Courting Apocalypse: Creating a Zombie-Themed Evidence-Based Medicine Game |
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| Authors: | Amy E Blevins Elizabeth Kiscaden Jason Bengtson |
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| Institution: | 1. Ruth Lilly Medical Library, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA;2. Greater Midwest Region, National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Hardin Library for the Health Sciences, Iowa City, Iowa, USA;3. Kansas State Libraries, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA |
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| 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. |
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| Keywords: | Evidence-based medicine games gamification medical education zombies |
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