Emergency physicians who play a video game about trauma triage outperform their peers who only receive standard education when it comes to properly caring for severely injured older adults.
These findings are published in JAMA.
The video game—developed by a team of UPMC and University of Pittsburgh surgeon-scientists—could be an effective alternative to costly and time-consuming recertification courses, while also improving adherence to life-saving triage guidelines.
Physicians who played the game had lower rates of under-triaging severely injured older patients, at 49%, compared to a 57% under-triage rate in those who did not play the game.
Conversely, playing the game was not associated with over-triaging; both groups over-triaged at the same rate.
【MORE】