Nursing Students' Scenario Performance: Game Metrics in a Simulation Game
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Jaana-Maija Koivisto1, Sara Havola, Janne Engblom
1About the Authors Jaana-Maija Koivisto, PhD, is a postdoctoral researcher and Sara Havola, MNSc, is a PhD student at the Department of Health Sciences, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland. Dr. Koivisto is also a principal research scientist at Häme University of Applied Sciences, Hämeenlinna, Finland. Jaana-Maija Koivisto and Sara Havola contributed equally to this article and should be considered joint first authors. Janne Engblom, DSc, MSc, is a lecturer of statistics, Turku School of Economics, University of Turku, Turku, Finland. Tuija Buure, MNSc, is a senior lecturer, Metropolia University of Applied Sciences, Helsinki, Finland. Kristiina Rosqvist, MNSc, is a PhD student at the Department of Health Sciences, Tampere University, and a senior lecturer, Diaconia University of Applied Sciences, Helsinki, Finland. Elina Haavisto, PhD, is a professor of nursing science at the Department of Health Sciences, Tampere University, and a nurse director (part-time) at Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland. For more information, contact Sara Havola at sara.havola@tuni.fi .
Aim:
The purpose of this study was to examine nursing students' scenario performance in a simulation game by utilizing game metrics.
Background:
A significant advantage of simulation games is that they can store large amounts of data. Although game metrics enable the objective evaluation and analysis of performance, their use in the evaluation of students' performance is limited.
Method:
Nursing students ( N = 376) played a simulation game at home for 1 week. The resulting data consisted of game metrics stored in the game: number of playthroughs, mean scores, and mean playing times.
Results:
The total number of playthroughs was 1,923. Statistically significant differences were found between different scenarios regarding the mean score ( p < .0001). Mean playing time was significantly associated with the mean score ( p < .05).
Conclusion:
Game metrics demonstrate nursing students' scenario performance in clinical reasoning skills in different scenarios in a simulation game.
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