"Health care legislation, management and administration" is a basic subject offered in the physical therapy university degree. The juridical features of this subject usually provokes a lack of motivation between students. Although not commonly used in university teaching, gamification could provide further affordances for improving students' engagement which provokes better assistance and learning outcomes.
* 51 students of "Health legislation, management and administration" subject of the Physical Therapy University Degree of the Catholic University of Murcia will be recruited. * Participants will be randomly assigned into two groups: control group (traditional teaching methods) and intervention group (gamification). * Class attendance and academic results will be register for future analysis.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
106
Teaching through gamification
Teaching through master lesson methodology
Catholic University of Murcia
Murcia, Spain
Class attendance
Number of days students attend class. This outcome will be registered each day by the teacher using a standardized attendance sheet template.
Time frame: Time-to-Event measures: from date of randomization until the end of academic period for a total of 16 week (including two holiday weeks)
Total score
Average score of first and second partial exams. This outcome will be obtained through qualifications in test type exam.
Time frame: Outcome measures at the end of the academic period, for a total of 16 week (including two holiday weeks)
Partial score
Score achieved in questions related to topics taught in the four intervention classes. This outcome will be obtained through qualifications in test type exam.
Time frame: Outcome measures at the end of the academic period, for a total of 16 week (including two holiday weeks)
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