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

February 19, 2026 updated by: sureyya gumussoy
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.

Study Overview

Status

Not yet recruiting

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Estimated)

60

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Contact

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

First-year paramedic students Having a tablet or smartphone

Exclusion Criteria:

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

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Other
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Experimental Group
Game-based learning
Other: Game-based learning activity in disaster response triage
"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,
Device: start triage game in disasters
start triage game in disasters
Experimental: Control Group
Face-to-face learning group
Behavioral: face-to-face learning
classic face-to-face learning method in a classroom setting

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Triage knowledge and skill competency score
Time Frame: 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
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

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

sureyya gumussoy

Collaborators

Ege University

Publications and helpful links

The person responsible for entering information about the study voluntarily provides these publications. These may be about anything related to the study.

General Publications

Helpful Links

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Estimated)

January 22, 2026

Primary Completion (Estimated)

March 1, 2026

Study Completion (Estimated)

June 30, 2026

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

January 21, 2026

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 14, 2026

First Posted (Actual)

February 18, 2026

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

February 20, 2026

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 19, 2026

Last Verified

February 1, 2026

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 2025-6885 26-1T/99

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

YES

IPD Plan Description

All anonymized individual participant data (demographic data, baseline measures, and outcome variables) supporting the main findings of the study will be shared.

IPD Sharing Time Frame

The data will be made available 6 months after the publication of the main article and will remain shared for 3 years.

IPD Sharing 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).

IPD Sharing Supporting Information Type

  • STUDY_PROTOCOL
  • SAP
  • ICF

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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