Neonatal Resuscitators' Performance, Mind-Set, and Attitudes Toward a Digital Role-Playing Simulation Game

• In Event: Advances in Learning Environments Research Across Various Contexts

Abstract

Digital simulation is used to complement traditional training in medical education, especially in the COVID-19 pandemic era of mass transition to digital education. However, it is not known how learners’ attitudes influence their performance in digital environments. Fifty neonatal resuscitators from a large university hospital completed a demographic attitudinal pre-/post-survey and played the RETAIN digital simulation game that measured their performance on neonatal resuscitation (sequence of actions to support an infant’s cardiorespiratory health at birth). Mindset moderated the relation between perceived terminology used in RETAIN and performance in the game. Also, enjoyment moderated the relationship between perceived knowledge retained from the tutorial and game performance. Implications include the design of interactive learning environments that better support performance during neonatal resuscitation.

Authors

• Maria Cutumisu, University of Alberta

• Simran K. Ghoman, University of Alberta

• Chang Lu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

• Siddhi D. Patel, University of Alberta

• Catalina Garcia-Hidalgo, University of Alberta

• Caroline Fray, University of Alberta

• Matthew R. G. Brown, University of Alberta

• Russell Greiner, University of Alberta

• Georg M. Schmölzer, University of Alberta