| Title | Making a game of medical entry: Generating authentic responses in selection for medicine using a gamified approach |
| Presenter(s) | Lauren S Ferro, Philip J MacKinnon and Philip Poronnik |
| Session | Conference Reception, Game Exhibition, and Poster Session |
| Time | Thursday, October 16, 7:00p-10:00p |
| Location | Ballroom |
| Format | Poster Presentation |
| Description | Understanding the dynamics of candidates agendas in medical selection processes is important in ensuring that current selection processes are able identify the most suitable candidates for the profession. While many students come into the selection process to be chosen for professions they genuinely want to engage in, there are some candidates that try "working the system", appearing to be what they are not. As a result, some candidates are able to get through by designing appropriate responses to the methods within the selection process. In medical selection such candidates have been referred to as 'cunning adversaries'. As such, there is interest in identifying ways to promote more authentic responses from candidates thereby reducing the chances of a cunning adversary being successful. Gamification is an approach that we are exploring to achieve this goal. From this theoretical exploration, a potential gamified approach is proposed and discussed in terms of its ability to help promote more authentic responses from candidates. |
