PrescriptIO

 Game Name: PrescriptIO

Game Synopsis: PrescriptIO is a simulation-based game that helps medical students practice their prescription skills in a safe environment. In the game, the player takes the position of a doctor that must prescribe medication for a series of patients while asking them questions to get relevant information for the prescription (whether they are pregnant, have trouble swallowing, etc.). Upon giving a prescription and at the end of the game, the player will get some feedback upon the choice they made.

Game Domain: Health, education

Game Advantages: playing this game can help students practice prescriptions skills in an interactive and engaging way that complements traditional learning methods.

Product Highlights: interactive and engaging.

Research Highlights: medical professionals tend to hand erroneous prescriptions to patients that result in thousands of deaths every year and billions of US dollars in cost. These prescription errors tend to occur in high stress conditions.

Team Data:

• Nicolas Fajardo
• Vlad Florea
• Maria Khakimova
• Kim Larsson
• Jakob Nilsson
• Markus Trasberg

Context Info: The game was made as part of the course ‘Building Serious Games’ at TU Delft with the commissioner Laura Kalfsvel, upon the supervision of Rafael Bidarra and Amir Zaidi.