The Geriatric Virtual Escape Room in Pharmacy Education: Female Students Escape Significantly Faster than Male Students
Due to COVID-19 and the limitation of face-face teaching, electronic adaptation for formative and continuous assessment methods were greatly used and documented between 2020 and 2021. This study aims to implement a virtual escape room that will help assist and refine problem-solving skills in fifth-...
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| description | Due to COVID-19 and the limitation of face-face teaching, electronic adaptation for formative and continuous assessment methods were greatly used and documented between 2020 and 2021. This study aims to implement a virtual escape room that will help assist and refine problem-solving skills in fifth-year pharmacy students by reviewing Beer’s criteria and selecting the most appropriate management. A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted following the implementation of the virtual escape room using google form. Students had to unlock five puzzles using Beer’s criteria. To evaluate pharmacy students’ perception of this method, they completed a survey to identify their views of the game. Of the 128 students enrolled in the geriatric course, all were able to escape (100%). A one-sample t-test indicated statistical significance between gender. Female students escaped statistically faster than male students (<i>p</i> < 0.00002) and were more likely to recommend the game to other students and thought the game encouraged them to think of the material in a new way, whereas male students were more neutral towards it. In conclusion, the geriatric virtual escape room was successfully implemented as a pilot innovative method to assist in virtual learning. However, future studies should investigate virtual gamification in pharmacy education and its impact on learning, as well as identify if there were any gender-specific differences in using these tools. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0c51228b3f044d5ebe64e1f5e160265a2023-11-30T21:45:08ZengMDPI AGPharmacy2226-47872022-03-011023610.3390/pharmacy10020036The Geriatric Virtual Escape Room in Pharmacy Education: Female Students Escape Significantly Faster than Male StudentsAisha F. Badr0Pharmacy Practice Department, King Abdulaziz University Faculty of Pharmacy, Jeddah 22252, Saudi ArabiaDue to COVID-19 and the limitation of face-face teaching, electronic adaptation for formative and continuous assessment methods were greatly used and documented between 2020 and 2021. This study aims to implement a virtual escape room that will help assist and refine problem-solving skills in fifth-year pharmacy students by reviewing Beer’s criteria and selecting the most appropriate management. A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted following the implementation of the virtual escape room using google form. Students had to unlock five puzzles using Beer’s criteria. To evaluate pharmacy students’ perception of this method, they completed a survey to identify their views of the game. Of the 128 students enrolled in the geriatric course, all were able to escape (100%). A one-sample t-test indicated statistical significance between gender. Female students escaped statistically faster than male students (<i>p</i> < 0.00002) and were more likely to recommend the game to other students and thought the game encouraged them to think of the material in a new way, whereas male students were more neutral towards it. In conclusion, the geriatric virtual escape room was successfully implemented as a pilot innovative method to assist in virtual learning. However, future studies should investigate virtual gamification in pharmacy education and its impact on learning, as well as identify if there were any gender-specific differences in using these tools.https://www.mdpi.com/2226-4787/10/2/36geriatricspharmacy educationescape roomgamificationeducational gamevirtual teaching |
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| title | The Geriatric Virtual Escape Room in Pharmacy Education: Female Students Escape Significantly Faster than Male Students |
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| title_short | The Geriatric Virtual Escape Room in Pharmacy Education: Female Students Escape Significantly Faster than Male Students |
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