title: Teaching professionalism to first year medical students using video clips.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Medical schools are confronted with the challenge of teaching professionalism during medical training. The aim of this study was to examine medical students' perceptions of using video clips as a beneficial teaching tool to learn professionalism and other aspects of physicianship.
  
  
  METHODS
  As part of the longitudinal Physician Apprenticeship course at McGill University, first year medical students viewed video clips from the television series ER. The study used qualitative description and thematic analysis to interpret responses to questionnaires, which explored the educational merits of this exercise.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Completed questionnaires were submitted by 112 students from 21 small groups. A major theme concerned the students' perceptions of the utility of video clips as a teaching tool, and consisted of comments organized into 10 categories: "authenticity and believability", "thought provoking", "skills and approaches", "setting", "medium", "level of training", "mentorship", "experiential learning", "effectiveness" and "relevance to practice". Another major theme reflected the qualities of physicianship portrayed in video clips, and included seven categories: "patient-centeredness", "communication", "physician-patient relationship", "professionalism", "ethical behavior", "interprofessional practice" and "mentorship".
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study demonstrated that students perceived the value of using video clips from a television series as a means of teaching professionalism and other aspects of physicianship.
authors.affiliation: a McGill University , Canada .
authors.forename: Allison Haley
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Shevell
authors.affiliation: b Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation of Greater Montreal , Canada .|c School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, McGill University , Canada .|d Centre for Medical Education, McGill University , Canada.
authors.forename: Aliki
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.affiliation: a McGill University , Canada .
authors.forename: Abraham
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fuks
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003142:Communication; D003479:Curriculum; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008611:Mentors; D000068616:Professionalism / Q000193:education*; D036301:Qualitative Research; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000523:psychology*; D014743:Videotape Recording