About the efficacy of a serious game in critical appraisal learning: a cluster randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Serious games have been reported to be a valuable method of learning for over a decade.

Aim

The authors assessed the efficacy of using a serious games to teach critical appraisal practice to medical students in comparison to face-to-face learning methods.

Methods

This was a cluster randomised controlled trial including 3rd year medical students. The control group had to perform a critical appraisal of two articles guided by a checklist, while the intervention group performed a critical appraisal using a home-made serious game. Judgment criteria consisted of the students' scores attributed to their appraisal of a same article after the training period.

Results

Twenty-four students in the control and intervention group were enrolled in the study. The

SUBMITTER: Mlika M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9976784 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug-Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature