เกมการศึกษาด้านการแพทย์และสุขภาพ Education Game in Health and Medicine

Abstract

Learning through electronic media has become popular nowadays and it isalso widely used for teaching in Thailand. The learning process isdeveloped by including contents in the game which makes the class funand the student knowledge is gained. Moreover, the student learning canbe enhanced with this media. In medical and health area, learning throughgames was used for practice-based learning from professional experiences,simulated situations, and case studies. The benefit of learning throughgames is that the low budget implement since the student can be playingmany times without risk of harm and they are also educated according tolearning objective by the interaction among the players in the game. Thus,learning games in the field of medicine and health have been the mostpopular and widespread in development. Furthermore, learning throughgames is used to disseminate knowledge to the general public and to helpmedical staffs to repeat practicing and learning patient care. This isparticularly useful when faced with real patients. The staffs will be able toprovide appropriate care with no damage to life and health of the patient.Keywords: game, education, health, medicine