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Development, implementation, and evaluation of a movie-based curriculum to teach psychopathology
Heiko Graf1, Birgit Abler, Patrick Weydt
1a Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy III , University of Ulm , Ulm , Germany.
Background:
Because medical students' attitudes toward psychiatry are often fostered by media, we provided an elective movie-based seminar to teach psychopathology.
Description:
We assessed attitudes toward psychiatry by using the Attitudes towards Psychiatry (ATP 35) scale in a pre-post design. Furthermore we evaluated the knowledge of diagnostic criteria in a pre-post design within one sample.
Evaluation:
Of the 75 students who attended the seminar during 3 consecutive semesters, 54 (60.8% female) participated in the pre-post assessment. We observed a significant positive change in attitudes toward psychiatry and a significant gain of knowledge.
Conclusions:
Using movies is a feasible and effective method to teach psychiatry.
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