Assessment of educational games for health professions: A systematic review of trends and outcomes

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Games have positive impact on the teaching/learning process. Games can be used as a context for formative assessment. Assessment tools need to fully capture the learning that may be occurring in the games. Conceptual assessment framework represents six models, which can guide us in the design and assessment of educational games.

Figure 1. Flow diagram of the study selection process on games used in education of health professions.

Table 1. Summary of the included studies.

Reference	Intervention	Assessment method	Sample size	Topic
Cowen and Tesh (2002)	50 Questions game	Pre-Post test	85 nursing students in two groups(42 in the treatment group and 43 in the comparison group)	Pediatric cardiovascular dysfunction
Ogershok and Cottrell (2004)	Board game	Post-game survey with a five-point Likert scale	37 medical students and 12 residents	Pediatric medicine
Beylefeld and Struwig (2007)	Quiz type board game	Pre-Post surveys	109 third year medical students	Medical microbiology
Graham and Richardson (2008)	Card game	Survey	Not stated	Cultural awareness in nursing
Shah et al. (2010)	Crossword puzzles	Eight item survey instrument	Not stated	Pharmacology and medicinal chemistry of anti-ulcer agents

Cowen KJ, Tesh AS. 2002. Effects of gaming on nursing students' knowledge of pediatric cardiovascular dysfunction. J Nurs Educ 41(11):507–509

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Ogershok P, Cottrell S. 2004. The pediatric board game. Med Teach 26(6):514–517

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Beylefeld AA, Struwig MC. 2007. A gaming approach to learning medical microbiology: Students’ experiences of flow. Med Teach 29:933–940

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Graham I, Richardson E. 2008. Experiential gaming to facilitate cultural awareness: Its implication for developing emotional caring in nursing. Learn Health Social Care 7(1):37–45

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Shah S, Lynch L, Macias-Moriarity LS. 2010. Crossword puzzles as a tool to enhance learning about anti-ulcer agents. Am J Pharmaceut Educ 74(7):1–5

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