Introduction: Since its earliest days, cinema has been used in the teaching of neurology both to illustrate the professor's explanations and to make learning easier for students.
Aim: To analyse some of the first applications of cinema to the teaching and learning of neurology.
Development: Shortly after the birth of the film projector it became apparent that it could be a valuable aid in teaching medicine, and especially neurology. Initially, actual recordings made by doctors themselves were used, and later documentaries, short films and feature films were employed as means of showing diagnostic and therapeutic methods, as well as different pathological signs, such as movement disorders. The intention was not to replace other methodologies but instead to complement them and to make the process of acquiring knowledge easier.
Conclusions: Applying cinema in teaching is a useful way to portray the contents of different subjects, especially in the field of neurology, and to favour the acquisition of both specific and cross-disciplinary competences, with very positive results being obtained among students.
Title: Cine y neurologia: primeras aplicaciones docentes.
Introduccion. El cine se utiliza, desde sus inicios, en la docencia de la neurologia para ilustrar las explicaciones del profesor y facilitar el aprendizaje de los estudiantes. Objetivo. Analizar algunas de las primeras aplicaciones del cine en la docencia de la neurologia. Desarrollo. Poco despues del nacimiento del cinematografo, se observo que este podia ser de utilidad en la docencia de la medicina, especialmente de la neurologia. En primer lugar, se utilizaron las propias filmaciones de los medicos y, posteriormente, documentales, cortometrajes y peliculas de cine comercial, para mostrar metodos diagnosticos y terapeuticos y diversos signos patologicos, como trastornos del movimiento. No se pretendia sustituir otras metodologias, sino complementarlas y facilitar la adquisicion de conocimientos. Conclusiones. La aplicacion del cine en la docencia es de utilidad para ilustrar los contenidos de diversas materias, en especial en el ambito de la neurologia, y para favorecer la adquisicion de competencias especificas y transversales, obteniendose resultados muy favorables entre los alumnos.