Crisis on the game board – a novel approach to teach medical students about disaster medicine

2018/11/15 by Simon Drees, Drees, Simon, Karin Geffert +3
Health Professions · Medicine · #610 Medical sciences #Disaster Medicine #Disaster Response and Management #Disasters #Katastrophe #Katastrophenmedizin #Medical Education #Medicine #Relief Work #Simulation #Simulation Training #humanitäre Hilfe #medizinische Ausbildung

paper · doi:10.3205/zma001192

openalex publication_date 2018/11/15 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/27

Abstract

Board games such as AFTERSHOCK are well-suited for medical education and enjoy high rates of acceptance among students. To ensure deeper and longer-term learning, they should be accompanied by theoretical coursework.

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