Building digital escape rooms for learning: From theory to practice

Romket Pornsakulpaisal1, Zara Ahmed1, Harold Bok2

  • 1School of Medicine, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dublin, Ireland.

The Clinical Teacher
|January 24, 2023
PubMed
Summary

Health professions educators can now create simple digital educational escape rooms for learning. This guide provides advice for educators lacking digital technology expertise, making game-based learning more accessible.

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