Not Just Fun & Games:
Game-based Learning in
Health Professions Education

Implementing effective, advanced active learning instructional methods into the classroom can be a challenge for health professions educators. Game-based teaching is a promising and increasingly popular learner-centered teaching approach that stimulates engagement, motivation, and effective learning. The Winter 2023 IAMSE Webinar Series will survey the use and benefit of games in health care education and address strategies for incorporating games into the basic science curriculum. 

The series will provide an overview of existing literature, including the theories underlying the use of games in medical education, and empirical findings from recent research studies, including a peek into the future of game-based learning. Invited speakers will provide practical strategies to incorporate well-known game formats into instructional sessions such as TV quiz shows, medical escape rooms, virtual reality technologies, and “serious games,” with a special emphasis on immediate feedback and formative assessment. 

Sessions Begin January 5!

Join us every Thursday in January and the first Thursday in February for the IAMSE Winter 2023 Webcast Audio Seminar Series.
Sessions include:

Name
Date & Time
Thursday, January 5, 2023, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Timezone
(UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
Ron Harden

JR Georgiadis, PhD
University Medical Center Groningen

Michelle Carroll Turpin, PhD
University of Houston

Jeremey Walker, MD
University of Alabama

Name
Date & Time
Thursday, January 12, 2023, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Timezone
(UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
Name
Date & Time
Thursday, January 19, 2023, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Timezone
(UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

Amy Beresheim, PhD
Rush University

Adam Wilson, PhD
Rush University

Michael Cosimini, MD
Oregon Health and Science University

Sarah Edwards, BMBS FHEA MSc(MedEd) MSc(PEM)
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Trust

Name
Date & Time
Thursday, January 26, 2023, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Timezone
(UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

Teresa Chan, MD
McMaster University

Eric Gantwerker, MD, MS, MMSc(MedEd)
Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell

Satid Thammasitboon, MD, MHPE
Baylor College of Medicine