EXAMINATION OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF GAME-BASED LEARNING METHOD IN START TRIAGE TRAINING IN DISASTERS

NCT07416305 | Not Yet Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: 2025-6885 26-1T/99
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 60
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

In the study titled "Investigating the Effect of Game-Based Learning Method in Disaster Triage Training," researchers aim to compare the effectiveness of game-based learning methods with classical face-to-face learning techniques. With advancing technology, access to information and learning methods are also evolving. It is crucial for paramedics to access and learn new information using methods they can apply both during their training and in their professional lives. For the pre-hospital, comprehensive paramedic system, using different learning methods in different learning environments will both facilitate access to information and improve information retention, thus facilitating learning. Especially in major changes like earthquakes, creating suitable situational conditions for practical application is quite difficult. However, game-based learning or transformations like game-based learning are quite suitable for this purpose. The programming goal is to facilitate the change in critical conditions such as triage for paramedic centers, which play very important roles extending beyond the pre-hospital setting, and to provide them with practical services by always ensuring easy access to information, using the rapidly spreading game-based learning deployment worldwide. The study will be conducted in a quasi-experimental style. Using both face-to-face and game-based learning methods, experimental and control groups will be formed and training requirements will be met. For this study, applicants from the first-year paramedic programs of two selected universities will be included; one group will be the experimental group, and the other will be the control group. A minimum of 60 students are planned to participate. The aim of the study is to examine the knowledge levels of first-year paramedics who have never received triage training before, using a pre-test. Following this, one group will receive face-to-face training, while the other group will be introduced to and play a triage initiation game. A second test will be administered one week later to assess the learning outcomes in both groups. Finally, a third test will be administered three months later to permanently assess the learned information in both groups. Additionally, after each test, a decision-making performance assessment, a change process, and a web-based learning experience (for the game-based group) will be administered to evaluate the overall learning outcome.

Conditions

Game-Based Learning; Pre-hospital Triage; Paramedical Professionals

Keywords

game-based learning; start triage in disasters; education and training

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Triage knowledge and skill competency score

  The test will be administered before training, a second test one week after training, and a third test three months after training. For the knowledge assessment form to be used, opinions were obtained from 8 professionals specializing in the pre-hospital

Study Arms (2)

Experimental Group

EXPERIMENTAL

Game-based learning

Other: Game-based learning activity in disaster response triage; Device: start triage game in disasters

Control Group

EXPERIMENTAL

Face-to-face learning group

Behavioral: face-to-face learning

Interventions

Game-based learning activity in disaster response triage OTHER

"The intervention involves a digital/physical game-based learning session designed to teach triage protocols in disaster scenarios. First-year paramedic students will engage in interactive scenarios to prioritize patients,

Experimental Group

face-to-face learning BEHAVIORAL

classic face-to-face learning method in a classroom setting

Control Group

start triage game in disasters DEVICE

start triage game in disasters

Experimental Group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• First-year paramedic students Having a tablet or smartphone

You may not qualify if:

• Having a smartphone, tablet, or computer Having prior training or knowledge in triage

Sponsors & Collaborators

• sureyya gumussoy: lead
• Ege University: collaborator

Related Publications (1)

• Cicero MX, Whitfill T, Munjal K, Madhok M, Diaz MCG, Scherzer DJ, Walsh BM, Bowen A, Redlener M, Goldberg SA, Symons N, Burkett J, Santos JC, Kessler D, Barnicle RN, Paesano G, Auerbach MA. 60 seconds to survival: A pilot study of a disaster triage video game for prehospital providers. Am J Disaster Med. 2017 Spring;12(2):75-83. doi: 10.5055/ajdm.2017.0263.

  PMID: 29136270 BACKGROUND

Related Links

• Start triage game for disasters developed for research

Central Study Contacts

sureyya Gumussoy, associate professor dr.

CONTACT

05052466936; sureyya.gumussoy@ege.edu.tr

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant Professor Dr.

Model Details: Game-based learning group - experimental group Face-to-face learning group - control group

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: January 21, 2026
• First Posted: February 18, 2026
• Study Start: January 22, 2026
• Primary Completion: March 1, 2026
• Study Completion (Estimated): June 30, 2026
• Last Updated: February 20, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-02

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Shared Documents: STUDY PROTOCOL, SAP, ICF
• Time Frame: The data will be made available 6 months after the publication of the main article and will remain shared for 3 years.
• Access Criteria: Data will be provided to researchers who submit a methodologically sound research proposal and have received ethical committee approval, for the purpose of conducting secondary analyses, after a data usage agreement is signed. Requests should be submitted directly to the responsible researcher (yazgulpolat35@gmail.com).