Perception: The Theories

Uniview Worldwide

Can perception be explained in terms of sensation? In this program, the senses, including proprioception, are described; the structuralist, gestalt, constructivist, and direct perception theories are critically analyzed, focusing on both their strengths and weaknesses; and perceptual models such as those of Ulric Neisser and David Marr are presented. Many examples of the perceptual theories are provided. In addition, the roles of Wundt, Wertheimer, Gregory, and Gibson are discussed, along with key perceptual concepts such as Weber's Law, the Principle of Pragnaz, and the Laws of Proximity, Closure, and Continuity. An excellent overview of perception theory and various interpretations. (48 minutes)

How Touch Makes Sense of the World

Allegro Productions.

This Science Screen Report examines the sense of touch not only as a means of physical sensation, but also as the most basic way of communicating and interacting with one's environment. The program highlights the human body's methods for detecting and evaluating external stimuli, and outlines scientific approaches to helping people with an impaired tactile sense. Presenting human touch as a mechanism for survival and happiness, this program is an ideal component for any study of the senses in anatomy or psychology. A viewable/printable instructor's guide is available online. Correlates to National Science Education Standards. Produced in association with the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology and the Junior Engineering Technical Society. (16 minutes)

Ulcers and GERD

Information Television Network (ITN)

Frequent indigestion and heartburn may indicate a precancerous digestive illness called GERD, or gastroesophageal reflux disease. This program describes the symptoms, effects, and medical treatment of GERD, while also exploring another digestion-related condition, the peptic ulcer. Explaining the link between ulcers and the H. pylori stomach bacterium, the video clearly describes the best medical strategies for coping with ulcers and GERD; it also reinforces the need to seek medical attention when symptoms appear regularly. Case studies and anecdotal commentary from patients provide additional medical insight. (28 minutes)

Living with Crohn's Disease

Information Television Network (ITN)

Of the more than 400,000 Americans living with Crohn's disease, as many as 20 percent were diagnosed as children or teens. Several case studies of young female patients provide a forum for medical experts from the Mayo Clinic and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center to share their knowledge of risk factors, symptoms, screening methods, complications, and treatment options, including anti-inflammatory medications, steroid treatments, immunosuppression, injected proteins, and surgical interventions. Cycles of remission and relapse, genetic and pharmaceutical research, diet and nutrition, pregnancy, and support groups are also covered. (24 minutes)

Asylum: A History of the Mental Institution in America

Stone Lantern Films

This award-winning program brings to light the complex and controversial history of the mental institution in the U.S. through a detailed study of St. Elizabeths Hospital in Washington, D.C. It also debates whether deinstitutionalization has proved an overall failure, leaving more patients homeless than are mainstreamed into society, and if the time has come to reintroduce the asylum as a place of therapy and benign confinement. Rare archival footage, interviews with former patients, and insights from mental health historians David Rothman, of Columbia University, and Gerald Grob, of Rutgers University, make this a documentary not to be missed. (60 minutes)

Understanding Mental Illness and Schizophrenia

Information Television Network (ITN)

Although mental illnesses severely affect thoughts, moods, and coping abilities, a fulfilling life is still possible for people who face those challenges. Outlining the symptoms and possible causes of schizophrenia, clinical depression, and bipolar disorder, this program explores various treatment options and identifies ways that patients can achieve personal independence. Real-world success stories are featured, emphasizing the importance of support from family and friends, as well as the vital role that medication and therapy play. A detailed discussion of meds developed during the 1990s sheds light on their improvements over previous drugs, as well as concerns about their side effects. (27 minutes)

Managing Chronic Pain

Information Television Network (ITN)

Everyone feels physical discomfort at some point in their lives. But for 50 million Americans, pain is an agonizing part of each day. Described by experts as a silent epidemic, chronic pain is the leading cause of adult disability in the United States. It has numerous causes and can affect anyone, regardless of age, gender, or race. However, with the help of caring specialists, patients can learn to manage their pain and regain control of their lives. This program discusses some of the treatment options that are bringing relief to thousands of chronic-pain sufferers. Medical breakthroughs are leading to novel therapies, providing even more hope for people with chronic pain. (27 minutes)

Hypnosis: Can Your Mind Control Pain?

BBC Worldwide Learning

This program concentrates on the use of hypnosis as a means of controlling pain. Three patients who are suffering from chronic pain help provide the answers to whether hypnosis is a technique that works for only a few individuals—or whether it is a pain-controlling method that has general application. The program shows how trance is induced and how it is used to exert control over their discomfort. In addition, scientific evidence is offered to show what types of people are most likely to achieve the hypnotic state. Written and produced by Michael Barnes. A BBC Production. (53 minutes)

Hypnosis and Healing

BBC Worldwide Learning

This classic program shows how hypnosis can be used to help patients manage pain and gain control of their medical problems. A dentist hypnotizes a child so she will feel no pain as he fills a cavity while a therapist uses hypnosis to help asthmatic children relax and breathe freely. Cameras follow as a patient who has never been hypnotized before goes into a relaxed state and describes the hypnotic experience to the doctor and participants in the class. Adult patients, some with life-long medical issues, also find relief with self-hypnosis techniques. A BBC Production. (55 minutes)

