| Title |
Life imitating art: Depictions of the hidden curriculum in medical television programs
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Medical Education, September 2015
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12909-015-0437-8 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Agatha Stanek, Chantalle Clarkin, M Dylan Bould, Hilary Writer, Asif Doja |
| Abstract |
The hidden curriculum represents influences occurring within the culture of medicine that indirectly alter medical professionals' interactions, beliefs and clinical practices throughout their training. One approach to increase medical student awareness of the hidden curriculum is to provide them with readily available examples of how it is enacted in medicine; as such the purpose of this study was to examine depictions of the hidden curriculum in popular medical television programs. One full season of ER, Grey's Anatomy and Scrubs were selected for review. A summative content analysis was performed to ascertain the presence of depictions of the hidden curriculum, as well as to record the type, frequency and quality of examples. A second reviewer also viewed a random selection of episodes from each series to establish coding reliability. The most prevalent themes across all television programs were: the hierarchical nature of medicine; challenges during transitional stages in medicine; the importance of role modeling; patient dehumanization; faking or overstating one's capabilities; unprofessionalism; the loss of idealism; and difficulties with work-life balance. The hidden curriculum is frequently depicted in popular medical television shows. These examples of the hidden curriculum could serve as a valuable teaching resource in undergraduate medical programs. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| United Kingdom | 5 | 28% |
| Canada | 4 | 22% |
| Eritrea | 1 | 6% |
| Unknown | 8 | 44% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 7 | 39% |
| Members of the public | 6 | 33% |
| Scientists | 4 | 22% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 6% |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| United States | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 72 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Master | 15 | 21% |
| Student > Bachelor | 12 | 16% |
| Researcher | 7 | 10% |
| Other | 5 | 7% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 5 | 7% |
| Other | 11 | 15% |
| Unknown | 18 | 25% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 27 | 37% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 7 | 10% |
| Social Sciences | 4 | 5% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 4 | 5% |
| Arts and Humanities | 3 | 4% |
| Other | 8 | 11% |
| Unknown | 20 | 27% |
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