Serious Games Trends in Health Professions Education: From Pixels to Practice

06/10/2024 12 min Episodio 17
Serious Games Trends in Health Professions Education: From Pixels to Practice

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In this episode, we explore the evolving world of serious games in health professions education, diving into a study that tracks trends in game-based learning from 1996 to 2018. We discuss how serious games transform healthcare training, making education more engaging, effective, and fun. Join us as we explore why these games outperform traditional teaching methods for short-term learning and what challenges still need to be addressed, including how to integrate affective learning and better utilize games for postgraduate nursing education. Link to the publication: https://www.thieme-connect.com/products/ejournals/html/10.1055/s-0039-1677904 

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