Abstract

GONCALVES, Guilherme; CARVALHO, Carlos  and  SACCO, Martha. Using films to teach Public Health to Portuguese medical students. Rev Med Cine [online]. 2021, vol.17, n.1, pp.25-32.  Epub Mar 29, 2021. ISSN 1885-5210.  https://dx.doi.org/10.14201/rmc20201712532.

Few published articles addressed the use of films to teach public health. This article describes our experience using films to teach public health to medical students from 2014 to 2017. Students were randomly allocated to groups and specific movies. Each group had three weeks to show and discuss the film in the classroom. Six films were used. After the exam, students were asked to complete a questionnaire. A Likert scale (1 to 5) was used in each question. The course unit was part of the 5th year of the Masters in Medicine curriculum taught at the Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar. This study reports the answers given by 494 students (94.8%). More than 76% of the students graded the usefulness of the course unit with the highest values of the scale (4-5). That percentage was above 86% and 89% respectively for the items contents and methods. In general, students mentioned that they had learnt a lot on the subject, especially in the films And the Band Played On, Sicko and Super Size Me. Using films to teach public health to medical students appears to be an effective way of imparting the relevant public health knowledge.

Keywords : Salud Pública; medicina; educación; películas; Public Health; medical; education; motion pictures.

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