The Effectiveness of the Korean Drama Movies
Abstract:
Background: Knowledge of the general public, including students, regarding first aid in accidents (FAA) is needed to minimize the case severity experienced by accident victims. Korean drama movies have been proven to be feasi ble as a media for mental health education, but it is not yet known whether they can be used to increase knowledge about FAA.
Methods: The research carried out was a pre-experimental study with one group pretest-posttest on 25 students who had never watched the movies "The First Responders", had never taken first aid training, and were not afraid or traumatized by watching bloody scenes. Research subjects watched the first episode of the first session of the movies together for 1 hour 5 minutes. Before and after watching, students filled out a questionnaire to measure FAA knowledge.
Results: Ninety-two percent (92%) of students experienced an increase in FAA knowledge scores after watching the movies. This showed that the Korean drama movies "The First Responders" was effective in increasing students' knowledge about FAA.
Conclusions: Based on the results obtained in the study, it can be concluded that the use of the Korean drama movies “The First Responders” is able to increase students' knowledge of first aid issues in accidents. It is suggested that further research is needed for measurement of other movies and in other age groups with experimental design.
