Serious electronic games as behavioural change interventions in healthcare-associated infections and infection prevention and control: a scoping review of the literature and future directions

Serious electronic games as behavioural change interventions in healthcare-associated infections and infection prevention and control: a scoping review of the literature and future directions

Abstract Background The uptake of improvement initiatives in infection prevention and control (IPC) has often proven challenging. Innovative interventions such as ‘serious games’ have been proposed in other areas to educate and help clinicians adopt optimal behaviours. There is limited evidence abou...

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Main Authors: Enrique Castro-Sánchez, Yiannis Kyratsis, Michiyo Iwami, Timothy M. Rawson, Alison H. Holmes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2016-10-01
Series:Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control
Subjects:
Serious game
Gamification
Healthcare-associated infection
Implementation
Adoption
Scoping study
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13756-016-0137-0

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