Use of educational games in the health professions: A mixed-methods study of educators' perspectives in the UK

Nursing and Health Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 27-32

  Blakely, Gillian ^a,b   Skirton, Heather ^a   Cooper, Simon ^a   Allum, Peter ^a   Nelmes, Pam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Educational game; Experiential learning; Mixed methods; Nurse; Professional education

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GAME; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; TEACHING; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; CURRICULUM; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATION, NURSING; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH OCCUPATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; STUDENTS, NURSING; TEACHING MATERIALS;

EID: 77950161781     PISSN: 14410745     EISSN: 14422018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2009.00479.x     Document Type: Article

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