Jafar Hayat, Mohammed Ramadhan, Ahmed R Gonnah, Alwaleed Alfadhli, Abdulrahman O Al-Naseem
The Role of Mobile Health Technology in Perioperative Spinal Care: A Systematic Scoping Review and Narrative Synthesis
Cureus
clinical reasoning essential nurses nursing students recognize intervene hospitalized patients present acute heart failure serious games digital educational interventions could foster development clinical reasoning engaging intrinsically motivating learning experience however elements playful approach eg rewards narrative elements often absent poorly integrated existing serious games may limit contribution learning thus developed studied contribution novel serious game nursing students engagement intrinsic motivation clinical reasoning context acute heart failure adopted multimethod design randomized 28 participants receive two serious game prototypes different sequence one fully integrated elements playful approach signla one offered objectives feedback functional aesthetic signlb selfreported questionnaires participants reported higher levels engagement intrinsic motivation using signla however negligible differences clinical reasoning scores found using serious game prototype interviews participants reported contribution design elements learning quantitative findings replicated larger samples qualitative findings may guide development future serious games