Feasibility of a paediatric radiology escape room for undergraduate education

Insights into Imaging

Josephine Bretherton¹  Susan C. Shelmerdine¹  Lauren Ramsay¹  Neha Kallam²  Corey Briffa²  Josephine Coffey²  Emily Tsang²  Annabelle Lim²  Chantal Liu²  Bukola Ogunjinmi²  Marco Shiu Tsun Leung²  Jennifer Whitehead³  Farah El-Sharnouby³  Raeesa Patel³  Sabina Shamsad³  Miranda Allain-Chapman³ 

[1] Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust;St. Georges, University of London;University College London Medical School;

关键词: Radiology;    Paediatric;    Teaching;    Escape room;    Gamification;    Education;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s13244-020-00856-9

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Abstract Objectives To develop a paediatric radiology themed escape room session for undergraduate education and secondly, to determine participant satisfaction and improvement in knowledge. Methods A paediatric radiology escape room with accompanying tutorial was developed around key learning objectives set within the RCR and ESR undergraduate curriculum. Students were recruited from two different universities and undertook the escape room themed teaching. An 8-question single best answer (SBA) test was completed before, immediately after and at 2 weeks post-teaching to determine participant improvement and retention of knowledge. The general feedback was also collected. Results The escape room sessions were held three times, for 19 students (6–7 students per session). All groups completed the escape room in ≤ 20 min. Students enjoyed the experience, assigning an average satisfaction score of 9.4/10 (range 7–10). The majority (17/19, 89.5%) preferred this method of teaching to a lecture-based tutorial alone, although all said they found the tutorial component useful. For the SBA test, there was an average increase in 3.6 marks (range 1–6 marks) per participant between before and after the escape room. This improved knowledge was mostly sustained after 2 weeks, with an average increase of 3.4 marks difference (range 1 to 6) per participant compared to before the teaching. Conclusions A paediatric radiology themed escape room is a feasible teaching method, enjoyed by participants and associated with an increase in radiological knowledge. Further work with larger sample size and direct comparison with other traditional teaching methods is required.

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