Title: Topic Film, TV shows for Medical Education, ‘The Wire’ as a case study
Abstract: The Wire is a popular HBO Tv show and is arguably one of the best Tv shows in the world. It highlights the social determinants of crime, poverty etc., and covers social justice issues. Dr Sule’s talk will cover the role of pop culture in understanding biopsychosocial determinants of mental disorders through films and tv shows. The talk will demonstrate this using ‘The Wire’ as a case study.
Biography: Dr Akeem Sule is the Co-founder of HIP HOP PSYCH and a Consultant Psychiatrist in General Adult Psychiatry, Essex Partnership university NHS Trust, and an Honorary Visiting Research Associate at the Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge. He is also a Senior Member at Wolfson College, Cambridge University. Dr Sule has taught and given lectures to Psychiatry trainees/resident doctors in the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Singapore, Egypt, Nigeria, Brazil, Ireland, Turkey and India. He is a member of the Association of University Teachers in Psychiatry. He obtained a medical degree from the Ogun State University Teaching Hospital, Nigeria. His Specialist Psychiatry training was with the Oxford Rotational Scheme. He also worked at the department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford and Hammersmith PET centre as a Clinical research worker doing Neuroimaging Research. Dr Sule is an International Fellow with the American Psychiatric Association. Akeem also helped set up a module on ‘The Wire’ tv show for a medical student Psychiatry course in a Texas Medical school to teach on social determinants of Mental Health.
Zoom details:
https://zoom.us/j/93711378882?pwd=ONUDhocbW7ucS5dRak0RGdZBC27ynz.1
Meeting ID: 937 1137 8882
Passcode: 845614
Posted on 02/06/2026
