title: Teaching diagnostic approach to a patient through cinema.
abstract: Films are produced with the aim of entertaining people, but recently there has been increasing use of films to educate medical trainees about various disorders, symptoms of these disorders, patient-therapist interactions, and various other medical and psychiatric issues. Discussions in academic circles have moved from criticism of negative portrayals of mental illness in earlier films to their use in teaching sessions. Films can be used either in full length or clip format to conduct training modules. Use of the film Stigmata to train residents about diagnostic dilemmas and taking a diagnostic approach to patients is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College, Sion General Hospital, Mumbai, India. kalragurvinder@gmail.com
authors.forename: Gurvinder
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kalra
mesh_terms: D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009040:Motion Pictures / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010361:Patients / Q000523:psychology; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*