Farmacinema: recurso docente en el aprendizaje de Farmacología y Farmacia Clínica

Introduction: The main objective of Pharmacinema is to favour the teaching-learning process of Pharmacology students of the School of Pharmacy, as a complementary method to the conventionally used one, using commercial movies to reinforce therapeutic and bioethical aspects. Methodology: Students may assist to 3 different sessions throughout the school year: 2 in big groups (80-100 students) and one in small groups (16 students) to be performed during the practical lessons of Clinical Pharmacy. The selected movies were: Lorenzo�s oil and Awakenings for the general sessions of the first and second trimesters respectively, Mrs Evers� boys and The constant gardener for the practical lessons sessions. The procedure used for each session was similar: a brief introduction stating the major technical characteristics of the movie ant the strong points, aspects to be pointed out in order to address the students� interest towards what we consider most relevant to achieve the proposed objectives; movie visualization and debate. To motivate the student�s attention towards these strong points, the students received a flyer with the basic information about the movie and a series of questions that they have to answer during or at the end of the session. These questions also are used as a start point for the debate. Results and conclusion: Assistance to the general sessions is voluntary, and has increased over the three years in which this activity has been offered. Students have evaluated Pharmacinema as a very positive activity.