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Abstract
Background: Alternative teaching tools have proved to enhance students’ interest and knowledge skills.
Aim: To integrate basic Bacteriology with mechanisms of action of antimicrobial agents.
Methods: The board has 121 squares, including squares with question marks and antimicrobial agents. Each student receives a card with a clinical case, identification of the bacterium and its resistance to antimicrobials. The student rolls a dice and moves the corresponding number of squares. The game depends on the dice values rolled, the bacterial resistance profile, and the questions the student has to answer each time he/she lands on a question mark. Previously, the students were given a lecture about the subject. On the day of the game, students answered a pre-test and a post-test. The paired t-test was used for the statistical analysis.
Results: The game was applied to 78 students of the Medicine and Pharmacy undergraduate courses of the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. There was an increase in the number of right answers and a decrease in the number of unknown answers. There were no significant differences between the courses.
Conclusion: The game could be applied to other undergraduate courses in the field of Health Sciences.
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Notes on contributors
Patrícia Valente
PATRICIA VALENTE, Professor at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Teaching subject: Basic Microbiology for courses in the field of Healthy Sciences. Research line: Development of games for Microbiology teaching.
Priscila S. Lora
PRISCILA LORA, MSc student in Medical Sciences.
Melissa F. Landell
MELISSA F. LANDELL, PhD student in Microbiology.
Carolina S. Schiefelbein
MELISSA F. LANDELL, PhD student in Microbiology.
Fábio M. Girardi
MELISSA F. LANDELL, PhD student in Microbiology.
Leonardo Dos R. Souza
MELISSA F. LANDELL, PhD student in Microbiology.
Angela Zanonato
CAROLINA S. SCHIEFELBEIN, FÁBIO GIRARDI, LEONARDO SOUZA, and ANGELA ZANONATO, Undergraduate medical students.
Maria Lúcia Scroferneker
MARIA LÚCIA SCROFERNEKER, Professor at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Teaching subject: Medical Immunology. Research line: Development of games for Immunology teaching.