Korean J Med Educ.  2011 Mar;23(1):27-32.

Experience of Teaching a Class with a Film: Cognitive Changes with Regard to HIV

• Park WB
• Jang EY
• Seo MS
• Phyo SR
• Kang SH
• Myung SJ
• Kim NJ
• Oh MD
• Shin HY
• Shin JS

Abstract

PURPOSE
The aim of this study was to describe our experience of a class, using a film that deals with the social issues of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and the results of surveys before and after the class.
METHODS
One hundred fifty-six second-year medical students were surveyed with self-questionnaires (9-point Likert scale) before, immediately after, and 2 years after a class that viewed a film ('Philadelphia', 1993). The same survey, comprising 4 items, was administered to 81 non-medical students in the same university.
RESULTS
In 156 medical students, 153 (98%) answered the questionnaires. Before the class, there was no significant difference between medical and non-medical students with regard to the cognition of social isolation of HIV-infected persons (4.13 vs. 4.43, p=0.307). immediately after the class, medical student' cognition changed significantly in the positive direction on all items, irrespective of age, sex, and course grade. Two years after the class, this positive effect remained significant on 2 items: 'social isolation of HIV-infected persons' and 'casual contact with an HIV-infected person.'
CONCLUSION
A film can be used to reinforce medical education in the affective domain.

Keyword

Medical education; Medical students; HIV; Motion pictures as topic

MeSH Terms

Cognition
Education, Medical
HIV
Humans
Motion Pictures as Topic
Social Isolation
Students, Medical
Surveys and Questionnaires