Courting Apocalypse: Creating a Zombie-Themed Evidence-Based Medicine Game. Issue 4 (2nd October 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Blevins, Amy E.; Kiscaden, Elizabeth; Bengtson, Jason
• Is Part Of: Medical reference services quarterly. Volume 36:Issue 4(2017)
• Page Start: 313
• Page End: 322
• Publication Date: 2017-10-02
• Subjects: Evidence-based medicine -- games -- gamification -- medical education -- zombies; Medicine -- Information services -- Periodicals; Reference services (Libraries) -- Periodicals; Medical libraries -- Reference services -- Periodicals; 025.527661
• DOI: 10.1080/02763869.2017.1369239
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0276-3869

Abstract

ABSTRACT: In 2015, two librarians at the Hardin Library for the Health Sciences at the University of Iowa turned their dreams into a reality and secured funding to build a zombie-themed evidence-based medicine game. The game features a "choose your own adventure" style that takes students through a scenario where a disease outbreak is taking place and a resident is asked to use evidence-based medicine skills to select a screening and diagnostic tool to use on potentially infected patients. Feedback on the game has been positive, and future plans include building additional modules on therapy, harm, and prognosis.