A Development of Gamified Learning for Nursing Students’ Public Health Investigation Process

Abstract

This paper aimed to present the development of gamification elements that contributed to the formation of competences in investigation process in a community health nursing course. There were 10 steps of public health investigation process using a gamified learning model. Results: The story of gamified learning demonstrated the first step to the last step of disease investigation. An instructor designed learning activities by creating a learning situation in each step of disease investigation such as filling in the blanks with the correct words and a true-false test. The instructor created individual learning style and utilized learning outcomes as indicators of learners' cognition. Moreover, the instructor determined the motivation during the game through competition and collecting coins. Learners with low scores were required to repeat playing while those with the highest scores were rewarded. This gamified learning model is expected to promote nursing students’ knowledge in investigation process.