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Gamification using an escape box game significantly increased medical students' engagement and confidence in pre-clinical science topics like dialysis access compared to traditional lectures. This novel approach shows promise for enhancing medical education.

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Area of Science:

  • Medical Education
  • Gamification in Healthcare
  • Pre-clinical Science Education

Background:

  • Gamification, particularly escape box games, is an emerging strategy to boost engagement in medical education.
  • Escape boxes involve solving challenges to unlock a box or virtual scenario within a time limit.
  • This study explores using an escape box game to teach pre-clinical science to first-year medical students.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To assess the effectiveness of an escape box game in teaching pre-clinical science to first-year medical students.
  • To compare student engagement and confidence levels between an escape box game group and a traditional lecture group.
  • To investigate the correlation between personality traits and learning outcomes in gamified medical education.

Main Methods:

  • First-year medical students were divided into two groups: escape box with lectures and lectures only.
  • A pre-game survey, the escape box game, and a post-game survey were administered.
  • Surveys assessed confidence in renal concepts, engagement with the game, and Big-Five personality traits.

Main Results:

  • The escape box group reported higher stimulation and interest compared to traditional lectures, enhancing engagement.
  • While overall confidence increase was not statistically significant, the escape box group showed a significant increase in confidence regarding dialysis access (p = 0.00434).
  • No correlation was found between personality traits and increased confidence post-game.

Conclusions:

  • Escape box games are substantially more engaging than traditional lectures for medical students.
  • Gamification, exemplified by the escape box game, holds potential for increasing confidence in pre-clinical medical concepts.
  • This approach enhances student engagement, confidence, and retention, particularly for topics like dialysis access.