OD's and DT's: Using Movies to Teach Intoxication and Withdrawal Syndromes to Medical Students

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Academic Psychiatry 27:182-186, September 2003
© 2003 Academic Psychiatry

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OD's and DT's: Using Movies to Teach Intoxication and Withdrawal Syndromes to Medical Students

Christopher J. Welsh, M.D.

Dr. Welsh is with the Department of Psychiatry, Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland. Address correspondence to Dr. Welsh, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 22 South Greene Street, Room P-1-H10, Box 349, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, cwelsh{at}psych.umaryland.edu (E-mail).

Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine whethersecond-year medical students believed that the use of movieshelped them to learn about intoxication and withdrawal syndromes.Methods: A videotape was made by transferring clips of variouscommercially available films as well as clips from several televisionnews shows and a training film displaying intoxication and withdrawalsyndromes. Students attending the lecture were asked to completea brief, anonymous questionnaire following the lecture. Results:More than 90% of the 89 respondents believed that the clipshelped them to recognize these syndromes and appreciate theirpotential severity. All students believed that the movie clipswould help them remember the syndromes, with greater than 90%reporting that it would help "very much." Conclusions: The useof movie clips appears to be a useful tool in teaching medicalstudents about intoxication and withdrawal syndromes seen withvarious substances of abuse.

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