An open randomized controlled study comparing an online text-based scenario and a serious game by Belgian and Swiss pharmacy students

Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 267-276

  Berger, Jérôme ^a   Bawab, Noura ^a   De Mooij, Jeremy ^a   Sutter Widmer, Denise ^a   Szilas, Nicolas ^a   De Vriese, Carine ^b   Bugnon, Olivier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Europe; Online training; Pharmacy education; Pharmacy students; Serious game; Virtual patient

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; CURRICULUM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GAME; HUMAN; LIKERT SCALE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; ONLINE SYSTEM; OPEN STUDY; PARALLEL DESIGN; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SWITZERLAND; TEXT MESSAGING; VIRTUAL REALITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; EDUCATION; INTERNET; PATIENT SIMULATION; PHARMACY (SHOP); PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PROCEDURES; VIDEO GAME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BELGIUM; CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, DISTANCE; EDUCATION, PHARMACY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; PATIENT SIMULATION; PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES; PHARMACISTS; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; STUDENTS, PHARMACY; SWITZERLAND; VIDEO GAMES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85040373432     PISSN: 18771297     EISSN: 18771300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cptl.2017.11.002     Document Type: Article

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