Case-based learning: facilitating learning in psychiatry through virtual clinical cases.
Psychiatry; Case-based learning; Student Satisfaction and Self-Confidence in Learning Scale; Medical Education; Medical students.
Introduction: Teaching psychiatry for medicine requires more than learning from books and needs the developing of attitudes, reducing the prejudices and improving observation of behavior. Case-based learning is a new teaching methodology that appears to be effective, improve student attention and participation, and perhaps improve grades. Objective: To implement a new teaching method in the discipline of psychiatry, with case-based learning (CBL) with video cases and the use of technological resources in a medical school in Brazil. Methodology: Construction of a clinical case, which was recorded in 5 videos with the help of an actress, showing a depressive condition with a maniac turn. The case was presented in 2 face-to-face classes, using interactive surveys during classes, in August 2022. In addition to some virtual activities between these two classes. Students' participation, level of satisfaction with the methodology, students' self-confidence with the themes and performance in the test were evaluated. Results: 21 students answered the questionnaire and 100% thought that the class methodology was better than a traditional one, 100% considered that the teaching methods used were useful and effective, 95.3% felt confident with the simulation and 100% considered that the teacher used useful resources. The main complaint of students was that they wanted more class time. The students had an average performance in the test of 88%. Conclusion: Research results indicated that case-based learning using video recorded cases in psychiatry education had a positive impact on students' levels of engagement, satisfaction, self-confidence and performance.