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Designing a Serious Game to Teach Pre-analytical Phase for Medical Technologist Students

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Teaching theoretical knowledge of the processes related to phlebotomy and the processing of medical exam samples is a delicate task, since many of the errors that are made when processing medical exams are due to the preanalytical phase. The students of the Medical Technology career at the University of Talca have indicated that it is necessary to modernize the teaching processes related to technical knowledge and in this work the creation of a video game is proposed to reinforce the technical knowledge involved in the pre-analytical phase of the laboratory testing process. This video game is subsequently evaluated by a group of students who, at the end of the semester of studies, carry out a satisfaction survey on the use of the video game as an educational tool.

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  1. Tecnología Médica, Facultad de Salud, Universidad de Talca, Talca, Chile

    Carla Toro Opazo & María Natalia Véliz Olivos

  2. Ingeniería en Desarrollo de Videojuegos y Realidad Virtual, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de Talca, Talca, Chile

    Pablo Ignacio Rojas Valdés

  3. Doctorado en Sistemas de Ingeniería, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de Talca, Talca, Chile

    Karina Vergara Reyes

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Toro Opazo, C., Véliz Olivos, M.N., Rojas Valdés, P.I., Vergara Reyes, K. (2022). Designing a Serious Game to Teach Pre-analytical Phase for Medical Technologist Students. In: Auer, M.E., Tsiatsos, T. (eds) New Realities, Mobile Systems and Applications. IMCL 2021. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 411. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-96296-8_46

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