title: Experience of Teaching a Class with a Film: Cognitive Changes with Regard to HIV.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to describe our experience of a class, using a film that deals with the social issues of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and the results of surveys before and after the class.
  
  
  METHODS
  One hundred fifty-six second-year medical students were surveyed with self-questionnaires (9-point Likert scale) before, immediately after, and 2 years after a class that viewed a film ('Philadelphia', 1993). The same survey, comprising 4 items, was administered to 81 non-medical students in the same university.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In 156 medical students, 153 (98%) answered the questionnaires. Before the class, there was no significant difference between medical and non-medical students with regard to the cognition of social isolation of HIV-infected persons (4.13 vs. 4.43, p=0.307). immediately after the class, medical student' cognition changed significantly in the positive direction on all items, irrespective of age, sex, and course grade. Two years after the class, this positive effect remained significant on 2 items: 'social isolation of HIV-infected persons' and 'casual contact with an HIV-infected person.'
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A film can be used to reinforce medical education in the affective domain.
authors: Office of Medical Education, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors: Wan Beom
authors: WB
authors: Park
authors: Office of Medical Education, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors: Eun Young
authors: EY
authors: Jang
authors: Office of Medical Education, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors: Mi Sung
authors: MS
authors: Seo
authors: Office of Medical Education, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors: Sae Ra
authors: SR
authors: Phyo
authors: Office of Medical Education, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors: Seok Hoon
authors: SH
authors: Kang
authors: Office of Medical Education, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors: Sun Jung
authors: SJ
authors: Myung
authors: Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors: Nam Joong
authors: NJ
authors: Kim
authors: Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors: Myoung Don
authors: MD
authors: Oh
authors: Office of Medical Education, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors: Hee Young
authors: HY
authors: Shin
authors: Office of Medical Education, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors: Jwa Seop
authors: JS
authors: Shin
keywords: HIV; Medical education; Medical students; Motion pictures as topic