Feel Good Again: 25 Ways to Stop the Pain

Ivanhoe Broadcast News

Pain is everywhere: 10 million Americans suffer from back pain, 8 million have fibromyalgia, and 40 million are living with chronic headaches—not to mention the millions who must cope every day with arthritis, restless legs syndrome, and aching muscles. This collection of 25 video clips features new drugs, procedures, and alternative therapies helping to fight the pain “pandemic.” With an average length of 90 seconds, each mini-case study functions as a visual aid for instructors as well as physicians or medical support staff who want to increase communication with patients. Video clips include… • Healing Chronic Pain: New research is finding alternative ways to help the 50 million Americans who suffer from chronic pain. This clip features methods like hypnosis, meditation, and exercise that can help. • Fast Back Pain Relief: Severe chronic back pain may be treatable with less drastic methods than major surgery. This clip showcases a minimally invasive technique called X-LIF, shown to help with back pain. • Acupuncture for Surgical Pain: Even emergency rooms are incorporating acupuncture into some procedures. This clip points out its use at Duke University Medical Center. • Unlikely Help for Fibroids: As many as 80 percent of women suffer from uterine fibroids, with often debilitating symptoms. This clip looks at a new treatment that is as easy as popping a pill. • Helping Knees Heal Themselves: Physically debilitating knee injuries can end or hugely impact an active lifestyle. This clip looks at a new knee-healing method developed by veterinarians and now approved for humans. • Total Ankle Replacement: Arthritis can seriously impair the use of a limb or joint, but help is improving. This clip looks at a new implant that can get people walking on arthritic ankles again. • Relieving Chronic Back and Leg Pain: About 65 million Americans live with chronic back and leg pain. This clip highlights a treatment for spinal stenosis called TFAS that appears highly preferable to spinal fusion. • Hot Sauce Numbs Knee Pain: Can a spicy condiment really soothe one of the body’s most important joints? This clip shows how doctors are using an injection similar to hot sauce to treat knee pain. • Healing Heel Pain: Sufferers from heel pain have often faced surgery. This clip focuses on a new, far less invasive technique that uses radio frequency energy. • Sleep Apnea Surgery: Sleep apnea threatens some 12 million Americans. This clip focuses on a new surgical technique called a genial bone advancement trephine that can give apnea patients deep, restful sleep. • Turbo Booster for Leg Pain: Nagging pain in the thighs or calves could mean a serious cardiovascular disease. This clip looks at positive results from a laser procedure that vaporizes arterial plaque. • Old Remedy/New Help for Fibromyalgia: One in nine people are affected by fibromyalgia, a source of extreme joint pain. This clip features a new drug that reduces nerve cell activity. • New Knees that Fit: Conventional knee replacement surgery is elaborate and costly, but that is changing. This clip features the Advanced Stature implant, a state-of-the-art artificial knee. • Relieving that Pain in the Neck: Each year 200,000 Americans undergo spinal fusion surgery to confront neck pain. This clip highlights a minimally invasive implant procedure with far less complications for patients. • Snail Venom for Chronic Pain: Although deadly to its undersea prey, the sea snail secretes a substance with astonishing benefits for human pain sufferers. This clip presents a recently developed drug derived from the venom. • Easy Back Pain Fix: Medication, physical therapy, acupuncture—some patients try them all and still face ongoing back pain. This clip examines a minimally invasive spine implant that takes pressure off stressed vertebrae. • Back Pain Relief Without Surgery: Getting rid of back pain could be a matter of the right massage technique—in this case, using a small, sophisticated mechanical device that applies soothing pressure to vertebrae. • Stopping Back Pain: Until recently, only bone-removal surgery could treat lumbar spinal stenosis. This clip examines an implant called the X-Stop that effectively treats the condition. • Better, Safer Back Surgery: High-tech innovations are giving surgeons greater precision when they operate near the spinal cord. This clip highlights new endoscopic tools that take the guesswork out of back surgery. • Help for Neck Pain: Surgery for pinched nerves and herniated discs is often complicated and invasive. This clip presents an artificial disc implant with dramatically less impact on the spine. • Surgery-Free Back Treatment: While 90 percent of Americans face back pain at some point in their lives, the last thing they want is surgery. This clip spotlights new nonsurgical tools and therapies in development. • The Future of Back Pain: Is a world without back surgery possible? Perhaps not, but a spinal surgeon’s primary tool may become the syringe rather than the scalpel. This clip shows how. • Help for Restless Legs: The cause of restless leg syndrome is unclear, but the tools to combat it are steadily improving. This clip looks at a topical therapy that is helping many patients. • Migraine Pain Relief: Pain, nausea, or disorientation can drive migraine sufferers to despair. This clip presents a new implant which may help through nerve stimulation. • Shocking Away Shoulder Pain: Can the application of electrical current help damaged shoulder tissues? This clip focuses on stimulation that not only relieves pain but helps strengthen muscles. (42 minutes)

We Should Legalize the Market for Human Organs: A Debate

Open to Debate

Organ transplantation is one of the major breakthroughs of modern medicine but tragically out of reach for many thousands of people whose lives might be saved. Without enough organs to go around, an effort has emerged to persuade living Samaritans—relatives, friends, and even strangers—to donate one of their kidneys, yet still the shortage persists, and it remains against the law to pay people to donate organs. Should the market for human organs be legalized?

