| Madness and the movies: an undergraduate module for medical students. | |
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PMID: 19459103 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Films featuring psychiatrists, psychiatry and the mentally ill abound, for better or for worse. The use of cinema in postgraduate psychiatry training has been gaining increasing acceptability, but its potential for use in undergraduate psychiatry has received little attention in the literature. This paper reports on the rationale behind, and medical students' responses to a special study module for third year medical students at King's College London, which utilized movies to highlight the significance of the social, cultural and historical context in shaping representations of mental illness, psychiatry, and psychiatrists. Medical students were very receptive to the use of film as an educational tool and able to understand both the benefits and limitations. They found the module enjoyable, and subjectively rated their knowledge of psychiatric topics and the history of psychiatry as significantly improved. The results presented are course feedback from medical students (n = 8) who completed the module. Although our findings provide provisional support for the use of film as an educational tool in undergraduate psychiatry, more systematic research is needed to delineate the potential role of cinema in undergraduate psychiatric education. |
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Authors:
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Vivek Datta |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: International review of psychiatry (Abingdon, England) Volume: 21 ISSN: 1369-1627 ISO Abbreviation: Int Rev Psychiatry Publication Date: 2009 Jun |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2009-05-21 Completed Date: 2009-08-31 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8918131 Medline TA: Int Rev Psychiatry Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 261-6 Citation Subset: IM |
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Division of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, London, UK. vivek.datta@kcl.ac.uk |
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Education, Medical, Undergraduate
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methods* Female Humans London Male Mental Disorders* / psychology, therapy Motion Pictures as Topic / utilization* Program Evaluation Psychiatry / education* Questionnaires Students, Medical* Teaching / methods* Young Adult |
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