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ArticleJMIR serious games2021

Serious Games for Improving Technical Skills in Medicine: Scoping Review.

Tycho Joan Olgers, Anne Akke Bij de Weg, Jan Cornelis Ter Maaten

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Article in JMIR serious games, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Tycho Joan Olgers *Department of Internal Medicine, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5119-5245
Anne Akke Bij de Weg *Department of Internal Medicine, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6832-4683
Jan Cornelis Ter Maaten *Department of Internal Medicine, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0353-4011

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundSerious games are being used to train specific technical skills in medicine, and most research has been done for surgical skills. It is not known if these games improve technical skills in real life as most games have not been completely validated.

objectiveThis scoping review aimed to evaluate the current use of serious games for improving technical skills in medicine and to determine their current validation state using a validation framework specifically designed for serious games.

methodsWe used the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR) guidelines. A multidatabase search strategy was adopted, after which a total of 17 publications were included in this review.

resultsThese 17 publications described five different serious games for improving technical skills. We discuss these games in detail and report about their current validation status. Only one game was almost fully validated. We also discuss the different frameworks that can be used for validation of serious games.

conclusionsSerious games are not extensively used for improving technical skills in medicine, although they may represent an attractive alternative way of learning. The validation of these games is mostly incomplete. Additionally, several frameworks for validation exist, but it is unknown which one is the best. This review may assist game developers or educators in validating serious games.

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serious gamestechnical skillsultrasound skillsvalidity of serious games

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PMID33492234
PMCPMC7870348

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