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Direct linkERIC Number: EJ808563
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005-Mar
Pages: 5
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ISSN: ISSN-1042-9670
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Using Film as the Basis of an American Culture Course for First-Year Psychiatry Residents
Frederick S. Sierles
Academic Psychiatry, v29 n1 p100-104 Mar 2005
OBJECTIVE: There is a developing literature on the use of movies for educating psychiatric residents. This may be the first report of the use of film as the basis of a psychiatric resident acculturation course. METHOD: The author describes an American culture course for PGY-1 psychiatric residents and presents satisfaction and construct validity data. RESULTS: Resident satisfaction was high. Three staff members scored higher than international medical graduates (IMG) residents on a precourse exam. CONCLUSION: Feature films can be used as the basis for an enjoyable acculturation course.
Descriptors: Acculturation, Construct Validity, Psychiatry, Films, Popular Culture, Graduate Students, Graduate Medical Education, Satisfaction, Program Effectiveness, Teaching Methods, Foreign Medical Graduates
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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