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Serious Games (SGs) can enhance medical education by improving clinical decision-making skills and knowledge consolidation. These engaging, game-based resources offer a motivational approach for students in undergraduate training.

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Area of Science:

  • Medical Education Technology
  • Game-Based Learning
  • Clinical Decision Support

Background:

  • Serious Games (SGs) integrate educational content into gameplay for enhanced engagement and motivation.
  • SGs facilitate situated learning and safe practice of clinical decision-making.
  • The application of SGs in medical education requires further establishment.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To design a game-based resource for teaching clinical decision-making to medical students.
  • To evaluate user perceptions of educational value and usability.
  • To explore the role of SGs in undergraduate medical training.

Main Methods:

  • Development of a Serious Game focused on the acute management of tachyarrhythmias.
  • Evaluation by third- and fourth-year medical students using questionnaires and focus groups.

Main Results:

  • Serious Games allow students to practice decision-making responsibility in a motivational and fun environment.
  • SGs are effective for revising and consolidating medical knowledge.
  • Serious Games can serve as formative assessment tools, developing situated understanding.

Conclusions:

  • Serious Games can be utilized as supplementary learning tools to enhance students' medical skills and knowledge.
  • Further empirical research is necessary to ascertain the specific benefits of games in medical education.