Preparing Residents Effectively in Emergency Skills Training With a Serious Game.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Training emergency care skills is critical for patient safety but cost intensive. Serious games have been proposed as an engaging self-directed learning tool for complex skills. The objective of this study was to compare the cognitive skills and motivation of medical residents who only used a course manual as preparation for classroom training on emergency care with residents who used an additional serious game.

Methods

This was a quasi-experimental study with residents preparing for a rotation in the emergency department. The "reading" group received a course manual before classroom training; the "reading and game" group received this manual plus the game as preparation for the same training. Emergency skills were assessed before training (with residents who ag

SUBMITTER: Dankbaar ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5291282 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature