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ROME, July 29, 2020 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

Science and cinema: Consulcesi presents the innovative model made in Italy for

continuing education in medicine and disassembling fake news

"Will we be able to learn anything from all this?" The movie trailer of

"Covid-19 The Virus of Fear" closes with this question, while a dying man is

attached to a respirator.

Produced by Consulcesi, a company specialized in healthcare education, this

movie is part of a broader education project on Covid-19 aimed primarily at

medical doctors and healthcare professionals, included in a full series of

continuing education in medicine (CME) courses. A careful fact gathering of

what happened, which dismantles the fake news on Covid-19 through correct

scientific information, will also be available to the public on mainstream

platforms. Therefore, a project that engages the public not to forget the near

past and to learn from mistakes.

The movie was brought forth on the idea of Massimo Tortorella, Consulcesi’s

Chairman who explains its genesis and purpose: "Covid-19 has changed digital

education in the professional field. This initiative aims to overcome the

traditional learning model through the concept of 'learning by doing'

guaranteed by interactivity and technology. Healthcare professionals can update

their knowledge-base not by reading slides but through a movie and testing

their skills with decision-making articulations marked by algorithms that

generate virtual interactions with patients."

The result is an 80 minutes-long film written by Manuela Jael Procaccia and

directed by Christian Marazziti. Starting from the experience of Italy and

China, among the first con-taminated countries, the film retells the sensations

that have affected everyone on a global level: the fear of the unknown, which

leads to discriminatory behaviors and which feeds hypochondria and psychosis.

This project sees prestigious collaborations, including those of the virologist

Massimo An-dreoni, Director of Infectious Diseases department at Tor Vergata

University; Giorgio Nar-done psychotherapist of Strategic Therapy Center;

Giuseppe Ippolito, Scientific Director of Lazzaro Spallanzani and Ranieri

Guerra, Deputy Director-General of WHO. Just the latter, highlights that: “The

EU has finally started to behave as such and the major international agencies

have joined forces. Vaccines, diagnostics, drugs, namely borderless science can

become the global public healthcare systems. We need the contribution of

everyone, governments, individuals, communities: It will take time, but we

cannot allow that the effort, the tears and the blood shed to have been in

vain.”

The film presentation took place under the patronage of the Italian Ministry of

Healthcare. "Coronavirus has taught us that continuing education in medicine

and clear information to citizens are the solid basis for a head start",

commented the Minister.

About Consulcesi

For 20 years, we have been protecting the legal rights of healthcare

professionals and providing the widest range of medical education courses with

over 200 active courses. We are the largest company in the sector, with over

120,000 medicals only in Italy.

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Source: Consulcesi