Face Recognition

ClickView Pty Limited

Most of us are able to identify people we’ve met before and to pick out friends from among a group of strangers simply by scanning their faces. What cognitive processes allow us to do this? What goes on in the brain when we struggle to match a name to a face? And why are some people unable to remember the faces of individuals at all? This program explores facial perception and prosopagnosia, a condition in which the ability to recognize what should be familiar faces is impaired. With commentary from renowned prosopagnosia researcher Dr. Vicki Bruce, the video covers facial recognition, reading faces, facial blindness, and the Bruce-Young model of face perception. A viewable/printable worksheet is available online. (24 minutes)

Making Sense of Sensory Information, with Dale Purves, Ph.D.

Davidson Films

Because seeing is so important to human functioning, efforts to understand how perceptions are generated have most often focused on vision. Based on research in cognitive neuroscience, this program explores the challenge of explaining visual perception. The video includes an overview of the human visual system, illustrated with animated graphics and live action footage, and describes, using a series of engaging optical demonstrations, the profound technical and philosophical challenges scientists face in attempting to explain perception. The program ends with a thought-provoking discussion of the essential role of human experience in determining what we perceive. Viewable/printable educational resources are available online. A part of the series Neuroscience. (37 minutes)

Genetic Engineering: Medical Ethics—Real-World Applications

ClickView Pty Limited

It’s one of the greatest breakthroughs in scientific history, but genetic engineering has also brought disturbing new questions. Should we push genetic research to its absolute limit, exploiting every discovery? What are the consequences of intervening in nature’s processes at their most fundamental level? Outlining the potential benefits of genetic engineering, such as the treatment or cure of hereditary diseases and the creation of better, more efficient crops, this program also explores the moral dilemma over cloning and the controversy that surrounds stem cell research. Viewers encounter both secular and religious perspectives in those debates—which will only acquire greater urgency as the scientific frontier advances. Viewable/printable educational resources are available online. Part of the series Medical Ethics: Real-World Applications. (19 minutes)

The Senses: A Horizon Guide

BBC Worldwide Learning

Touch, sight, smell, hearing and taste: the five senses help define what it means to be human. In Horizon Guide to Senses we see how our senses gather millions of details about the world around us, sending our brains a constant stream of information. This input is our only link with the outside world and an important part of human survival.

Audio Processing Disorder: Disease and...Ease

White Fox

The Disease and... Ease team traveled to London to meet the experts on the diagnosis and treatment of Auditory Processing Disorder. APD affects both children and adults and usually manifests itself as listening or learning difficulties; the brain cannot process sounds effectively even though the individual's hearing appears to be normal. With the help of the audiologists of the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery and a group of specialists on speech, language and hearing disabilities, we learn about the challenges of diagnosis, treatment and management of this affliction. (25 minutes)

Patients in North, Guinea Pigs in South

System TV

The North has established extreme strict principles and regulations in the field of human medical experimentation.“Enlightened consent” is demanded of patients recruited uniquely on a volunteer basis. But do these principles apply in the South where ethical commissions are often, to some degree, ineffective or even non-existent, and where medical trials are frequently the only way poorer patients can gain access to treatments that would otherwise be financially out of reach? (52 minutes)

Stomach Ulcer (in Spanish)

Ebix Inc.

A stomach ulcer is caused by an imbalance between acid and pepsin secretion and the defenses of the stomach mucosal lining. Ulcers can be treated through dietary changes and medication.

Respect: Dignity, Autonomy, and Relationships-Ethical Issues in Nursing

Cinema House Films Inc.

Focusing on the first provision of the American Nurses Association Code of Ethics, this program presents short scenarios and commentary from health care professionals to illustrate key knowledge points. Viewers are familiarized with the central concept of respect. The video explores the importance of establishing positive relationships with patients, offering practical ways that nurses can show respect and emphasize human dignity in their work. Other vital concepts include factors of diversity, a patient's right to self-determination, and end-of-life issues. The program clearly describes the nurse's role in supporting patient autonomy, informed consent, and the practice of extending respect beyond patients to one's colleagues as well. A part of the series Ethical Issues in Nursing. (18 minutes)

Commitment: Patients, Professionalism, and Boundaries-Ethical Issues in Nursing

Cinema House Films Inc.

Highlighting the second provision of the American Nurses Association Code of Ethics, this program focuses on aspects of nursing pertaining to commitment. It emphasizes the role of the nurse as patient advocate. Through engaging on-screen scenarios and expert interviews, the video addresses the primacy of patient interests and the nurse's role as a moral agent who will invariably make the patient's welfare an overriding priority. Viewers also receive a thorough grounding in avoiding conflicts of interest, respecting professional boundaries, and taking the proper actions or channels when the wishes of the patient clash with others. Explores the importance of collaboration in the workplace while maintaining personal commitment and a productive, professional focus. A part of the series Ethical Issues in Nursing. (16 minutes)

The Enchanted Loom: Processing Sensory Information

INCA (London)

The brain-the "Enchanted Loom," as Sir Charles Sherrington, one of the founders of modern brain research, called it-is the most intricate, almost unfathomably complex product of evolution. It is a tapestry woven of a hundred billion threads-the fibers of all its nerve cells. Computers have large memories and prodigious abilities to calculate, but are slow at interpreting visual images that the human brain recognizes at a glance. This program looks at the range of sensory information that is transmitted to the human cerebral cortex, and examines how the brain sorts and classifies sensory information, searching for clues and interpreting them on the basis of expectation, past experience, and information from other sources. The senses provide the information, and the brain provides the meaning. (60 minutes)

Photography and the Brain

San Mateo County Community College District

How do photographic images evoke meaning and emotion? To understand that, viewers first need to understand how the eyes and brain process input from the visual world. After an overview of the biomechanics of vision, this program explains how proximity, similarity, and continuity affect perception; what light is and how lighting types and angles alter an image; and how color theory operates. Commentary is provided by photographers Dale Kistemaker, Catherine Wagner, Jo Whaley, and Larry Sultan. (27 minutes)

What Is Music?

