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

项目摘要 这个第二阶段的STTR项目将开发Caduceus Quest，一个互动的多媒体资源，以促进 对STEM和健康领域的职业有知识和兴趣。它包括一款数字游戏和一款桌面模拟游戏。 在我们阶段的过程中，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，Ci3(跨学科调查中心)的多学科团队 性健康和生殖健康领域的创新)，以及一个强大的顾问团队将扩大现有的 原型变成了游戏的最终形式。完整的商业版Caduceus Quest将由一个理论组成- 基于角色扮演的游戏，以及伴随的模拟游戏，在游戏中，玩家建立STEM/Health团队 职业(例如，医生、流行病学家和工程师)，以解决一个新出现的流行病学之谜。这些 此外，还有模拟和数字课程对各部分进行补充。所有元素都托管在学习上 管理系统，以便在正式和非正式环境中更好地整合，从而允许学生评估和 课程发展。游戏将通过参与性的形成性和结果评估进行评估。 一个利益相关者咨询团队，由14-17岁的年轻人组成，另一个由来自不同领域的教育工作者组成 学科的发展将支持干预的迭代发展。将进行结果评估 使用调查和焦点小组对120名14-17岁的青年进行了调查。到第二阶段项目结束时，Caduceus Quest将是商业分销的理想定位。

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.