An open randomized controlled study comparing an online text-based scenario and a serious game by Belgian and Swiss pharmacy students.
- Berger J Community Pharmacy Research Unit of the University of Geneva, Pharmacie de la Policlinique Médicale Universitaire, 44 Rue du Bugnon, Lausanne CH-1011, Switzerland. Electronic address: jerome.berger@hospvd.ch.
- Bawab N Community Pharmacy Research Unit of the University of Geneva, Pharmacie de la Policlinique Médicale Universitaire, 44 Rue du Bugnon, Lausanne CH-1011, Switzerland. Electronic address: noura.bawab@hospvd.ch.
- De Mooij J Community Pharmacy Research Unit of the University of Geneva, Pharmacie de la Policlinique Médicale Universitaire, 44 Rue du Bugnon, Lausanne CH-1011, Switzerland. Electronic address: jeremy.de-mooij@hospvd.ch.
- Sutter Widmer D TECFA, Faculty of Psychology and Sciences of Education, University of Geneva, Boulevard du Pont-d'Arve 40, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland. Electronic address: denise.sutterwidmer@unige.ch.
- Szilas N TECFA, Faculty of Psychology and Sciences of Education, University of Geneva, Boulevard du Pont-d'Arve 40, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland. Electronic address: nicolas.szilas@unige.ch.
- De Vriese C Laboratory of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics, Université Libre de Bruxelles, CP207 Boulevard du Triomphe, BE-1050 Brussels, Belgium. Electronic address: carine.de.vriese@ulb.ac.be.
- Bugnon O Community Pharmacy Research Unit of the University of Geneva, Pharmacie de la Policlinique Médicale Universitaire, 44 Rue du Bugnon, Lausanne CH-1011, Switzerland. Electronic address: olivier.bugnon@hospvd.ch.
- 2018-05-17
Published in:
- Currents in pharmacy teaching & learning. - 2018
Europe
Online training
Pharmacy education
Pharmacy students
Serious game
Virtual patient
Adult
Belgium
Consumer Behavior
Curriculum
Education, Distance
Education, Pharmacy
Female
Humans
Internet
Male
Patient Simulation
Pharmaceutical Services
Pharmacists
Problem-Based Learning
Students, Pharmacy
Switzerland
Video Games
Young Adult
English
INTRODUCTION
To compare online learning tools, looped, branch serious game (SG) and linear text-based scenario (TBS), among a sample of Belgian and Swiss pharmacy students.
METHODS
Open randomized controlled study. The lesson was based on the case of a benign cough in a healthy child. A randomized sample of 117 students: only the Swiss students had attended a previous lecture on coughs. Participation rate, pre- and post-experience Likert scales and students' clinical knowledge were measured.
RESULTS
Our primary hypothesis was demonstrated: students favored the SG even if navigation was rated as more complex, and students who performed the SG better understood the aim of pharmacist triage in case of cough. The influence of the SG appeared to be linked to the presence of a previous lecture in the curriculum.
DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION
SG and TBS are effective to teach pharmacist triage. Higher SG complexity should be used to teach the aim of pharmacist triage in the case of a specific disease and could be an alternative to simulated patients. A simpler TBS does not require a previous lecture and a debriefing to be fully effective.
To compare online learning tools, looped, branch serious game (SG) and linear text-based scenario (TBS), among a sample of Belgian and Swiss pharmacy students.
METHODS
Open randomized controlled study. The lesson was based on the case of a benign cough in a healthy child. A randomized sample of 117 students: only the Swiss students had attended a previous lecture on coughs. Participation rate, pre- and post-experience Likert scales and students' clinical knowledge were measured.
RESULTS
Our primary hypothesis was demonstrated: students favored the SG even if navigation was rated as more complex, and students who performed the SG better understood the aim of pharmacist triage in case of cough. The influence of the SG appeared to be linked to the presence of a previous lecture in the curriculum.
DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION
SG and TBS are effective to teach pharmacist triage. Higher SG complexity should be used to teach the aim of pharmacist triage in the case of a specific disease and could be an alternative to simulated patients. A simpler TBS does not require a previous lecture and a debriefing to be fully effective.
- Language
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- English
- Open access status
- green
- Identifiers
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- DOI 10.1016/j.cptl.2017.11.002
- PMID 29764629
- Persistent URL
- https://sonar.ch/global/documents/232713
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