INCA (London)

Whenever the pressure of air is changed rapidly-by the beating of a drum, rattling a stick in a can, plucking a string stretched across a box-the ear-brain system detects the pressure changes as sound, which travels from source to listener as sound waves. This program examines sound waves: why some sounds are musical and others just noise, and the relationship of regularity or irregularity of vibration to the perception of musicality, as well as such nonscientific questions as the cultural content of musical perception. (60 minutes)

Genetic Testing

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

This program from The Doctor Is In demonstrates amniocentesis and ultrasound; outlines the advantages of knowing in advance that certain medical procedures are required to save a newborn, and the burden on parents of having to decide whether to terminate a pregnancy; and shows the advantages of avoiding cigarettes and alcohol during pregnancy. A Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center production. (26 minutes)

Bladder Disorder: Interstitial Cystitis

Information Television Network (ITN)

Often mistaken for less debilitating problems, interstitial cystitis is a serious and painful disease of the bladder lining that, if not properly treated, can ruin a patient's life. This program explores the challenge that IC presents to physicians-specifically, the difficulties of diagnosing it-and features therapies and support organizations that have greatly reduced, and may one day eliminate, the agony of IC. Dr. Lowell Parson, a UCSD professor of surgery and urology, explains a new catheter-delivered treatment that can heal the bladder's lining, while Dr. Vicki Ratner, founder of the Interstitial Cystitis Association, describes how she spearheaded research into the disease. (28 minutes)

Cannabis: Satanic Herb or Healing Potion?

ARTE France

As has occurred with most drugs, the neurological effects of cannabis have only recently been fully identified and understood. This program presents some of the latest findings, including new investigations into the clinical applications of the drug. Focusing on studies of the nerve-related mechanisms triggered by the action of cannabis, the program highlights potential changes in the social perceptions and medical uses of the substance. New approaches in the treatment of pain, obesity, anxiety, and even multiple sclerosis are suggested. The scientific contributions of Jean-Pol Tassin, Dieter Kleiber, Rafael Maldonado, and others are explored. (51 minutes)

Chronic Pain

Information Television Network (ITN)

Medicine is gaining ground against chronic pain, thanks to determined doctors—and patients. This program explores what causes pain and looks at treatments involving medication, physical therapy, and alternative methods. Presenting interviews with physicians who have dedicated their careers to fighting chronic pain—including UC San Diego doctors Mark Wallace and Armelia Sani—the program also features commentary from patients who cope with it every day: a man battling stomach cancer who uses relaxation techniques to ease abdominal pain…a woman with damaged vertebrae who has regained mobility through exercise…and an arthritis sufferer who can write without pain because of new drugs. (28 minutes)

Mental Disorder

ClickView Pty Limited

What is abnormality? Using the case studies of two young women-one who has depression, one who has an anxiety disorder-as a springboard, this program presents three psychological perspectives on mental disorder. Section one considers it as a bodily disease, identifying underlying assumptions of the biomedical model and illustrating the treatments it offers. Section two looks at it as a disease of the mind, developing the view that the origins of some mental disorders may lie in people's experiences. And section three outlines the basis of the constructionist perspective and the idea that mental disorder is socially defined. The increasing medicalization of behavior is also addressed. A part of the series Understanding Psychology. (30 minutes)

Cannabis: The Evil Weed?

BBC Worldwide Learning

How addictive is cannabis? Does it lead to harder drug use, or is it an underappreciated herbal medicine? Can it cause mental illness? This program explores the science and the public debate surrounding the world’s favorite illegal drug. Tracing the birthplace of the humble plant to Kazakhstan in Central Asia, addiction specialist Dr. John Marsden guides viewers through several topics and issues—including links between THC and schizophrenia; experiments on mice suggesting cannabis-related cognitive impairment; the development of Sativex, a cannabis-derived medicine; and California’s medical dispensary system, which bears some resemblance to the legalization of marijuana. A BBC Production. (51 minutes)

Understanding Fibromyalgia

Information Television Network (ITN)

Often mistaken for a psychological problem, fibromyalgia is a chronic condition that manifests as memory problems, sleep disturbances, and bowel and bladder irritability, along with the more commonly known symptom of pain throughout the body. In this program, experts discuss how patients can be diagnosed, explain the possible causes of fibromyalgia, and identify the lifestyle changes and treatment methods that can assist those who have the condition to get their lives back on track. Dr. Daniel Clauw of the Chronic Pain and Fatigue Research Center and Lynne Matallana of the National Fibromyalgia Association are featured. (26 minutes)

I Hear with My Eyes

Alba Gonzalez Cano

Julie loves the glorious colors associated with the sound of a rooster crowing, while Mandi remembers phone numbers by their hues. Until John read a newspaper article about synesthesia in later life, he thought that everyone saw the days of the week as various shades of blue. In this program, people with synesthesia describe their experiences and perceptions, as well as the benefits and drawbacks of having a condition in which the barriers between the senses are dissolved. While it might seem like a psychedelic drug trip to the 96 percent of the population who don’t have synesthesia, those who do report that “You don’t go around saying, ‘Oh, wow!’… it’s just the way we perceive life.” (24 minutes)

