Caution with competitive gamification in medical education: unexpected results of a randomised cross-over study

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    It encourages students to autonomously study and continuously engage with the tested material. Competitive gamification can successfully increase enjoyment and motivation in medical students and support medical education. A stressful and strongly competitive learning environment can be linked to suicidal tendencies among medical students. Affinity to competitive games depends on learning type-some students benefit from competitive learning, while others prefer collaboration. Collaborative learning type medical students outnumber the competitive type. The authors investigated if repeated testing combined with competitive gamification surpasses the effects of repeated testing alone. The authors hypothesise that MC-Duell . . .

     

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