Caduceus Quest: An interactive digital media resource to promote knowledge of reproductive health and STEM

项目摘要 这个第二阶段STTR项目将开发一个互动多媒体资源，以促进 对STEM和健康职业的知识和兴趣。它包括一个数字游戏和一个桌面模拟游戏。 在我们的阶段过程中，开发并测试了Caduceus Quest数字游戏的初始原型 我投射。来自Resilient Games Studio LLC，Ci 3（跨学科研究中心）的多学科团队 性健康和生殖健康创新），一个强大的顾问团队将扩大现有的 原型变成游戏的最终形式。完整的商业版本的Caduceus Quest将包括一个理论- 基于角色扮演的游戏，以及伴随的模拟游戏，玩家在其中建立STEM/健康团队 职业（例如，医生，流行病学家和工程师）来解决一个新兴的流行病学之谜。这些 组件由模拟和数字课程补充。所有元素都托管在学习上 管理系统，以便更好地整合正式和非正式环境， 课程开发游戏将通过参与性的形成和结果评估进行评估。 一个由14-17岁的青年组成的利益攸关方咨询小组，另一个由来自不同领域的教育工作者组成， 将支持干预措施的迭代开发。将进行成果评价 120名14至17岁的青年使用调查和焦点小组。到第二阶段项目结束时， Quest将处于商业分销的理想位置。

PROJECT ABSTRACT This Phase II STTR project will develop Caduceus Quest, an interactive multimedia resource to promote knowledge and interest in careers in STEM and health. It includes a digital game and a table-top analog game. An initial prototype of the Caduceus Quest digital game was developed and tested over the course of our Phase I project. A multidisciplinary team from Resilient Games Studio LLC, Ci3 (the Center for Interdisciplinary Inquiry and Innovation in Sexual and Reproductive Health), and a robust team of advisors will expand the existing prototype into the game’s final form. The full commercial version of Caduceus Quest will consist of a theory- based, role-playing game, and accompanying analog game, in which players build teams of STEM/health professions (e.g., doctors, epidemiologists, and engineers) to solve an emerging epidemiologic mystery. These components are supplemented by an analog and digital curriculum. All elements are hosted on a learning management system for better integration in the formal and informal setting allowing for student assessment and curriculum development. The game will be evaluated through a participatory formative and outcome evaluation. A stakeholder advisory team comprised of youth ages 14-17 and another comprised of educators from a variety of disciplines will support the iterative development of the intervention. The outcome evaluation will be conducted with 120 youth ages 14-17 using surveys and focus groups. By the conclusion of the Phase II project, Caduceus Quest will be ideally positioned for commercial distribution.