Low Back Pain

Information Television Network (ITN)

It bothers-and sometimes debilitates-an estimated 80 percent of Americans at some time during their adult lives. And low back pain shows no sign of going away, despite current research into its causes and potential cures. This program examines the ongoing health issue through case studies, interviews with medical experts, and animated graphics showing spinal anatomy, movement, and conditions. Highlighting the major factors that contribute to low back pain, the program discusses the different levels of the disorder-acute, recurrent, and chronic-and a variety of treatments, including physical therapy, epidural steroid injections, and both compression and fusion surgery. (28 minutes)

Breaking the Wall of Pain: How Ethnography Can Help to Identify the Hidden Epidemic of the Global South

Falling Walls Foundation

From public health to history and anthropology, African historian Julie Livingston takes an innovative stance on improving conditions for African patients and clinical staff, particularly those dealing with cancer and issues of pain and palliation. With Fulbright-Hays and Rutgers University fellowships, Livingston has built her body of work on over a decade of research, mainly in Botswana, exploring questions of disability, chronic illness, aging, suicide, personal debt, caregiving, disgust, and citizenship. In this 2010 Falling Walls lecture video, this committed ethnographer conceptualizes the human body as a moral condition and shows the ethical implications of the different “pain relief politics” existing in the global South and North. (15 minutes)

Brainwaves: Electroshock Therapy—Madness

BBC Worldwide Learning

Medical science has made enormous strides since the days of using bloodletting and restraints in the management of psychiatric disorders, and yet a definitive cure for these conditions remains elusive. Focusing on electroshock therapy, this program gives an overview of mental illness treatments, from the crude methods of the Middle Ages to 20th-century breakthroughs based on new understandings of the brain. Patients undergoing ECT are interviewed before and after, providing dramatic evidence of the apparent efficacy of the controversial procedure, and experts discuss some drawbacks of the pharmaceutical approach. Some content may be objectionable. Contains surgical scenes of a graphic nature. A BBC Production. Part of the series Madness. (60 minutes)

Out of Sight: The Rise and Fall of the Asylum—Madness

BBC Worldwide Learning

Originally denoting a place of refuge, the word “asylum” became associated with brutal institutions for locking up people with mental illness. As attitudes about psychosis evolved, reformers began to provide more humane shelter—but these soon devolved into overcrowded, prison-like facilities that were not much better than what had come before. This program traces the history of mental institutions, noting how theories of care reflected the social mores of the time. The advent of psychiatric drugs means more patients now live outside of hospitals, but without structured treatment many become homeless—raising the question of whether reform has gone far enough. Contains surgical scenes of a graphic nature. A BBC Production. Part of the series Madness. (59 minutes)

Life Sentence: Using Words to Share Reality—The Real Thing

BBC Worldwide Learning

People have an amazing capacity to decipher the meaning of human speech, even when familiar words are pronounced with different accents and intonations, or when only some of the words in a particular sentence are heard. In this program, James Burke explains how we understand what people are saying, making the point that the brain is as important to hearing as the ears. And although the same words may trigger different associations from person to person, semantics, syntax, and grammar go a long way toward allowing us to share with others our individual perception of reality. A BBC Production. Part of the series The Real Thing. (27 minutes)

Practical Ethics: Addressing the Real-Life Challenges Confronting Healthcare Professionals — A Lecture

PESI, Inc

Highlighting different types of ethical dilemmas that can arise in healthcare, this video seminar presents ethical decision-making tools and explains how to apply them in practical situations. It reviews key cases and codes in the development of healthcare ethics, discusses the role of ethics committees, considers key theories of ethics and ethical principles, and examines the four-quadrant approach and the Bennett-Woods Eight Step Model of ethical decision making. It also looks at precedent-setting and controversial cases and discusses ethical leadership.

Understanding Angina Pectoris

The Wellness Network

Learn what angina is, what causes it, and how to recognize the signs and symptoms of this serious condition.

Living with Your Ostomy

The Wellness Network

Learn everyday steps to take to make sure your stoma and the surrounding skin stay healthy. Also, understand that you can still live a normal and active lifestyle with an ostomy.

Methadone

The Wellness Network

Understand how Methadone works to help you manage severe pain. Also, understand the possible side effects to be aware of and how to properly use and store this medication.

Pain Management Through Pregnancy

The Wellness Network

Aches and pains are a normal part of pregnancy, the result of your body changing to make room for your growing baby. While managing pain without medication is ideal, medicine may be necessary for some pregnant women who have chronic pain or experience severe pain. In this program you’ll learn about non-medication techniques to help alleviate pain and how to use pain medications safely.

Preventing Surgical Site Infections

The Wellness Network

After surgery, it’s very important to guard against infection—especially at the site of the incision, or surgical wound. This program will teach patients signs of infection to watch out for and what they can do to help prevent infection after surgery.

Symptoms of a Heart Attack Common to Women

The Wellness Network

Understand the importance of knowing the symptoms of a heart attack and seeking immediate medical attention if they occur.

The Benefits of Cardiac Rehabilitation

The Wellness Network

Understand what is provided in a cardiac rehabilitation program and recognize how it contributes to you living a long, heart-healthy future.

