Educational Game Development Approach to a particular case: the donor's evaluation.

Area of Science:

• Healthcare Education
• Serious Games Development
• Medical Simulation

Background:

• Serious games are increasingly utilized across various sectors for educational purposes.
• The eLearning research team at Complutense University of Madrid focuses on developing low-cost serious games, particularly in healthcare.
• A decade of experience in serious game development informs current research.

Purpose of the Study:

• To present the application of the Educational Game Development Approach (EGDA) methodology.
• To detail the development of a serious game simulating donor evaluation in an intensive care unit (ICU).
• To explore an enhanced strategy for selecting teaching cases in medical simulations.

Main Methods:

• Defined and applied the Educational Game Development Approach (EGDA) for designing, developing, and evaluating serious games in healthcare.
• Developed a serious game from a hospital coordinator's perspective for donor evaluation in an ICU.
• Implemented a novel teaching case selection strategy by exponentially increasing case numbers.

Main Results:

• Serious games provide immediate feedback and objective assessments, facilitating learning through play.
• Simulations offer a risk-free environment for students to practice complex procedures.
• Incorporating game elements boosts engagement and improves information retention.

Conclusions:

• A game-like simulation for a complex medical procedure was successfully developed using the EGDA methodology.
• The developed simulation represents a significant advancement in healthcare training tools.