Design and Evaluation of a Contextualized Mobile Educational Game for Learning Emergency Medical Care

Abstract

The emergency medical service is a complex and variable situation and the critical thinking ability of the medical staff is challenged. Compared with traditional education, the contextual simulation of mobile learning can improve the learners' critical thinking ability. This study《119 Dispatch Center》LINE@ and Google Form were combined to design a digital contextual role-playing mobile educational game to develop emergency care skills, with the learning objective of correctly performing the emergency care procedures for patients who have fainted. Learners are required to role-play as Emergency medical staff, performing the correct emergency procedures in complex situations, and calling out for non-player character (NPC) expert advice to assist the learner's decision-making at the right time. Participants were 11 nursing staff from Taiwan. Based on single-sample Wilcoxon Singed-Rank analyses, learners' scores on the flow, usefulness, ease of use, and game elements were significantly higher than the median of the 5-point scale (i.e., 3), and the mean score for activity anxiety was 2.30, which was lower than the median (i.e., 3) of the scale. The results of this study showed that the game design mechanism was easy to operate, which could effectively enhance the learners' flow and engagement, and did not cause too much anxiety about the activity. Through qualitative opinion analysis, learners indicated that the simulation situation was very realistic, just like the usual work experience of caring patients. In addition, the call out has a reminder function, which can help learners to think and make the correct decision in emergency medical care.

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Pei-Ching Ngu, Graduate Institute of Applied Science and Technology – National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Chih-Chung Chien, Graduate Institute of Applied Science and Technology – National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Yen-Ting Ho, Graduate Institute of Applied Science and Technology – National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Huei-Tse Hou, Graduate Institute of Applied Science and Technology – National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan

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