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ArticlePharmacy (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Educational Escape Room Reinforcement of Infection Prevention in Third-Year Student Pharmacists.

Benjamin Gal, Tony Le, Jiya Thomas, Crystal K Hodge

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Article in Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Benjamin GalDepartment of Pharmacotherapy, University of North Texas Health Science Center System, College of Pharmacy, Fort Worth, TX 76107, USA.
Tony LeDepartment of Pharmacotherapy, University of North Texas Health Science Center System, College of Pharmacy, Fort Worth, TX 76107, USA.
Jiya ThomasDepartment of Pharmacotherapy, University of North Texas Health Science Center System, College of Pharmacy, Fort Worth, TX 76107, USA.
Crystal K HodgeDepartment of Pharmacotherapy, University of North Texas Health Science Center System, College of Pharmacy, Fort Worth, TX 76107, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0880-1780

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundInfection prevention and control (IPC) competencies are essential to safe patient care across practice settings. This cross-sectional survey study aimed to describe the ability of an escape room to reinforce IPC concepts and knowledge retention rates for third-year student pharmacists.

methodsAn IPC-themed escape room using a mixture of online and physical puzzles was incorporated into a third-year student pharmacist course. Students in the course took knowledge assessment and perception surveys before the escape room (T1), after the escape room (T2), and for retention at the end of the semester (T3).

resultsStatistically significant (

conclusionsAn IPC escape room is an effective tool to reinforce IPC concepts and increases student pharmacist knowledge and confidence in patient safety practices. Future study iterations should evaluate the role of an IPC IPE event for utility across multiple health professions curricula.

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active learninggamificationinfection prevention and controlpatient safetypharmacy curriculumpharmacy students

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PMID40981234
PMCPMC12452324

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