Medical professionalism on television: Student perceptions and pedagogical implications

Medical professionalism on television: student perceptions and pedagogical implications.

Previous research has pointed to the role television can play in informing health practices and beliefs. Within the academic setting in particular, some educators have raised concerns about the influence of medical dramas on students. Less research, however, draws on the perspectives of students, and this study therefore explores medical students' perceptions of medical practice and professiona...

Australian medical students' perceptions of professionalism and ethics in medical television programs

BACKGROUND Medical television programs offer students fictional representations of their chosen career. This study aimed to discover undergraduate medical students' viewing of medical television programs and students' perceptions of professionalism, ethics, realism and role models in the programs. The purpose was to consider implications for teaching strategies. METHODS A medical television s...

Success, professionalism, and the medical student.

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Bioethics and professionalism in popular television medical dramas.

Television medical dramas sometimes depict medical professionalism and bioethical issues, but their nature and extent are unclear. The authors systematically analysed the bioethical and professionalism content of one season each of Grey's Anatomy and House M.D., two of the most popular current television medical dramas. The results indicate that these programmes are rife with powerful portrayal...