Filming the family: a documentary film to educate clinicians about family caregivers of patients with brain tumors.
The objective of this paper is to evaluate the educational value of a documentary film about family caregiving for patients with brain tumors. The method used in this study is a pre-post survey among neurosurgeons, neuro-oncologist, and other clinician viewers. Viewers evaluated the film highly and reported an intention to change their practice as a result of watching the film. Following viewing, participants felt more strongly that "all families of patients with brain cancers should meet with a social worker" (P = 0.01) and that "family caregivers greatly impact the health of patients" (P = 0.002), and they were less likely to believe that "supporting family caregivers is primarily someone else's job" (P = 0.009). A documentary film about family caregiving is an effective educational tool to increase awareness among neurosurgery/neuro-oncology clinicians about the importance and needs of family caregivers of patients with brain tumors.
Rabow
Michael W
MW
Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA. mrabow@medicine.ucsf.edu
Goodman
Steffanie
S
Chang
Susan
S
Berger
Mitchel
M
Folkman
Susan
S
D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D017028:Caregivers; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000379:methods*; D008495:Medical Oncology / Q000193:education; D009040:Motion Pictures; D009493:Neurosurgery / Q000193:education; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations