Hollywood Knights is a course taught in the Division of Consultation Psychiatry at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, NJ. In addition to being the flagship site for our 3rd-year medical students at RWJMS, our Division also includes learners from various residency training programs, the Earnest Mario School of Pharmacy, the Summer Clinical Internship Program, and the social psychology internship at Rutgers University.
C/L faculty balance a diverse clinical experience with our educational mission that reviews psychopathology and psychopharmacology through popular culture. This webpage is dedicated to Hollywood Knights; our pop culture curriculum condensed into the 6-week core Psychiatry clerkship. Learners are encouraged to browse this webpage as a reference. For specific assignments and dates of discussions, follow @ATobiaMD and Dr_Gram675.
Block 1: Beyond the Vail (Necromancy)
Beyond the Vail is our first module where learners analyze films depicting the corporeal undead. Examples from film include subgenres such as ghost stories and accounts of spirit (demonic) possession.
A. Campfire Tales: Ghost Stories
Topic: Cognitive Disorders
FilmulationTM session live broadcast on Periscope
Coraline
CABfare Rounds
Two Evil Eyes
Topic: Mood Disorders
FilmulationTM session live broadcast on Periscope
Field of Dreams; I Am Legend
CABfare Rounds
The Babadook; Mama; The Sixth Sense; Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?
B. Accounts of Spirit (Demonic) Possession
Topic: Psychotic Disorders
FilmulationTM session live broadcast on Periscope
The Shining; Room 237
CABfare Rounds
Topic: Dissociative Disorders
FilmulationTM session live broadcast on Periscope
Donnie Darko; Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn; Paranormal Activity; Insidious; Sinister
CABfare Rounds
The Witch; The Forest; Raising Kane, Unbreakable, Split
Block 2: The Classic Monsters
Our second module links five psychiatry topics to five iconic monsters in filmography. Examples include Frankenstein and Dracula teaching personality theory and the Personality Disorders, respectively.
Topic: Personality Disorders
FilmulationTM session live broadcast on Periscope
CABfare Rounds
Frankenstein; Dracula; Fatal Attraction; Gone Girl; A Clockwork Orange & The Bad Seed
Block 3: The Cabin in the Woods
Our final module links five psychiatry topics to five top slasher films. One example includes Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho teaching the Anxiety Disorders.
Topic: Anxiety Disorders
FilmulationTM session live broadcast on Periscope
CABfare Rounds
Psycho; 10 Cloverfield Lane; Cloverfield Paradox; Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory