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Four-Component Instructional Design Applied to a Game for Emergency Medicine

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The ABCDE method, used internationally to treat seriously ill patients, is a guideline for performing the complex skill of resuscitation that is commonly trained in face-to-face-courses. In the abcdeSIM game, used as a preparation for these courses, players treat patients in a virtual emergency department. We used the Four-Component Instructional Design theory (4C/ID) to redesign the existing game. In this chapter, we explain why the game was redesigned and how the components of this instructional design theory can be applied to designing a serious game for medical education.

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Acknowledgements

We wish to acknowledge IJsfontein, game design company in Amsterdam, the Netherlands for providing input on suitable ways to implement support and making the required technical adjustments to the game.

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  1. Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Institute of Medical Education Research Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    Tjitske J. E. Faber & Mary E. W. Dankbaar

  2. School of Health Professions Education, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

    Jeroen J. G. van Merriënboer

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  1. Aalborg University, Esbjerg, Denmark

    Anthony Lewis Brooks

  2. Computer Information Systems, Missouri State University, Spring Filed, MO, USA

    Sheryl Brahman

  3. maxSIMhealth, Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, ON, Canada

    Bill Kapralos

  4. SIM Advancement & Innovation, Simulation Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Amy Nakajima

  5. Trent/Fleming School of Nursing, Trent University, Peterborough, ON, Canada

    Jane Tyerman

  6. KES International, Shoreham-by-Sea, UK

    Lakhmi C. Jain

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Faber, T.J.E., Dankbaar, M.E.W., van Merriënboer, J.J.G. (2021). Four-Component Instructional Design Applied to a Game for Emergency Medicine. In: Brooks, A.L., Brahman, S., Kapralos, B., Nakajima, A., Tyerman, J., Jain, L.C. (eds) Recent Advances in Technologies for Inclusive Well-Being. Intelligent Systems Reference Library, vol 196. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59608-8_5

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