Understanding Ethical Principles in Clinical Research Using Popular Films
Abstract Popular films have been used to illustrate issues that may be difficult to fully understand in lectures. We hypothesise that bioethics applied to clinical research may be better understood if students are exposed to the real or fictional characters depicted in commercial films. We designed a randomised, parallel study to compare the effectiveness of two popular films, Miss Evers’ Boys and Extreme Measures, to improve the understanding of bioethical principles in students of Human Biology. Students were randomly assigned to each experimental group and they completed a self-administered questionnaire to establish the subjective improvement of their knowledge on bioethical principles applied to clinical research. Ninety-four students participated in the experiment. Fifty students were assigned to Extreme Measures and forty-four to Miss Evers’ Boys. Students rated both films as useful to learn bioethics in clinical research. Principles of justice and autonomy were better understood than beneficence and non-maleficence. No differences were seen between the films’ scores for each question. Popular films may be useful in teaching the application of bioethical principles to students. We conclude that the choice of film is critical and a list of questions prepared by teachers may eventually help the students to focus on the most important points.
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Beecher HK. Ethics and clinical research. N Eng J Med. 1966; 274:1354-60.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1056/NEJM196606162742405
Ber R, Alroy G. Teaching professionalism with the aid of trigger films. Med Teach. 2002; 24:528-31.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0142159021000012568
Darbyshire D, Baker P. A systematic review and thematic analysis of cinema in medical education. Med Humanit. 2012; 38:28-33.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/medhum-2011-010026
Dukes G. The law and ethics of the pharmaceutical industry. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2006; 294-301.
Farré M, Bosch F, Roset PN et al. Putting clinical pharmacology in context: the use of popular movies. J Clin Pharmacol. 2004; 44:30-6.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0091270003260679
Feldshuh D. Miss Evers’ Boys. New York: Dramatists Play Service Inc, 1992.
Harkness J, Lederer SE, Wikler D. Laying ethical foundations for clinical research. Bull World Health Organ. 2001; 79:365-72.
Hyde NB, Fife E. Innovative instructional strategy using cinema films in an undergraduate nursing course. ABNF J. 2005; 16:95-7.
Lumlertgul N, Kijpaisalratana N, Pityaratstian N et al. Cinemeducation: a pilot student project using films to help students learn medical professionalism. Med Teach. 2009; 31:327-32.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01421590802637941
Palmer M. Extreme measures. New York: Bantam Books, 1991.
Pérez J. El uso de la película Despertares (1990) para evaluar aprendizajes en la licenciatura de Biología de la Universidad Pompeu Fabra. Diez años de experiencia. Rev Med Cine [internet] 2009;5(1):27-9. Disponible en:http://revistame- dicinacine.usal.es/index.php/es/vol5/num1/310
Proctor R. Nazi science and nazi medical ethics: some myths and misconceptions. Perspect Biol Med 2000; 43:335-46.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/pbm.2000.0024
Reverby SM (ed.) Tuskegee’s truths: rethinking the Tuskegee Syphilis Study. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2000.
Self DJ, Baldwin DC Jr, Olivarez M. Teaching medical ethics to first-year students by using film discussion to develop their moral reasoning. Acad Med. 1993; 68:383-5.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00001888-199305000-00025
Smith A. The teaching of medical ethics. J Med Ethics. 1985; 11:35-6.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jme.11.1.35
Ventura S, Onsman A. The use of popular movies during lectures to aid the teaching and learning of undergraduate pharmacology. Med Teach. 2009; 31:662-4.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01421590802641489
Weber CM, Silk H. Movies and medicine: an elective using film to reflect on the patient, family, and illness. Fam Med. 2007; 39:317-9.
Farré, M., Arribas, S., Pérez, J., & Baños, J. (2013). Understanding Ethical Principles in Clinical Research Using Popular Films. Journal of Medicine and Movies, 9(4), 151–155. Retrieved from https://revistas.usal.es/cinco/index.php/medicina_y_cine/article/view/13636
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