ISSN: 2360-7866

 International Journal of Academic Research in Education and Review
 

International Journal of Academic Research in Education and Review

Vol. 8(6), pp. 141-145. November, 2020.

ISSN: 2360-7866

DOI: 10.14662/IJARER2020.110

Full Length Research

Gamification in health professions education

P. Sooful¹, Kearns, K², Moore, L³

¹ Allied Health Clinical Educator, Top End Health Service, Darwin Australia

² Nurse Education and Research Co-ordinator, Top End Health Service, Darwin Australia

³ Allied Health Lecturer, Flinders NT, Darwin Australia

Correspondence Prasha Sooful, Allied Health Directorate, Royal Darwin Hospital, Rocklands Drive, Tiwi NT 0811. Email: Prasha.Sooful@nt.gov.au

Accepted 21 September 2020

Effective clinical training for health professionals in a large health service plays a vital role in delivery of patient care. Traditional training methods tend to be didactic whereas progressive methods are interactive. This project explored two contemporary learning activities i.e. digital escape rooms and Kahoot; trialed within existing allied health and nursing courses. Results indicated that contemporary learning methods did improve participant engagement, learner motivations and overall performance in training content knowledge. Active engagement with the training content and with other learners also revealed improvement in retention and recall of training content.

Keywords: allied health, nursing, interprofessional, contemporary learning, gamification
 

Cite This Article As: Sooful, P., Kearns, K., Moore, L (2020). Gamification in health professions education. Inter. J. Acad. Res. Educ. Rev. 8(6): 141-145