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Background: Special study modules (SSM) are recently introduced education activities in medical education and adopted by many medical schools rapidly to strengthen their core curriculum. The aim of this paper is to describe a SSM module titled “cinema and medicine: The doctor and the disease themed films in Turkish and World cinema” which was conducted in 2010-2011 academic year. Materials and methods: 100 Turkish movies were watched and analyzed during the SSM. Findings: The results showed that in the 100 films, movie physicians were more likely to be male (95%) Movies were categorized as dramas (83%), comedies (11%), horror films (4%) and action/ adventure (2%).Changes in approach to the identity of the doctor from 1960’s to present were observed Conclusion: Although the number of the doctor and patient themed is limited, there are still some movies which can be used form medical education.

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