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标题：Using online game-based platforms to improve student performance and engagement in histology teaching
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作者：Szabolcs Felszeghy ; Sanna Pasonen-Seppänen ; Ali Koskela 等
期刊名称：BMC Medical Education
印刷版ISSN：1472-6920
出版年度：2019
卷号：19
期号：1
页码：1-11
DOI：10.1186/s12909-019-1701-0
出版社：BioMed Central
摘要：Human morphology is a critical component of dental and medical graduate training. Innovations in basic science teaching methods are needed to keep up with an ever-changing landscape of technology. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether students in a medical and dental histology course would have better grades if they used gaming software Kahoot® and whether gamification effects on learning and enjoyment. In an effort to both evoke students’ interest and expand their skill retention, an online competition using Kahoot® was implemented for first-year students in 2018 (n = 215) at the University of Eastern Finland. Additionally, closed (160/215) or open-ended (41/215) feedback questions were collected and analyzed. The Kahoot® gamification program was successful and resulted in learning gains. The overall participant satisfaction using Kahoot® was high, with students (124/160) indicating that gamification increased their motivation to learn. The gaming approach seemed to enable the students to overcome individual difficulties (139/160) and to set up collaboration (107/160); furthermore, gamification promoted interest (109/160), and the respondents found the immediate feedback from senior professionals to be positive (146/160). In the open-ended survey, the students (23/41) viewed collaborative team- and gamification-based learning positively. This study lends support to the use of gamification in the teaching of histology and may provide a foundation for designing a gamification-integrated curriculum across healthcare disciplines.
关键词：Histology education;Medical education;Dental education;Collaborative learning;Game design, Knowledge retention;Whole-slide imaging platform