ArticleBMC medical education2010
Support for and aspects of use of educational games in family medicine and internal medicine residency programs in the US: a survey.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Educational games for health professionals.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2013Pooled it
- The effects of tracking responses and the day of mailing on physician survey response rate: three randomized trials.PloS one · 2011Pooled it
- Effectiveness of a game-based educational strategy e-EDUCAGUIA for implementing antimicrobial clinical practice guidelines in family medicine residents in Spain: a randomized clinical trial by cluster.BMC medical education · 2022Trial
- Effectiveness of a strategy that uses educational games to implement clinical practice guidelines among Spanish residents of family and community medicine (e-EDUCAGUIA project): a clinical trial by clusters.Implementation science : IS · 2016Trial
- Gamification and Game-Based Strategies for Dermatology Education: Narrative Review.JMIR dermatology · 2021Review
- Examining the Technological Pedagogical Content Characteristics of Games for Medical Education.Medical science educator · 2020Article
- Gamification of dermatology: Stud2yBuddy, a novel game to facilitate dermatology revision for final-year medical students.Future healthcare journal · 2019Article
- The Effectiveness of an Educational Game for Teaching Optometry Students Basic and Applied Science.PloS one · 2016Article
- Student perceptions of gamified audience response system interactions in large group lectures and via lecture capture technology.BMC medical education · 2015Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe evidence supporting the effectiveness of educational games in graduate medical education is limited. Anecdotal reports suggest their popularity in that setting. The objective of this study was to explore the support for and the different aspects of use of educational games in family medicine and internal medicine residency programs in the United States.
methodsWe conducted a survey of family medicine and internal medicine residency program directors in the United States. The questionnaire asked the program directors whether they supported the use of educational games, their actual use of games, and the type of games being used and the purpose of that use.
resultsOf 434 responding program directors (52% response rate), 92% were in support of the use of games as an educational strategy, and 80% reported already using them in their programs. Jeopardy like games were the most frequently used games (78%). The use of games was equally popular in family medicine and internal medicine residency programs and popularity was inversely associated with more than 75% of residents in the program being International Medical Graduates. The percentage of program directors who reported using educational games as teaching tools, review tools, and evaluation tools were 62%, 47%, and 4% respectively.
conclusionsGiven a widespread use of educational games in the training of medical residents, in spite of limited evidence for efficacy, further evaluation of the best approaches to education games should be explored.
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