Evidence map›Paper›PMID 37886278›Full record

ArticleMedical science educator2023

Not Just Fun and Games: Game-Based Learning in Health Professions Education.

Thomas Thesen, Ingrid Bahner, Andrea N Belovich, Giulia Bonaminio, Anthony Brenneman, William S Brooks, Cassie Chinn, Nehad El-Sawi, Shafik Habal, Michele Haight and 6 more

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Medical science educator, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Game-based learning in orthopaedics: A comprehensive review.Journal of clinical orthopaedics and trauma · 2025
    Article
  4. Enhancing Biochemistry Education for Medical Students Through Game-Based Learning: Students' Perception and Performance.Biochemistry and molecular biology education : a bimonthly publication of the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
    Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors.

Thomas ThesenGeisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3793-438X
Ingrid BahnerMorsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL USA.
Andrea N BelovichIdaho College of Osteopathic Medicine, Meridian, ID USA.
Giulia BonaminioUniversity of Kansas, School of Medicine, Kansas City, KS USA.
Anthony BrennemanUniversity of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA USA.
William S BrooksUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL USA.
Cassie ChinnInternational Association of Medical Science Educators, Huntington, WV USA.
Nehad El-SawiDes Moines University Medicine & Health Sciences, Des Moines, IA USA.
Shafik HabalPhiladelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Philadelphia, PA USA.
Michele HaightSam Houston State University College of Medicine, Huntsville, TX USA.
Sandra B HaudekBaylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX USA.
Uzoma IkonneEastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA USA.
Robert J McAuleyOakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, Auburn Hills, MI USA.
Douglas McKellCollege of Our Lady of the Elms, Chicopee, MA USA.
Rebecca RoweUniversity of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine, Biddeford, ME USA.
Tracey A H TaylorOakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, Auburn Hills, MI USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Identifiers

PMID37886278
PMCPMC10597927

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.