Teaching Medicine and Medical Ethics Using Popular Culture (Palgrave Studies in Science and Popular Culture)

✍ Scribed by Evie Kendal (editor), Basia Diug (editor)

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Year: 2017
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 180
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book demonstrates how popular culture can be successfully incorporated into medical and health science curriculums, capitalising on the opportunity fictional media presents to humanise case studies. Studies show that the vast majority of medical and nursing students watch popular medical television dramas and comedies such as Grey’s Anatomy, ER, House M.D. and Scrubs. This affords us with a unique opportunity to engage and inform not only students but the general public and patients further downstream. This volume analyses examples of medical-themed popular culture and offers various strategies and methods for educators in this field to integrate this material into their teaching. The result is a fascinating read and original resource for medical professionals and teachers alike.

✦ Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Contents
Editors and Contributors
List of Figures
List of Tables
Chapter 1 Introduction: The Use of Popular Culture in Medical and Health Education
How has Popular Culture been Used in Medical Education?
Why is Popular Culture Used in Medical Education?
What is the Effect of Using Popular Culture in Medical Education?
Chapter Summaries
Bibliography
Chapter 2 Hidden in Plain Sight: Family Presence During Resuscitation on Prime-Time Media
Family Presence During Resuscitation
Medical Dramas and Medical Socialisation
Study Description
Discussion
Conclusion
Bibliography
Chapter 3 The ER Effect: How Medical Television Creates Knowledge for American Audiences
Methods
The CSI Effect
The ER Effect
Conclusion
Bibliography
Chapter 4 WhyZombie? Zombie Pop Culture to Improve Infection Prevention and Control Practices
Traditional Infection Prevention and Control Education
Pop-Culture Pedagogy
WhyZombie?
In the Cross-Hairs: Targeting Your Audience
Cricket Bats or Crossbows: The Delivery
Team Z in Action
Conclusion
Bibliography
Chapter 5 Celebrity? Doctor? Celebrity Doctor? Which Spokesperson is Most Effective for Cancer Prevention?
Literature Review
Method
Aim
Participants
Design
Measures
Mock Print PSA Stimuli Development
Analysis
Results
Study One: Celebrity Versus Medical Doctor
Study Two: Medical Doctor Versus Celebrity Doctor
Discussion and Conclusion
Implications
References
Chapter 6 An Empirical Study of Student Engagement with Professional and Ethical Issues in Medical Television Dramas
Method
Results
Discussion
Strengths and Limitations
Conclusion
Bibliography
Chapter 7 Teaching Millennials: A Three-Year Review of the Use of Twitter in Undergraduate Health Education
Method
Results
Discussion
Conclusion
Appendix: Questionnaire
Bibliography
Chapter 8 Balancing the Needs of the Many Against the Needs of the Few: Aliens, Holograms and Discussions of Medical Ethics
Exploring the Principles of Medical Ethics Using Star Trek
Synopsis and Dramatis Personae of Star Trek: Voyager
Star Trek: Voyager: Nothing Human
Learning Activities
Reflections from the Experience
Contextualising the Experience
Applying the Experience to Future Practice
Encouraging Deeper Learning Through the Establishment of a Learning Community
Star Trek: Voyager: Critical Care
Learning Activities
Conclusion
Bibliography
Chapter 9 Mind-Melds and Other Tricky Business: Teaching Threshold Concepts in Mental Health Preservice Training
Threshold Concepts in Mental Health
Synopsis and Dramatis Personae of Star Trek: Voyager
Violence and Murder
Star Trek: Voyager: ‘Meld’
Learning Activities
Suicide
Star Trek: Voyager: ‘Death Wish’
Learning Activities
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index