1. Teaching medicine with the help of 'Dr. House'
- Author
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Jerrentrup, Andreas, Mueller, Tobias, Glowalla, Ulrich, Herder, Meike, Henrichs, Nadine, Neubauer, Andreas, and Schaefer, Juergen R.
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Medical Ethics ,Adult ,Male ,Critical Care and Emergency Medicine ,Students, Medical ,Substance-Related Disorders ,Intoxication ,lcsh:Medicine ,Social Sciences ,Education ,Human Learning ,Young Adult ,Learning and Memory ,Sociology ,Diagnostic Medicine ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,Mental Health and Psychiatry ,Medicine and Health Sciences ,Learning ,Psychology ,Humans ,Public and Occupational Health ,lcsh:Science ,Education, Medical ,Teaching ,lcsh:R ,Cognitive Psychology ,Biology and Life Sciences ,Problem-Based Learning ,Medical Education ,Lectures ,Cognitive Science ,lcsh:Q ,Female ,Television ,Clinical Competence ,Curriculum ,Educational Measurement ,Medical Humanities ,Research Article ,Neuroscience ,Education, Medical, Undergraduate - Abstract
TV series such as "House MD", "Grey´s Anatomy" or "Emergency Room" are well perceived by medical students. Seminars featuring medical TV series such as "House MD" might serve as door-opener to attract medical students to learn more about rare diseases. The TV series "House MD" is troublesome for the main character Dr. House is an excellent diagnostician but at the same time a rather misanthropic person. Therefore, lecturing medicine with the help of "House MD" requires constant evaluation. From 2008 to 2016 we are using the well-known TV series "House MD" continuously to attract medical students and teach them about rare diseases as well as diagnostic strategies. We collected from 213 students a detailed questionnaire assessing their learning experience. 76.6% of our students (n = 157) reported to watching medical dramas on a regular basis. The Dr. House seminar was compared to traditional seminars and our students reported an improved learning effect (69.9%), better concentration (89.7%), higher motivation to participate (88.7%), and more fun (86.7%) (all p
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- 2018