Moderate benefit of escape room game on learning outcome in medicine.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Well-designed escape room games engage students with complex problems and challenge clinical and teamwork skills, but their impact on learning has been uncertain. This study aimed to estimate the effect size of escape room game on performance in a broad knowledge test.

Methods

During clinical rotation in reproductive endocrinology and infertility (REI), medical students participated in a 3-hour small-group class. For 2 semesters, groups had traditional patient visits and case discussions, and for 3 semesters, patient visits and an escape room game including debrief. The game was set up in the outpatient clinic, the puzzles were taken from clinical problems in REI, and challenges included operating an ultrasound scanner on a mannequin. Mid-semester, students comple

SUBMITTER: Fedorcsak P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11585938 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature