Mainly there is no game on the market that help medical students improve on their clinical skills, such as differential diagnostic reasoning, interpreting labs, and the ORDER of the steps in standard management. There is Kaplan and other companies that help students prepare for exams but not both exams and the real world. I am becoming more and more fascinated about how doctors think and how they can improve and become more efficient as to avoid mistakes. We work so much and there should be room for fun while learning.
A simulation game (FUN!) is the perfect platform for improving the necessary cognitive skills that are useful for the budding physician. Period.
It literally saves time from going out to have fun since you feel good after studying hard since you also ALREADY had fun while studying!!
Here is a quick example of what I mean. The following is a chart for recording the complete blood count (CBC) and the basic metabolic panel (BMP). One or more new sets are recorded for every patient that is admitted to our medical team. We trend the numbers so we know when an abnormality creeps up. Baseline numbers are important.
One possible feature of the game can display the following numbers as a slot machine, where the numbers roll and fluctuate with the press of the button as shown below.
Diagrams (left: normal; right: possible diabetic ketoacidosis)
Other components of the game include beefing up differential diagnoses and STAT steps to medical management (what tests to order and medications - dose and frequency). Alternative or supportive methods should be included. Incorporating X-ray, CT, MRI imaging will be a challenge.
If this post inspires you to join in on the stated mission, please feel free to email me at firstname.lastname@downstate.edu. Smiles and thanks!
Anna Zheng
Brooklyn, New York
Fourth-year medical student
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Hi, I just put a new blog up that you might want to look at. Obviously you're pretty busy right now, but if you're looking for a way to go forward it might help.
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