Medical Journal of the Islamic Republic Of Iran
مجله پزشکی جمهوری اسلامی ایران
Med J Islam Repub Iran
Medical Sciences
http://mjiri.iums.ac.ir
2
journal2
1016-1430
2251-6840
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10.18869/mjiri
14
8888
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en
jalali
1400
10
1
gregorian
2022
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36
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online
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Teaching Media Literacy to Psychiatry Residents in Iran
Medical Education
Medical Education
Original Research
Original Research
<span style="font-size:13pt"><span style="text-justify:kashida"><span style="text-kashida:0%"><span style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-style:italic"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-style:normal">Background: </span></span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-style:normal">Negative public perceptions of mental diseases and even therapists are among the most important obstacles to patients' therapeutic progress. Such attitudes are constructed by cultural and social structures. Through continuous reproducing and representing these attitudes, the media can strengthen the negative attitudes toward mental patients. On the other hand, the critical representation of social and cultural clichés in the media can reduce mental illness stigma. Psychiatrists should interact with the media regarding their concerns about mental illness stigma to achieve this goal; as a result, they must learn how to communicate with the media.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br>
<span style="font-size:13pt"><span style="text-justify:kashida"><span style="text-kashida:0%"><span style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-style:italic"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-style:normal"> <b>Methods: </b>A 5-day workshop was designed and implemented with the participation of 11 facilitators and 16 psychiatry residents from five universities in Iran. Then, a focus group session was held.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br>
<span style="font-size:13pt"><span style="text-justify:kashida"><span style="text-kashida:0%"><span style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-style:italic"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-style:normal"> <b>Results:</b> According to the results of the quantitative data analysis, the trainees prefer online media over traditional media, implying that they prefer interactive media platforms. Before the workshop, the trainees had believed that media coverage of psychiatry is biased and erroneous and that they should oversee the entire process of health content development by journalists. Besides, they were also interested in communicating with society. After the workshop, the focus group interview showed that the participating psychiatry residents felt that this activity improved their media literacy, enhanced their skills at interacting with the media, and encouraged them to interact more with the media in the future on health-related issues.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br>
<span style="font-size:13pt"><span style="text-justify:kashida"><span style="text-kashida:0%"><span style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-style:italic"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-style:normal"> <b>Conclusion:</b> Residents in psychiatry have a higher tendency for communicating with the media in the field of mental health in general. They stated that they needed to engage in the creation of popular mental health content.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br>
Psychiatry Residency, Online Media, Media Literacy, Mental Illness Stigma
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http://mjiri.iums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-5920-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1
Arsia
Taghva
drarsiataghva@irimc.org
200319475328460071303
200319475328460071303
No
School of Medicine, Aja University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Afsaneh
Atashi
a.atashi85@gmail.com
200319475328460071304
200319475328460071304
No
School of Psychology, Bangalore University, Bangalore, India
Zarrin
Zardar
z.zardar@atu.ac.ir
200319475328460071305
200319475328460071305
Yes
Department of Social Communication, School of Communication Sciences, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran
Ahmad
Hajebi
hajebi.a@inms.ac.ir
200319475328460071306
200319475328460071306
No
Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Mojgan
Khademi
daryamkh@yahoo.com
200319475328460071307
200319475328460071307
No
Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Med-ical Sciences, Tehran, Iran