Gaming: a teaching strategy for adult learners

Area of Science:

• Nursing Education
• Educational Psychology

Background:

• Developing engaging educational content is a significant challenge for nurse educators.
• Traditional methods may not fully engage all learning domains.

Purpose of the Study:

• To explore the theoretical use and application of gaming strategies in nursing education.
• To discuss the development and implementation of gaming in staff development.

Main Methods:

• Literature review on gaming strategies in education.
• Theoretical framework for applying gaming in nursing staff development.

Main Results:

• Gaming facilitates concept internalization and affective learning.
• Gaming promotes the application of psychomotor skills.

Conclusions:

• Gaming strategies offer an innovative approach to enhance nursing education.
• The integration of gaming is applicable and beneficial for staff development programs.