TY - JOUR
T1 - Priming healthcare students on the importance of non-technical skills in healthcare
T2 - How to setup a medical escape room game experience
AU - Rosenkrantz, Oscar
AU - Jensen, Theo Walther
AU - Sarmasoglu, Senay
AU - Madsen, Sophie
AU - Eberhard, Kristine
AU - Ersbøll, Annette Kjaer
AU - Dieckmann, Peter
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Background: Non-technical skills (NTS) are essential for healthcare professionals. Earlier the students are made aware of this, the more time they have to acquire these skills. Escape rooms have been introduced in the medical literature but a detailed published manual on setting up and running such a learning modality is lacking. The purpose of this paper is to describe the use of an escape room to create learning opportunities, including detailed instructions, as well as an evaluation from two settings. Methods: A medical escape room focusing on NTS was developed and run in two different settings: a university summer school - EMSS17, and an international healthcare congress - EMS2018. Questionnaire data investigating entertainment value, self-evaluated use of NTS and ideas for further use of the escape room concept was obtained. Further, video analyses were conducted to triangulate self-rated analyses. Results: Majority of the participants found the escape room psychologically safe and enjoyable and would recommend the concept to other students and healthcare professionals. Video analyses showed the same tendencies regarding the use of NTS as reported by participants. Conclusions: This paper presents a fully applicable escape room manual, ready to implement, adapt, and modify. Evaluation data support the proof of concept.
AB - Background: Non-technical skills (NTS) are essential for healthcare professionals. Earlier the students are made aware of this, the more time they have to acquire these skills. Escape rooms have been introduced in the medical literature but a detailed published manual on setting up and running such a learning modality is lacking. The purpose of this paper is to describe the use of an escape room to create learning opportunities, including detailed instructions, as well as an evaluation from two settings. Methods: A medical escape room focusing on NTS was developed and run in two different settings: a university summer school - EMSS17, and an international healthcare congress - EMS2018. Questionnaire data investigating entertainment value, self-evaluated use of NTS and ideas for further use of the escape room concept was obtained. Further, video analyses were conducted to triangulate self-rated analyses. Results: Majority of the participants found the escape room psychologically safe and enjoyable and would recommend the concept to other students and healthcare professionals. Video analyses showed the same tendencies regarding the use of NTS as reported by participants. Conclusions: This paper presents a fully applicable escape room manual, ready to implement, adapt, and modify. Evaluation data support the proof of concept.
U2 - 10.1080/0142159X.2019.1636953
DO - 10.1080/0142159X.2019.1636953
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 31335239
SN - 0142-159X
VL - 41
SP - 1285
EP - 1292
JO - Medical Teacher
JF - Medical Teacher
IS - 11
ER -