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Using video and role‐play to introduce medical students to family therapy: is watching better than appearing?
Author(s) -
Wannan Gary,
York Ann
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.52
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1467-6427
pISSN - 0163-4445
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-6427.2005.00315.x
Subject(s) - systemic therapy , citizen journalism , family therapy , psychology , medical education , medicine , psychotherapist , computer science , cancer , world wide web , breast cancer
Family therapists emphasize introducing members of the caring professions to systemic ideas. Doctors in training usually gain some experience of systemic therapy. In this study two participatory styles of learning were used with medical students. Six groups of forty students were randomly allocated to learn about family therapy either by watching a video of a family or through role‐play. The two mediums used are feasible, scored similarly on students' level of satisfaction, and result in gains in the students' knowledge of systemic principles.