Fascia: Secrets Under the Skin

Autentic Distribution GmbH

This documentary on fascia sheds light on state-of-the-art international research. Fascinating images let us delve into the virtually unknown cosmos of our bodies. A "fascia" is a sheet of connective tissue under the skin surrounding muscles, bones or joints. Nowadays, these white fibres are considered the leading cause for diseases and pain and a wondrous source of healing. Elaborate animations and computer graphics shed light on the connection between the fascia and one of our most widespread ailments: back pain. Internationally renowned scientists answer long-unanswered questions while offering insights into cutting-edge fascia research.

Moral Decisions: The Value of Life

ClickView Pty Limited

This video resource discusses the moral, ethical and emotional issues of Euthanasia using well known case studies to prompt discussion and debate.Tony Bland (Hillsborough disaster) was left in a permanent vegetative state and his parents wanted him to be allowed to die but this involved stopping feeding him. Diane Petty (a lady with advanced motor neurone disease) wanted her husband to be allowed to help her die without facing criminal prosecution.This informative resource discusses and opens debates on the issues of moral decisions around a right to life.

Achy Back? 5 Surprising Causes

Ivanhoe Broadcast News

About 80 percent of people will have back pain at some point in their lives and in many cases it can keep them from enjoying even the simplest activities. This program delves into five little-known causes of back pain.

Exparel: Helping Jessica Heal Pain-Free

Ivanhoe Broadcast News

Jessica Garcia was born with a hole in her heart, but that never stopped her from being an energetic teenager. See how a new medication got her back to her life, despite needing heart surgery.

Marine Snails Provide Chronic Pain Relief

Ivanhoe Broadcast News

A carnivorous marine snail that uses venom to catch its prey is being used to ease pain in humans. The benefit from these little snails could even reduce the need for opioids.

Artificial Disc Replacement

Ivanhoe Broadcast News

A new surgerical approach for back pain has improved outcomes for patients.

Pain in the Neck: Striking a Nerve

Ivanhoe Broadcast News

Neck pain is one of the most prevalent kind of chronic pain in the U.S. This doctor has found a way to curb the pain for good.

Tart Cherry Juice Pain Relief

Ivanhoe Broadcast News

Runners may want to open the refrigerator instead of the medicine cabinet when treating their post-marathon aches. Researchers found dramatic and surprising pain relief from a key ingredient in one of your grandmother’s pies.

Tech Neck

Ivanhoe Broadcast News

Staring down at your phone can be a real pain in the neck. In fact, chiropractors see it so often in patients complaining of neck and back pain that they call it "tech neck." There are simple ways to avoid health problems now and later in life.

Golfing after Back Surgery

Ivanhoe Broadcast News

Between 30 and 50 percent of all golfers will struggle with back and neck pain, and many will avoid surgery to keep playing. Now golfers can get surgery, and keep playing.

NSAIDs: OTC Dangers

Ivanhoe Broadcast News

Some over-the-counter pain pills can cause serious health problems. According to one chiropractor, there are safer alternatives for treating long-term pain.

Managing Pain without Drugs

Ivanhoe Broadcast News

Pain is the most common cause of long-term disability, and can lead to depression and painkiller addiction. An alternative approach is helping patients heal without medication.

Best Medicine for Migraines?

Ivanhoe Broadcast News

Migraines can come on without warning, but there are a few things you can do without going to the doctor to help prevent them.

Newest Lumbar Disc Replacement

Ivanhoe Broadcast News

For the first time in ten years, there's a new option for people with chronic back pain. Patients who have had the procedure say the results are life-changing.

Toxins Relax Rigid Muscles

Ivanhoe Broadcast News

Upper limb spasticity is a painful condition caused by extremely tight muscles that the person cannot control, but a new type of toxin similar to Botox may now provide relief.

Until research unlocks medical understanding of marijuana, patients experiment

NewsHour Productions

Lenny and Amy’s 5-year-old son has epilepsy. When conventional medications caused terrible side effects, they started giving him a daily drop of cannabis oil, with dramatic results. But it’s a calculated risk: While there is anecdotal evidence of cannabis’ effectiveness, scientists face research roadblocks because it’s a schedule 1 controlled substance. Science correspondent Miles O’Brien reports.

Stem Cells for Sports Injuries

Ivanhoe Broadcast News

Sports injuries can last for life, or do they? New research shows that a patient’s own stem cells may be the answer to stop the pain.

Chiari Malformation: Not just a Headache

Ivanhoe Broadcast News

One young woman thought she was suffering from chronic headaches, but doctors found she had something much more serious that only surgery could fix.

Rooster Injections: Something to Crow about?

Ivanhoe Broadcast News

Knee and joint pain affects one hundred million Americans. A new procedure is bringing those people relief, but it’s coming from a unlikely source.

Stem Cell Treatments: Buyers Beware!

Ivanhoe Broadcast News

Stem cell therapy: a cure-all or just the latest example of promised pain relief without much proof? Some of these clinics may be too good to be true.

Placebo Effect, The

Film Ideas

The placebo effect has long enjoyed a notorious reputation. To attribute a cure to the placebo effect, was to consider that the illness was created in the mind of a hypochondriac. If a hypochondriac invented the illness, then a hypochondriac could invent the cure. Now, in scientific contradiction to these theories, studies carried out over recent decades reveal that the placebo effect can result in physiological changes in the human condition that are both observable and quantifiable. By means of a rigorous investigation this well researched program aims to shed fresh light on this powerful phenomenon that is associated with every medical act. See why major medical schools and institutions are exploring the exciting and formidable power for self-healing.

