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Can J Hosp Pharm
September 2023
, MD, SM, FRCPC, is Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Adv Physiol Educ
September 2023
Department of Biosciences, Piracicaba Dental School, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Piracicaba, Brazil.
In health courses, the students must be familiar with the effects of intravenous solutions on cell volume and function, a topic where there can be learning difficulties and misunderstandings. Since educational games can assist in understanding complex concepts, we created a game relating solution osmolarity and tonicity to red blood cell volume that was used in undergraduate Dentistry and Medicine courses. The students, working in groups, completed the game board by indicating the effect of the solutions on the red blood cell volume and classifying the solutions in terms of tonicity and osmolarity.
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