Cara L Brown, Debra Beach Ducharme, Kimberly Hart, Nichol Marsch, Louise Chartrand, Melissa Campbell, Danielle Peebles, Gayle Restall, Moni Fricke, Dustin Murdock, Jacquie Ripat
Diversity and development of Indigenous rehabilitation professional student identity
BMC medical education
gamification learning increases student enjoyment motivation engagement learning tasks study investigated effects gamification using decisionmaking cards dmcs diagnostic decisionmaking cost using case scenarios thirty medical students clinical clerkship participated randomly assigned 14 small groups 23 medical students decisionmaking gamified using dmcs clinical information heading medical cost front clinical information details back first team provided brief clinical information case scenarios subsequently dmcs depending case distributed team team members chose cards one time reached diagnosis case total medical cost scored based number contents cards drawn four case scenarios conducted quantitative outcomes including confidence effective clinical decisionmaking motivation learn diagnostic decisionmaking awareness medical costs measured gamification selfevaluation using 7point likert scale qualitative component consisted content analysis benefits learning clinical reasoning using dmcs confidence effective clinical decisionmaking motivation learn diagnostic decisionmaking awareness medical cost significantly higher gamification furthermore comparing clinical case scenario tackled last one tackled first average medical cost cards drawn students decreased significantly 11921 8895 japanese yen content analysis seven advantage categories dmcs corresponding clinical reasoning components extracted information gathering hypothesis generation problem representation differential diagnosis leading working diagnosis diagnostic justification management treatment teaching medical students clinical reasoning using dmcs improve clinical decisionmaking confidence learning motivation reduces medical cost clinical case scenarios addition help students acquire practical knowledge deepens understanding clinical reasoning identifies several important clinical reasoning skills including diagnostic decisionmaking awareness medical costs gamification using dmcs effective teaching method improving medical students diagnostic decisionmaking reducing costs