A Serious Game for the Cardiovascular System Anatomy

A case study of the performance effects on health sciences students

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31686/ijier.vol7.iss12.2018

Keywords:

Serious games, Virtual human anatomy, Educational Technology, Cardiovascular system anatomy

Abstract

The study aims to investigate the effects of a serious game on the performance of health science students in the education of the cardiovascular system anatomy. Experiments were performed using a serious game to teach the cardiovascular system anatomy to Physiotherapy undergraduate students. Data collection was performed through pre and post-tests with a study group using knowledge questionnaires of the cardiovascular system anatomy. In addition, a usability scale and open-ended questions were answered by students and human anatomy experts following experiments in the computer lab. From the data analysis, it has been observed an increase in the educational performance of the students with the use of the serious game to aid teaching of the cardiovascular system anatomy in a virtual 3D Web environment.

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Author Biographies

  • Karolini Conceição, Federal University of Santa Catarina

    Karolini Conceição is a Researcher at the Sciences, Technologies and Health Center at Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Brazil - MSc.

  • Robson Lemos, Federal University of Santa Catarina

    Robson Lemos is an Associate Professor with the Sciences, Technologies and Health Center at Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Brazil - PhD.

  • Patricia Fiuza, Federal University of Santa Catarina

    Patricia Fiuza is an Associate Professor with the Sciences, Technologies and Health Center at Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Brazil - PhD.

  • Cristian Cechinel, Federal University of Santa Catarina

    Cristian Cechinel is an Associate Professor with the Sciences, Technologies and Health Center at Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Brazil - PhD.

  • Cristiane Rudolph, Federal University of Santa Catarina

    Cristiane Rudolph is an Associate Professor with the Sciences, Technologies and Health Center at Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Brazil - PhD.

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Published

2019-12-01

Issue

Vol. 7 No. 12 (2019): International Journal for Innovation Education and Research

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Journal Articles

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Copyright (c) 2019 Karolini Conceição, Robson Lemos, Patricia Fiuza, Cristian Cechinel, Cristiane Rudolph

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How to Cite

Conceição, K., Lemos, R., Fiuza, P., Cechinel, C. ., & Rudolph, C. (2019). A Serious Game for the Cardiovascular System Anatomy: A case study of the performance effects on health sciences students. International Journal for Innovation Education and Research, 7(12), 115-128. https://doi.org/10.31686/ijier.vol7.iss12.2018

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