Gamification and Serious Games in Orthopedic Education:
A Systematic Review

About Project: With the collaboration of Northeastern University and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), this project aims at finding the effects of educational games in Orthopedics training. The objective of this systematic review is to summarize the current use, development, and future directions of gamification for developing orthopedic skills.

 

My Role: Research Assistant, Entrepreneur Lead, Game Designer, Project Manager

 

My Responsibilities: 

• Spearheaded the development of an educational game, boosting orthopedic medical trainees' critical concept retention

• Conducted customer discovery for development of an educational orthopedic game as an entrepreneur lead in the New England Innovation Corps program at MIT

• Collaborated on grant writing efforts to support the research and development of the game, ensuring the project's sustainability and enabling further advancements in educational technology

• Co-authored a systematic review, analyzing over 1000 studies, to understand the impact of educational games on surgery training