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horizontal stability, but the inherent skills gained by engaging in STEM exercises such as gaining a skill set. Educational escape rooms are also effective for a variety of
this run much deeper than the science behind them. Students learned the importance educational objectives because of their ability to be adapted to any subject.
of adaptability, collaboration, critical thinking, and service to community. Schoolteachers are creating escape room environments in their classrooms to gamify
isquad deployed recently trained STEM facilitators to the San Manuel Band of Mission topics ranging from complex mathematics problems to dissecting 20th-century
Indians annual One Heart, One Mind, One Spirit symposium. Students from the College literature. With this in mind, isquad recruited an interdisciplinary group of health
of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, College of Dental Medicine, College of professions students to participate in an escape room experience. Prior to the
Pharmacy and College of Health Sciences led sessions in STEM for school-age children. experience, each student assessed their skill level in each of the following categories;
Youths who participated gained skills in science and technology while being translatable health care skills, communication, problem solving, collaboration, and
empowered to envision careers in STEM-related fields. innovation. Following the experience, the students assessed the very same skills. The
results have been interesting and have prompted sharing of the results internally, and
The most recent isquad event involved the concept of using escape rooms as a method soon externally at conferences.
of skill development. An escape room is a real-life team-based puzzle game. Participants
are locked in a themed room and must solve puzzles, riddles, and identify clues isquad has provided a unique environment for students to take risks, fail, and
together to get out at a set time. The concept of using escape rooms for educational collaborate in an interprofessional manner with individuals from the colleges of
purposes has also increased in prevalence in the past three to five years. The WesternU. The skills students will garner from isquad experiences are invaluable and
underlying concept harnesses the idea that learning is an active sport. By having the will make them better health care providers and leaders in health care. Students have
n
learner completely immersed in an engaging environment gives an exciting new twist to been truly invested and are the real “Future of Medicine.”
Nicholas Webb
Winter 2018 17
this run much deeper than the science behind them. Students learned the importance educational objectives because of their ability to be adapted to any subject.
of adaptability, collaboration, critical thinking, and service to community. Schoolteachers are creating escape room environments in their classrooms to gamify
isquad deployed recently trained STEM facilitators to the San Manuel Band of Mission topics ranging from complex mathematics problems to dissecting 20th-century
Indians annual One Heart, One Mind, One Spirit symposium. Students from the College literature. With this in mind, isquad recruited an interdisciplinary group of health
of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, College of Dental Medicine, College of professions students to participate in an escape room experience. Prior to the
Pharmacy and College of Health Sciences led sessions in STEM for school-age children. experience, each student assessed their skill level in each of the following categories;
Youths who participated gained skills in science and technology while being translatable health care skills, communication, problem solving, collaboration, and
empowered to envision careers in STEM-related fields. innovation. Following the experience, the students assessed the very same skills. The
results have been interesting and have prompted sharing of the results internally, and
The most recent isquad event involved the concept of using escape rooms as a method soon externally at conferences.
of skill development. An escape room is a real-life team-based puzzle game. Participants
are locked in a themed room and must solve puzzles, riddles, and identify clues isquad has provided a unique environment for students to take risks, fail, and
together to get out at a set time. The concept of using escape rooms for educational collaborate in an interprofessional manner with individuals from the colleges of
purposes has also increased in prevalence in the past three to five years. The WesternU. The skills students will garner from isquad experiences are invaluable and
underlying concept harnesses the idea that learning is an active sport. By having the will make them better health care providers and leaders in health care. Students have
n
learner completely immersed in an engaging environment gives an exciting new twist to been truly invested and are the real “Future of Medicine.”
Nicholas Webb
Winter 2018 17
