NCT03219151

Evaluation of a Gamified Electronic Medication Administration Record (eMAR) System

A Mixed-methods Evaluation of a Gamified Electronic Medication Administration Record (eMAR) System for Use in the Simulated Nursing Education

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 115 (actual)
• Sponsor: Western University, Canada · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This research project will evaluate a gamified electronic medication administration record (eMAR) system simulator as a mechanism to improve students' learning of medication administration in simulated clinical education. The gamified eMAR simulator will be evaluated using a pragmatic randomized controlled trial design in order to determine the effectiveness of the game as a technology-enabled, online learning intervention.

Detailed description

The main objective of this study is to examine whether the use of a gamified medication administration simulator improves nursing students' medication administration safety within simulated practice; increases student self-efficacy and knowledge of the medication administration process; and, improves motivational and cognitive processing attributes related to student learning in a technology-enabled environment. It is hoped that by completing this trial, the effectiveness of using an eMAR simulator as an educational tool to better prepare nursing students to administer medications using eMAR technology for practice will be ascertained.

Conditions

• Nurse's Role
• Medication Administered in Error
• Simulation of Physical Illness

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	eMAR game	The eMAR simulator videogame affords students a virtual and immersive opportunity to practice medication administration using an eMAR system, in a structured fashion that provides real-time feedback related to best-practices and safety compliance of the medication process
OTHER	Normal pre-work	Participants complete normal education pre-work related to eMAR administration, in advance of simulated return-demonstration

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-09-29
• Primary completion: 2018-03-31
• Completion: 2018-04-30
• First posted: 2017-07-17
• Last updated: 2018-06-25

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Canada