healthcare, professional interactions, and decision making in critically ill patients.

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“…The fast medical developments during the last century (Pal'tsev, 2008) and other factors have contributed to a dehumanization of medicine (Haque et al, 2012). The use of Commercial Cinema is emerging as an educational option to retrieve many the essential values of the medical profession (Shankar, 2016;Singh, 2017). In this sense, González-Blasco, among other authors, by defending the value of Humanism in Medicine, relies on the use of Commercial Cinema to achieve this goal .…”

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Commercial Cinema as a learning tool in medical education, from potential medical students to seniors

Ortiz¹

2018

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The use of Commercial Cinema in education has a long tradition, but using movies to teach medical students is a relatively recent application. This topic is emerging as a learning tool to retrieve many of the essential values of the medical profession. There are various experiences of the use movies during pre-graduate and postgraduate medical periods. Medical issues, but also social, historical and humanistic elements are valuable, useful aspects available in a number of movies. In particular, General Medicine as well as Psychiatry are two of the medical specialties that have more experience in this field. Medical topics considered include doctor-patient relationship, medical professionalism, pre-clinical and clinical research, bioethics, and others. The learning methodology is simple, and the final results obtained by many working science-health groups are very good. We conclude that critically viewing selected commercial movies academic and humanistic training of future physicians and health professionals improve.The use of Commercial Cinema in education has a long tradition, but using movies to teach medical students is a relatively recent application. This topic is emerging as a learning tool to retrieve many of the essential values of the medical profession. There are various experiences of the use movies during pre-graduate and postgraduate medical periods. Medical issues, but also social, historical and humanistic elements are valuable, useful aspects available in a number of movies. In particular, General Medicine as well as Psychiatry are two of the medical specialties that have more experience in this field. Medical topics considered include doctor-patient relationship, medical professionalism, pre-clinical and clinical research, bioethics, and others. The learning methodology is simple, and the final results obtained by many working science-health groups are very good. We conclude that critically viewing selected commercial movies academic and humanistic training of future physicians and health professionals improve.

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Using Movies to Strengthen Learning of the Humanistic Aspects of Medicine

Cited by 12 publications

References 7 publications

Basic Science Medical Student Attitudes toward the Patient-Doctor Relationship

Basic Science Medical Student Attitudes toward the Patient-Doctor Relationship

Teaching medicine through film: Wiseman's medical trilogy revisited

Commercial Cinema as a learning tool in medical education, from potential medical students to seniors

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