By: Vincent Chan, MD The Inklings of an Idea “If you’ve ever wanted to step into the shoes of a doctor saving lives in the ICU, Critical Care offers that experience.” – Stuti Steth, Ubyssey […]
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“Video games have made me a better provider”: Video Games in Medical Education
By: Nicole Damari, MD, MS Video games are increasingly popular across multiple demographics, with 47% of men and 39% of women reporting playing video games sometimes or often,[i] and that number is as high as […]
The Role of Improv Games in Medical Education
By: Carolyn A. Chan, MD, MHS, Nicole Damari, MD, MS Improvisational theater, or “improv”, is a live performance in which scenes are developed spontaneously rather than being pre-determined in a script. The two most common […]
Getting Engaged: Game Design to Promote Engagement in Game-Based Learning
By: Nicole Damari, MD, MS, All eyes on them with the clock ticking down, a player glances at the word on their card, then animatedly starts describing it while avoiding a list of forbidden words. Frustrated […]
In the Zone: The Intersection of Flow Theory and the Zone of Proximal Development in Game-Based Learning
By: Nicole Damari, MD, MS, Hours had passed. I’m not sure how many solo rounds of the board game Pandemic I had played, but it wasn’t a small number. I didn’t just want to win the […]