Opioids to Heroin—Second Opinion

John McLean Media

The heroin epidemic is a growing problem in the US, and addiction experts say that it largely begins when people first become addicted to prescribed opiate pain medications. As the pills become more expensive and harder to obtain, people move on to the cheaper and more potent high that heroin can provide. Cynthia Scudo, a grandmother of twenty, shares how a story that started with hip pain ended with a nine-year addiction to heroin.

The Color Eye: Color Indoors

BBC Worldwide Learning

Color is the first thing that hits you when you open a door. In this film there are interior color schemes that have been decided around views, color schemes that have been inspired by the colors in nature, color schemes that have been designed around existing buildings, and ones that have been designed around the interplay of light.

The Color Eye: Dynamics of Paint

BBC Worldwide Learning

Color provides the pulse rate of a painting. It is like blood running through. It is a basis for a language which is fundamentally sensual, and I really believe that it is able to tap the imagination and therefore to make contact with strong basic feelings.

Hygiene: Giving a Bed Bath

Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc

Learn specific nursing skills--including effective patient communications--demonstrated in realistic nurse-patient and student-instructor interactions in this series of essential nursing procedures. In this video, a student nurse provides a bed bath, moving the IV line safely out of the way and engaging the patient as in his own care as per the patient's ability.

Medication Administration: Care of the Hospitalized Child

Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc

This instructional film demonstrates the procedure for administering oral medication to hospitalized children, including the Five Rights of Medication Administration.

Advanced Myofascial Release

Real Bodywork

A continuation of Beginning Myofascial Release, this program explores advanced myofascial release techniques to balance each area of the body. Myofascial release is a gentle technique that affects the fascia. This type of work is a great adjunct to other styles of massage, and can help to free restrictions that deeper muscular work cannot. This program shows how to apply cross handed stretches, leg and arm pulls, and a variety of other techniques. It shows how to evaluate postural distortions, and use myofascial release to bring the body into balance. It also teaches the Rebound technique, Cross-fiber frictioning, forearm strokes, and Muscle Energy Technique in the context of a myofascial treatment.

Administering Ear Medications: Nursing Skills

Elsevier

This video shows how to administer ear medications.

Performing Back Massage: Nursing Skills

Elsevier

This video shows how to give a back massage to a patient.

Managing Pain: Nursing Skills

Elsevier

This video teaches how to help manage a patient's pain.

Myofascial Release Techniques

Healthy Learning

This video learning laboratory provides an overview of various myofascial release, manual therapy techniques. It offers working definitions for both myofascial pain syndrome (MFPS), and myofascial trigger points (MFTrP) and discusses key factors involved in making a differential diagnosis between MFPS, MFTrP and non-MFP. In the lab demonstration phase, the video explains and shows how to perform several useful techniques for dealing with MFPS and MFTrP, including press and stretch, longitudinal release, wringing, and stripping. The video also details several ways to decrease occurrence of MFPS.

Focus Pocus

National Geographic

In this episode we explore your brain’s constant battle between attention and distraction by investigating all the ways you focus, from visual processing to mental filtering to prioritizing attention. So pay close attention: your life may depend on it!

Illusion Confusion

National Geographic

Brain Games reveals how optical illusions are a great way of showing the powerful mechanisms at work that allow your brain to perceive three dimensions, see around clutter and even see the future.

Brain Games: It's About Time

National Geographic

In this episode, we explore how your brain can measure something that’s completely invisible: time! Through a series of games and experiments, you'll learn the secret of why time flies when you're having fun, why it seems to slow down when you're in danger, and best of all, we'll show you how to keep the years from slipping by as you get older. Pay attention: You’re in for the time of your life.

The Power of the Placebo

BBC Worldwide Learning

Placebos come in all shapes and sizes and have been shown to help treat pain, depression, and alleviate some of the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease. In this film, Horizon meets the scientists who are trying to find out why they work. From the man who performed fake operations to alleviate back pain to the scientist studying the effect of fake oxygen on physical performance, placebos have been shown to cause real and measurable physiological changes. A brain scan reveals that a placebo can encourage our bodies to release the naturally occurring pain killers in our brains. Tests show that the shape, size, and even the color of a placebo can all have an impact on its effectiveness. So what happens if we know it’s a placebo? Surprisingly, it still seems to work. A BBC Production.

When Pain Persists—Catalyst

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Back pain, almost all of us has either had it or will experience it in our life time. In fact four million Australians may be suffering from low back pain right now, and for around 40% of people that pain will persist and become chronic with devastating effects. But what if you could end the agony? Catalyst reporter investigates recent advances in science and medical engineering that are transforming our understanding of chronic back pain and opening the door to new treatments in the hope of bringing relief to so many people.

Pain Control: Obstetrical Nursing

Classroom Productions, Inc

Examining the types and causes of pain during labor, this video discusses such non-pharmacological interventions as hydration, breathing techniques, massage, and warm water and explores the types of pharmacological approaches, such as opioids, barbiturates, tranquilizers, and regional anesthetics and their side effects. It looks at the effects of maternal positioning and differentiates between epidurals and intrathecal blocks.

Echolocation / Bionic Bra—Catalyst

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Daniel Kish is blind but his ability to “see using sound” is remarkable. His use of echolocation to effortlessly get around using mouth clicks has earned him the nickname “Batman.” Now, researchers are getting a clearer picture on the way his brain turns sounds into images and it’s redefining our understanding of vision. Also, most bras are designed for aesthetics, to look good. Even a sports bra can be uncomfortable at times. But what if a bra could respond when you need more support, and relax when you don’t? A team of Australian scientists has done just that— they are designing a comfortable, high-tech “Bionic Bra” that provides the right amount of breast support, when you need it.

