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

Western University, Canada

Status: Completed

Conditions: Simulation of Physical Illness; Medication Administered in Error; Nurse's Role

Treatments: Device: eMAR game; Other: Normal pre-work

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03219151

RI-WEST03

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Full 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.

Enrollment: 115 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• (1) second year nursing students; and, (2) partaking in clinical simulated education in either in Fall 2017 or Winter 2018 semesters.

Exclusion criteria

• (1) A student who is not enrolled the BScN program at the respective site of data collection, in Fall 2017 or Winter 2018.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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115 participants in 2 patient groups

eMAR game

Experimental group

Description:

Participants provided access to eMAR simulator game in advance of simulated return-demonstration; also receive normal education pre-work related to eMAR administration

Treatment:

Other: Normal pre-work

Device: eMAR game

Normal pre-work

Active Comparator group

Description:

Participants receive normal education pre-work related to eMAR administration, in advance of simulated return-demonstration

Treatment:

Other: Normal pre-work