Audiovisual resources are strategies used to facilitate the process of teaching. However, the use of commercial films as an educational resource for teaching health sciences, such as pharmacology, is not very common. The purpose of this article is to describe our experience with using films, as Flatliners, Mr. Jones, Awakenings, among others, as a teaching tool for the Neuropharmacology course. Although it is used to teach undergraduates at the Nursing course of Brasília University, the methodology can be adopted by other courses in the field of Health Sciences. The combination of the theoretical framework of Neuropharmacology and the classroom discussion of the films can be compared to a case study, whose narrative allows the students to be brought closer to reality, making it entertaining and easier for them to relate to clinical situations, with pharmacotherapy, and to assimilate new concepts.
Motion pictures as topic; Audiovisual resource; Neuropharmacology
