Background: Movies have a strong influence on public perceptions due to their popularity and accessibility. Hence, movies on healthcare providers in general and medical doctors in particular can affect public opinions, expectations, and attitudes toward these professions.
Aim: This paper aims to present how realistic fiction movies reflect doctors’ roles and challenges during infectious disease outbreaks and describe how some of this content can be used in medical education settings.
Methods: Two sources were used to select the movies for inclusion in the study. First, the IMDB.com movie database was searched using the words “virus,” “pandemic,” “endemic,” “epidemic,” “outbreak,” and “infectious disease.” Second, Google was used to search the terms “movies on pandemics,” “movies on epidemics,” “movies on outbreaks,” “movies on endemics,” “movies on virus,” and “movies on infectious diseases.” Inclusion criteria were English language movies, realistic fiction movies, doctors as main actors, and a movie focus on community experiences. Exclusion criteria were non-English movies, zombie and apocalypse movies, doctors in secondary roles, and movies about individual experiences.
Results: Eight movies met the inclusion criteria. Content analysis was conducted on all movies, and the main categories identified were doctors’ roles, doctors’ vulnerability, potential biases, potential conflicts, female doctors’ power, and doctors bringing salvation.
Conclusion: Realistic movies on infectious disease outbreaks can be excellent tools for teaching medical students about doctors’ roles and challenges when fighting an outbreak.



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传染病暴发期间医生面临的挑战：来自现实小说电影的医学教育见解

背景：由于电影的受欢迎程度和可访问性，电影对公众的看法有很大的影响。因此，关于医疗保健提供者，特别是医生的电影可以影响公众对这些职业的意见、期望和态度。
目的：本文旨在展示现实小说电影如何反映传染病爆发期间医生的角色和挑战，并描述其中一些内容如何用于医学教育环境。
方法：两个来源被用来选择电影以纳入研究。首先，使用“病毒”、“流行病”、“地方病”、“流行病”、“爆发”和“传染病”等词搜索 IMDB.com 电影数据库。其次，谷歌被用来搜索“关于流行病的电影”、“关于流行病的电影”、“关于爆发的电影”、“关于地方病的电影”、“关于病毒的电影”和“关于传染病的电影”。入选标准是英语电影、现实主义小说电影、医生作为主要演员，以及关注社区体验的电影。排除标准是非英语电影、僵尸和启示录电影、次要角色的医生以及关于个人经历的电影。
结果：八部电影符合入选标准。对所有电影进行内容分析，确定的主要类别是医生的角色、医生的脆弱性、潜在的偏见、潜在的冲突、女医生的权力和拯救的医生。
结论：关于传染病暴发的现实电影可以成为向医学生介绍医生在抗击疫情时的角色和挑战的绝佳工具。