Using Escape Rooms to Promote Active Learning & Intraprofessional Collaboration: A Pilot Study Available to Purchase

Date Presented 04/22/2023

Escape rooms are an increasingly popular, innovative teaching modality in health care education. This study examined an escape room’s effectiveness as a teaching modality for OT students. Both the in-person and online formats significantly improved students’ intraprofessional teamwork and collaboration, professional identity, activity learning, critical thinking skills, and knowledge retention. Pre- and posttest knowledge retention showed a moderate effect size.

Primary Author and Speaker: Chia-Wei Fan