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ISSN electrénico: 1885-5210 DoLhttps://doi.org/10.14203/rme20211712532 USING FILMS TO TEACH PUBLIC HEALTH TO PORTUGUESE MEDICAL STUDENTS Utilizar peliculas para ensefiar Salud Publica a los estudiantes de medicina portugueses Guilherme GONCALVES; Carlos CARVALHO; Martha SACCO Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas Abel Salazar (ICBAS), Universidad do Oporta (UP), Oporto (Portugal). Corresponding author: Guilherme Goncalves. E-mail address: aggoncalves@icbas.up.pt Received 28 February de 2020; accepted 18 April 2020. Summary 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 woeks 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 Sth 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 ofthe course unit with the highest values of the scale (4-5). That percentage was above 86% and 89% respectively or the items contents and methods In goneral, students mentioned that they had learnt alot on the subject, especallyin the ims And the Band Played On, Sicko and Super Size Me. Using films to teach publichealth to medical students appears to be an effective way of imparting the relevant public health knowledge. Keywords: Public Health; medical; education; motion pictures Resumen Pocos articulos abordan el uso de peliculas para ensefiar salud piiblica. Este articulo describe nuestra experiencia utilzando peliculas para ensefiar salud piiblica alos estudiantes de medicina ‘desde 2014 a 2017. Los estudiantes fueron asignados al azar en grupos y peliculas especifcas. Cada Rev Med. Cine. 2021; 17(1),25-32 Ediciones Universidad de Sslamance / FEES 1. Med. Mev, 2021; 17 (1), 25-32 [25] USING FILMS TO TEACH PUBLIC HEALTH TO PORTUGUESE MEDICAL STUDENTS GGUILHERME GONCALVES; CARLOS CARVALHO; MARTHA SACCO grupo tuvo tres semanas para mostrar y discutir la pelicula en la clase, Se utiizaron seis peliculas. Después del examen, se pidié a los estudiantes que complataran un cuestionario. Se utili26 una cescala Likert (1-5) en cada pregunta, La asignatura formaba parte del 52 afio del plan de estugios de la Maestria en Medicina que fue impartida en el Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas Abel Salazar. Este estudio reporta las respuestas de 494 estudiantes (94,89). Mas del 76% de los estudiantes calificaron la utlidad de la asignatura con los valores mas altos de la escala (4-5). Ese porcentaje fue superior al 8695 y 89% respectivamente para los items contenidos y métodas. En general, los ‘estudiantes mencionaren que habian aprendide mucho, especialmente en las peliculas En el filo de a duda, Sicko y Stiper engordame. €| uso de peliculas para ensefiar salud publica a estudiantes de rmedicina parece ser una forma efectiva de impartir los conocimientos pertinentes de salud publica, Palabras clave: Salud Pablica; medicina; educacién; peliculas Introduction Cinema has been used in medical education for years. Specific experiences and opinions have been documented in various publications, inclu- ding a very interesting review paper’, Besides the positive feedback of teachers and students involved in such teaching and learning approaches, there are some recognized conceptual bases to support the use of films in health care education’ ‘Some published articles have focused on general methodological aspects’, whereas other publica- tions tackled the use of movies in the teaching of variety of academic / medical disciplines. Mental health?2* seems to have been the predominant area but articles have also addressed the use of films to teach other areas / specialties, including clinical pharmacology** and public health’** ‘The only published article from Portugal that we identified used films to teach drug addiction to medical students. There is also a book, written in Portuguese, on the use of films to teach family medicine™. We identified three articles describing the use of films to teach Public Health (PH) as part of a medical degree. Gallagher et af” from the Univer- sity of Otago, New Zealand, published on the use of commercial movies to teach PH to medical stucients. They mentioned the chosen films and described the methods used, also reporting the students opinions collected through questionnai res. In 2018, Wade et al reported the results of a Rev Med, Cine. 2024; 17 (1), 25-32 Ediciones Universidad de Sslamance / EES, survey on the use of movies to teach PH? answered by faculty members and undergraduate students, from the University of Washington. Consequent to that it was posted in that university's site, the text «Can movies teach public health lessons?» that briefly summarizes the issues of using movies to teach PH. In both cases (New Zealand and the USA) the approaches seem to work well and show 001 potential to be developed The Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar, University of Porto (ICBAS-UP), Portugal, was founded in 1976. Besides Medicine, it has been offering graduations in aquatic Sciences, Biochemistry and Veterinary Medicine, From 2007- 2008 to 2013-2014, the ICBAS taught a course unit (CU) in PH, as partot the medical degree, based on the concept of Evidence-based Public Health™. The contents and methods were described and asses- sed using an anonymous questionnaire, answered by the students, The student’s workload was also evaluated’, As part of that CU, one group presented a seminar on an alternative way to teach PH to undergraduate medical students, using movies. That presentation stimulated us to

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