A Serious Game for Teaching Nursing Students Clinical Reasoning and Decision-Making Skills

Stud Health Technol Inform. 2016:225:905-6.

Abstract

The aim of this study was to design and pilot-test a serious game for teaching nursing students clinical reasoning and decision-making skills in caring for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. A video-based serious game prototype was developed. A purposeful sample of six participants tested and evaluated the prototype. Usability issues were identified regarding functionality and user-computer interface. However, overall the serious game was perceived to be useful, usable and likable to use.

MeSH terms

  • Clinical Decision-Making / methods*
  • Computer-Assisted Instruction / methods*
  • Curriculum
  • Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / methods*
  • Educational Measurement / methods
  • Norway
  • Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / diagnosis*
  • Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / nursing*
  • Teaching
  • Video Games*