Allow Me to Die

Journeyman Pictures

In Belgium, anyone deemed to be experiencing "unbearable and incurable suffering" is allowed the right to die, and euthanasia is often used on patients who have decades to live. Nearly 2,000 Belgians a year choose assisted suicide, but who decides if their suffering is "unbearable?" Brett Mason follows the stories of two Belgians considering assisted suicide, exploring the moral difficulties behind the most liberal euthanasia laws in the world.

A Systematic Approach to the Athlete with Hip Pain

Healthy Learning

In this clinical video lecture, Peter Seidenberg discusses approaches to working with an athlete with hip pain, considering causes of the pain and methods for treating it.

Introduction to the Course

Elsevier

This video introduces the series on local anesthetic drug use in dentistry to control pain. Topics will include: drugs, armamentarium, techniques, and complications.

Bouquet in a Bottle

Cinetic Rights Management LLC.

The star sommelier of The Bernardin has his famous nose put to the test by neurochemist Terry Acree. How sophisticated can our sense of smell get? Aldo Sohm oversees a 15,000 bottle wine collection made up of 900 wine selections from 12 countries with vintages from as early as 1875. Terry Acree is Professor of Food Science at Cornell University. His laboratory is interested in why there is such a functional variation in taste and olfaction that has been observed for decades in human populations. Understanding the relationship between stimulant composition and perception becomes central to understanding the representation of chemical information in the brain and the impact of genetic diversity on the perception of food.

What Is a Heart Attack?

The Wellness Network

Watch what happens within the heart during a myocardial infarction, or heart attack.

Angina and Other Symptoms of Coronary Artery Disease

The Wellness Network

Understand how coronary artery disease causes stable and unstable angina, and why immediate action is important when you experience angina or other symptoms of a possible heart attack.

Angina: Symptoms and Tests

The Wellness Network

Understand how angina may show up differently in men and women and learn common tests for angina.

Angina and Lifestyle Changes

The Wellness Network

Learn how making a few changes in your lifestyle can help manage your angina.

Cardiac Rehabilitation: Training Your Heart for Life, 2nd Edition

The Wellness Network

The heart is a muscle that benefits from physical activity. After someone has a heart event, he or she may feel anxious about getting active. Cardiac rehabilitation helps patients to be active in a safe environment. In this program, actual patients describe how cardiac rehabilitation helped them regain their confidence and their health. It explains how cardiac rehabilitation will benefit specific heart problems, the goals (including risk factor reduction), the phases of cardiac rehabilitation and what to expect in each, and the emotional support that it may give.

Hysingla ER

The Wellness Network

Learn how Hysingla® ER helps manage your pain, how to take and store it safely, and the possible side effects to be aware of.

This Treatment Could Make Your Next Trip To The Dentist More Bearable

NewsHour Productions

A new method of treating tooth decay using silver nitrate may make the pain, and expense, of traditional treatments obsolete. Special correspondent Cat Wise has the story.

The Sense of Sight

Cerebellum Corporation

The sense of sight is crucial to survival for many species on planet Earth, including humankind. Learn about the human eye’s characteristics and behavior. We’ll also discuss the eyes of all sorts of animals.

Taste and Smell

Cerebellum Corporation

What are the organs of taste and smell, and how do they work together? Learn about the tongue’s functions of taste, an anatomical description of smell, and an explanation of their roles in tasting and smelling!

Dr. Gardner Murphy: Part 1

The University of Akron

This video discussion with Dr. Gardner Murphy looks at eclecticism in theory and methodology. Murphy talks about motivation, development, learning, and perception; discusses the ideas of ego autonomy and self-determinism; offers his views on the work of Freud, Jung, and Adler; and discusses Gestalt Psychology, field theory, and creativity.

Pain Management for Childbirth—Vol. 2: Analgesics & Epidurals

INJOY PRODUCTIONS

This second volume of the Pain Management set teaches expectant parents various ways they can manage pain, in a medicated way, including the benefits and risks. Volume 2: Analgesics & Epidurals covers: analgesics, and epidural overview and procedure, the benefits and risks of epidurals, and labor with an epidural.

Understanding Cesarean Birth

INJOY PRODUCTIONS

This film features the Understanding Cesarean Birthchapter from InJoy'sUnderstanding Birth program. Through two cesarean birth stories—one planned and one unplanned— viewers will learnessential information about cesarean birth in a way that’s comforting, easy to understand, and relatable.Content includes: why cesareans are performed, 3D animation of the medical procedure, risks to mom and baby, the benefits of skin-to-skin contact, breastfeeding, recovery tips, and how to reduce the chances of having a cesarean.

Daniela's Birth—The Miracle of Birth: Birthing Stories

INJOY PRODUCTIONS

Daniela labors for hours to give birth to her child. With support from her husband, she has an unplanned cesarean.

What Every Physician Wants Their Patients to Know: Migraine

Medivision

Designed for healthcare providers to provide their patients with a solid introduction to migraine headaches, this video with neurologist Jeffrey Nelson differentiates among sinus headaches, tension headaches, and migraines. It also explores the causes of migraines, considering their auras, triggers, and potential treatment regimens, including abortive strategies and preventive treatments.