ReviewArchives of disease in childhood. Fetal and neonatal edition2020
Serious games, a game changer in teaching neonatal resuscitation? A review.
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- The Effects of Serious Games on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Training and Education: Systematic Review With Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.JMIR serious games · 2024Review
- Virtual simulations for neonatal education.Seminars in perinatology · 2023Article
- Serious Games and Gamification: Health Care Workers' Experience, Attitudes, and Knowledge.Academic psychiatry : the journal of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training and the Association for Academic Psychiatry · 2023Article
- Games in Times of a Pandemic: Structured Overview of COVID-19 Serious Games.JMIR serious games · 2023Article
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- Editorial: Future medical education in pediatrics and neonatology.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2023Article
- An evaluation of undergraduate student nurses' gameful experience whilst playing a digital escape room as part of a FIRST year module: A cross-sectional study.Nurse education today · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundNeonatal healthcare professionals require frequent simulation-based education (SBE) to improve their cognitive, psychomotor and communication skills during neonatal resuscitation. However, current SBE approaches are resource-intensive and not routinely offered in all healthcare facilities. Serious games (board and computer based) may be effective and more accessible alternatives.
objectiveTo review the current literature about serious games, and how these games might improve knowledge retention and skills in neonatal healthcare professionals.
methodLiterature searches of PubMed, Google Scholar, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, CINAHL, Web of Science and EMBASE databases were performed to identify studies examining serious games in neonatology. All games, such as board games, tabletop games, video games, screen-based simulators, tabletop simulators and virtual reality games were included.
resultsTwelve serious games were included in this review (four board games, five video games and three virtual reality games). Overall, knowledge improvement was reported for the RETAIN (REsuscitationTrAINing for healthcare professionals) board game (10% increase in knowledge retention) and The Neonatology Game (4.15 points higher test score compared with control). Serious games are increasingly incorporated into Nursing and Medical School Curriculums to reinforce theoretical and practical learning.
conclusionsSerious games have the potential to improve healthcare professionals' knowledge, skills and adherence to the resuscitation algorithm and could enhance access to SBE in resource-intensive and resource-limited areas. Future research should examine important clinical outcomes in newborn infants.
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