"MORAD ESCAPE", a novel research-based escape room approach for evaluating research competencies of health professions students.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Escape rooms offer an engaging platform to assess skills such as information retrieval, teamwork, leadership, and learning processes. Beyond their educational utility, escape rooms serve as a valuable system for complementing traditional evaluation methods. They provide a dual role as both an innovative educational and assessment tool, offering a novel approach to fostering and evaluating essential competencies. Research skills, particularly vital in medical sciences, require such innovative evaluation approaches. This study aimed to assess the research competencies of students at Tehran University of Medical Sciences using a research-based escape room.

Methods

This sequential exploratory mixed-methods study was conducted in three phases: design, implementation, a

SUBMITTER: Mirshahi A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11846363 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature