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Games for Medical Education and Training (214) Undergraduate Education for Future Doctors (272) Preliminary Experiences with New Educational Technology (108) New Methods and Approaches in Medical Education (653) Simulation (271) Usability of Games and Gamification (141)

Published on in Vol 14 (2026)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/96011, first published .
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Gameful Experience and Perceived Educational Value in a Student-Designed Medical Escape Room for Preclinical Medical Education: Cross-Sectional Study

Gameful Experience and Perceived Educational Value in a Student-Designed Medical Escape Room for Preclinical Medical Education: Cross-Sectional Study

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Eleni Dafli1 Author Orcid Image ;   Ioannis Kountouratzis Author Orcid Image ;   Ioanna Doufexi Author Orcid Image ;   Alexandros Nikolaidis Author Orcid Image ;   Aggelos Kourpanidis Author Orcid Image ;   Odysseas Koniaris Author Orcid Image ;   Nikolaos Kyriakidis Author Orcid Image ;   Maria Nikolaidou Author Orcid Image ;   Sotiria Gilou Author Orcid Image ;   Panagiotis Antoniou Author Orcid Image ;   Panagiotis D Bamidis Author Orcid Image
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Eleni Dafli   1 , MSc, MD, PhD ;   Ioannis Kountouratzis   ;   Ioanna Doufexi   ;   Alexandros Nikolaidis   ;   Aggelos Kourpanidis   ;   Odysseas Koniaris   ;   Nikolaos Kyriakidis   , BSc ;   Maria Nikolaidou   , BSc, MSc ;   Sotiria Gilou   , BSc, MSc, PhD ;   Panagiotis Antoniou   , BSc, MSc, PhD ;   Panagiotis D Bamidis   , BSc, MSc, PhD

1 Lab of Medical Physics and Digital Innovation, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece

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  • Eleni Dafli, MSc, MD, PhD
  • Lab of Medical Physics and Digital Innovation, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
  • University Campus
  • Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia 54124
  • Greece
  • Phone: 30 6982107710
  • Email: elendaf@auth.gr