title: The current landscape of television and movies in medical education.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Using commercially available television and movies is a potentially effective tool to foster humanistic, compassionate and person-centred orientations in medical students.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  We reviewed pedagogical applications of television and movies in medical education to explore whether and why this innovation holds promise.
  
  
  METHODS
  We performed a literature review to provide a narrative summary on this topic.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Further studies are needed with richer descriptions of innovations and more rigorous research designs.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  As we move toward evidence-informed education, we need an evidence- based examination of this topic that will move it beyond a 'show and tell' discussion toward meaningful implementation and evaluation. Further exploration regarding the theoretical basis for using television and movies in medical education will help substantiate continued efforts to use these media as teaching tools.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family & Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Room 2325, Medical Sciences Building, 1 King's College Circle, M5S 1A8, Toronto, ON, Canada. marcus.law@utoronto.ca.|Centre for Faculty Development, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada. marcus.law@utoronto.ca.|Toronto East General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada. marcus.law@utoronto.ca.
authors.forename: Marcus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Law
authors.affiliation: Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Wilson
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kwong
authors.affiliation: Centre for Faculty Development, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Farah
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Friesen
authors.forename: Paula
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Veinot
authors.affiliation: Centre for Faculty Development, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.|Department of Speech-Language Pathology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.|Centre for Ambulatory Care Education, Women's College Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Stella L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Ng
keywords: Medical education; Movies; Review; Television