Leveraging Technology and Gamification to Engage Learners in a Microbiology Curriculum in Undergraduate Medical Education

• Published in: Medical science educator Vol. 32; no. 3; pp. 649 - 655
• Main Authors: Walker, Jeremey, Heudebert, Jose Pablo, Patel, Mukesh, Cleveland, John D., Westfall, Andrew O., Dempsey, Donald M., Guzman, Alfredo, Zinski, Anne, Agarwal, Monica, Long, Dustin, Willig, James, Lee, Rachael
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.06.2022
• Subjects: Education; Medical Education; Original Research; Undergraduate medical education (UME); Curriculum; Microbiology; Gamification

Background Microbiology is a critical and expansive topic that many medical schools’ curriculum must teach in a constrained time frame. We implemented a microbiology question bank smart phone app enhanced with game elements and clinical pearls during a microbiology course for first-year medical stud...