Nurses level up: gamified training could save lives
NCT ID NCT07365540
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study will test whether a gamified teaching method helps nurses learn emergency first aid better than watching online videos. Researchers will recruit 68 nurses from a hospital in Taiwan and split them into two groups. One group will use a phone app that turns photos of real emergency scenes into story-based scenarios to practice, while the other group watches standard training videos. Their knowledge and confidence will be measured before, right after, and one month after training.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- gamified scenario-based teaching
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that gamified learning is a more effective way to train nurses in emergency response, potentially improving patient care.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study with only 68 participants from one hospital, so results may not apply broadly. The intervention is educational, not a medical treatment, so impact is limited.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 68 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Jan 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Apr 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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18 to 50 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Convenience sampling was adopted, and the inclusion criteria included: nurses with more than 3 months of experience working in general wards; the exclusion criteria included: nurses in pediatric-related wards (including neonatal observation rooms and pediatric intensive care units).
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The places running it
3 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Wanfang Hospital
Taipei, 116, Taiwan
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Wanfang Hospital
Taipei, Taiwan
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Wanfang Hospital
Taipei, Taiwan
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