SIM-CIG: A Serious Game to Practice and Improve Clinical Guidelines Adoption Based on Computer-Interpretable...

Area of Science:

• Medical Education
• Health Informatics
• Game Design

Background:

• Serious games are increasingly utilized to improve the accuracy and application of clinical guidelines in practice.
• Challenges exist in translating complex clinical guidelines into actionable decision-making tools for healthcare providers.
• Digital health interventions offer potential solutions for enhancing clinical practice consistency.

Purpose of the Study:

• To present the development of SIM-GIC, a serious game designed for clinical decision-making training.
• To evaluate the efficacy of a serious game in assessing player decisions against computer-interpretable clinical guidelines.
• To focus the initial development of SIM-GIC on antenatal care guidelines.

Main Methods:

• Development of SIM-GIC, a video game simulating virtual patients.
• Coding of obstetric guidelines into computer-interpretable XML files.
• Evaluation of player decision-making based on simulated patient scenarios and coded guidelines.

Main Results:

• SIM-GIC simulates virtual patients to test clinical decision-making.
• The game evaluates player choices against established clinical guidelines.
• Antenatal care guidelines are the initial focus, with obstetric guidelines coded in XML.

Conclusions:

• Serious games like SIM-GIC can serve as effective tools for clinical guideline training.
• The simulation approach allows for objective evaluation of healthcare provider decision-making.
• Further development and application in antenatal care are planned for SIM-GIC.