Computer Gaming as a Learning Environment for Health Care Management, Policymaking, and Emergency Preparedness: Presented at 2009 Games for Health

1. Computer Gaming as a Learning Environment for Health Care Management, Policymaking, and Emergency Preparedness Presentation at Games for Health Conference Boston, Massachusetts June 12, 2009 Gary B. Hirsch Consultant, Creator of Learning Environments 7 Highgate Road, Wayland, Massachusetts 01778 USA [email_address] www.GaryBHirsch.com 1-508-653-0161

7. Modular Design…Work with Subsystems or Whole System

8. Pre-Configured Strategies Allow for Gradual Introduction

9. Role Playing Helps Teach Lessons About Collaboration Roles/System Components Network-Level Strategies

10. Each Role Makes Its Own Decisions Subject to Resource Constraints Resource Constraints

11. Network Decisions Provide Opportunity for Collaborative Strategies

12. Carefully Selected Performance Measures Give Users Balanced View of Their Strategies Decisions Performance Measures

13. Users Can Set Goals for Each of the Performance Objectives

14. Comparisons of Selected Variables Across Simulations Let Users Identify Consequences of Strategies Performance Measures

15. Users Can Then “Drill Down” to Understand Why Strategies Produce the Results That Are Observed System Components Decision Support Performance Measures

16. Detailed Information Helps Explain Causes of Behavior and Pinpoint Problems with Strategies

17. Having Data in Multiple Formats Supports Different Learning Styles

18. Status Reports and Help Screens Improve Ease of Use

19. Sensitivity Analyses Let Users Change Assumptions and Appreciate Need for Robust Strategies

22. Causal Relationships Underlying HealthBound Game

23. Decisions Available to Players of HealthBound Game

24. Scorecard View of Results with Insurance Coverage and Quality Improvement

25. Detailed Results That Help Explain Unexpected Outcome

26. Alternate View of Results: Progress Report

29. Overview Screen

30. Health Care Dashboard

31. Vaccine Interventions Available to Players

32. Quarantine Options Available

37. Dashboard

38. Media Monitor

39. Resources

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