Learning from failure: Simulating pandemic agreement negotiations in a global health classroom.

ABSTRACT: Serious games, including simulations, are increasingly used in university teaching, including in medical and humanitarian fields, as well as in political science and international relations. There is less evidence of application in global health pedagogy. This article reports and reflects on the use of a simulation of global pandemic treaty negotiations in a Master of Public Health class on Global Health and International Affairs. Through participant observation and thematic analysis of students' reflective essays we found that the simulation enabled deep learning in line with the assignment objectives (to apply learning from past health crises, engage with key concepts, and experience global health cooperation and challenges), as well as prompted critical reflections on moral dilemmas rel

SUBMITTER: Smith J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12385383 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature