Cinema Teaching in Mental and Psychological Education: An Example Using RN-BSN Nursing Students

Abstract

Movies can be an effective tool for increasing the depth and breadth of learning. In this era of continuously advancing knowledge and technology, it is essential to design curricula that shorten the learning time of RN-BSN nursing students and arouse and stimulate their interest and potential. Designing an in-service nursing curriculum that enhances the self-reflection capabilities of students is challenging. Cinema teaching and the development of the plots model facilitate student engagement with movies. Through emotional development and the setting of background contexts, cinema teaching helps transform and establish students' knowledge of mental and psychological healthcare and increases their understanding of patient behaviors. Mental and psychological education aims to enhance cognition and provide practical learning strategies for in-serving nursing students. By implementing the cinema teaching method, students come to empathize with the pain and helplessness of patients and their families and learn how to provide care and social support to these patients.