Teaching Medicine and Medical Ethics Using Popular Culture

Evie Kendal is Lecturer for the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine at the Alfred Hospital Centre at Monash University, Australia, teaching into the Bachelor of Health Science and Bachelor of Biomedical Science degree programs. Dr Basia Diug is Senior Lecturer and Deputy-Head of the Medical Education Research and Quality unit (MERQ), at Monash University, Australia.​

• Chapter 1. Introduction: The Use of Popular Culture in Medical and Health Education; Evie Kendal and Basia Diug.- Chapter 2. Hidden in Plain Sight: Family Presence During Resuscitation on Prime-Time Media; Zohar Lederman.- Chapter 3. The ER Effect: How Medical Television Creates Knowledge for American Audiences; Jessica Bodoh.- Chapter 4. whyZombie? Zombie Pop-Culture to Improve Infection Prevention and Control Practices; Peta-Anne Zimmerman and Matt Mason.- Chapter 5. An Empirical Study of How Medical, Biomedical and Health Science Students Engage with Professional and Ethical Issues in Medical Television Dramas; Evie Kendal and Basia Diug.- Chapter 6. Teaching Millennials: Twitter, Celebrity Media and Beyond; Basia Diug and Evie Kendal.- Chapter 7. The Needs of the Many Outweigh the Needs of the Few: Teaching Medical Ethics Using Star Trek; Allie Ford and Lynette Pretorius.- Chapter 8. Mind-Melds and Other Tricky Business: Teaching Threshold Concepts in Mental Health Preservice Training; Lynette Pretorius and Allie Ford.