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Trial reportBMJ open2021

Game jams for cultural safety training in Colombian medical education: a pilot randomised controlled trial.

Juan Pimentel, Anne Cockcroft, Neil Andersson

Open access · goldAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in BMJ open, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Juan PimentelCIET-PRAM, Department of Family Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Québec, Canada juan.pimentel@mail.mcgill.ca.ORCID 0000-0002-6842-3064
Anne CockcroftCIET-PRAM, Department of Family Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Québec, Canada.
Neil AnderssonCIET-PRAM, Department of Family Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Québec, Canada.
Universidad Autónoma de Guerrero · MXUniversidad de La Sabana · CO

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesExplore the acceptability and feasibility of a randomised controlled trial (RCT) to assess game jams-participatory events to cocreate digital or board games in a time-constrained environment-in cultural safety training of medical students. The pilot tests methods and procedures and explores the validity and reliability of our research instrument.

designTwo-arm parallel-group pilot RCT with a 1:1 allocation ratio.

settingFaculty of Medicine in Chia, Colombia.

participants79 final-year medical students completed the baseline questionnaire. 64 completed the assessment immediately after the intervention: 31 in the intervention group (20 female) and 33 in the control group (18 female). 35 completed the final assessment (18 control and 17 intervention) 4 months after the intervention.

interventionsThe intervention group joined a 5-hour game jam composed of a 1-hour lecture and a 4-hour session to create and to play educational games about cultural safety. The control group had a 1-hour conventional lesson, followed by a 4-hour study session of selected readings on cultural safety. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY OUTCOME MEASURES: The instrument, an online self-administered Likert-type questionnaire, assessed a self-reported cultural safety results chain based on a planned behaviour theory. Student recruitment, retention and perception of the activity determined acceptability. The methodological and logistical factors for a full-scale study determined feasibility.

resultsAfter the intervention, students randomised to that arm reported a slightly higher cultural safety score (26.9) than those in the control group (25.9) (difference -1, 95% CI -3.0 to 1.0). Students described game jam learning in favourable terms and considered cultural safety training relevant. The university authorised the conduct of the full-scale trial.

conclusionGame jam learning is feasible and acceptable for cultural safety training of Colombian medical students. Researchers and educators may find our results informative in the design of RCTs assessing educational interventions. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: ISRCTN14261595 (stage: pilot study results).

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Education, MedicalColombiaFeasibility StudiesFemaleHumansMalePilot ProjectsSurveys and Questionnairesmedical education & trainingprimary caresocial medicine

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PMID33986043
PMCPMC8126312
OpenAlexW3163536215

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