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WONCA APR Conference 2019 » Workshop
[WS3-34] Prescribing Games…
Fri. May 17, 2019 4:15 PM - 5:00 PM Room 10 (2F Room J)
Organizer: Moey Kirm Seng Peter(SingHealth Polyclinics, Singapore)
Presenter: Moey Kirm Seng Peter, Hu Peilin, Ng Chung Wai, Fang Hao Sen Andrew(SingHealth Polyclinics, Singapore)
Games are engaging. Children and adults are familiar with the characters and the settings of their favourite video/arcade games. Serious Games can combine the engaging nature of games to bring across serious topics, Medical being one of the topics. Japan is famous for video/arcade games, such as Nintendo, Sega, Sony, Taito, Capcom, Konami, SNK (just to name a few). Thus, this is an ideal topic for a Medical Conference in Japan.
In this session, there will be a short presentation to introduce Serious Games and open the minds of the audience to the possibilities of the combination of Games and Medicine (patient care/medical education). Some examples of Serious Games in Medical and other fields will be introduced.
Participants will then be split into discussion groups to think of a Medical Problem (or use one of a few problems that will be proposed), discuss what an ideal game would be to tackle the problem, and share with the audience.
Finally, a Family Physician (Dr Peter Moey) will share his experience in App Creation (without coding) with the audience. This is to inspire Doctors to try their hands at Game App creation (without coding).