The co-design, implementation and evaluation of a serious board game 'PlayDecide patient safety' to educate junior doctors about patient safety and the importance of reporting safety concerns.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We believe junior doctors are in a unique position in relation to reporting of incidents and safety culture. They are still in training and are also 'fresh eyes' on the system providing valuable insights into what they perceive as safe and unsafe behaviour. The aim of this study was to co-design and implement an embedded learning intervention - a serious board game - to educate junior doctors about patient safety and the importance of reporting safety concerns, while at the same time shaping a culture of responsiveness from senior medical staff.

Methods

A serious game based on the PlayDecide framework was co-designed and implemented in two large urban acute teaching hospitals. To evaluate the educational value of the game voting on the position statements was reco

SUBMITTER: Ward M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6593521 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature