Who learns more: the impact of dual-player and single-player modes in a serious game on dental students' factual knowledge.

Background: The use of serious games in medical education provides a bridge between rapidly developing technology and traditional health-care teaching. Building on a promising web-based serious game for reviewing and acquiring factual knowledge in dental education, the present study investigated the benefits of a dual-player mode and various game options for enhancing knowledge gain and study motivation.

Methods: Before the intervention, students' dental knowledge and game experience were assessed using a pre-knowledge test and questionnaire-based self-assessment.

Serious gaming as potential training tool for recognition of adverse drug reactions: side-effect exposure-medical education (SeeMe).

Purpose: The recognition of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) is an important part of daily clinical work. However, medical education in this field is mostly drug-based and does not address adequately the complexity of this field regarding individual risk factors and polypharmacy. This study investigates the potential of the web-based serious game SeeMe (side-effect exposure-medical education) in pharmacological education of medical students to improve the recognition of relevant ADRs.