A Hybrid Physical-Digital Approach to Strengthen Cervical Cancer Awareness and Prevention

• Andressa G. da Silva UNIFESP http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2033-0616
• Eduardo H. Cardoso UFABC
• Luiza Muller UNIFESP
• Guilherme L. R. Pereira UFABC
• Mayara de L. Duarte UNIFESP
• Camilo Lellis-Santos UNIFESP https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7882-7548
• André L. Brandão UFABC https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9179-0495
• Andréa C. de M. Malinverni UNIFESP https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0397-6135

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/sbgames.2024.240163

Abstract

This study is based on the importance of teaching pathology to undergraduate health students, highlighting challenges such as the lack of curricular standardization and the scarcity of clinical practice. Cervical cancer is a public health problem in Brazil, and strategies such as the incorporation of HPV testing are aimed at effective prevention. Innovative tools, such as games and simulators, show promise for improving practical and interactive teaching. The simulator, developed on the Unity platform, integrates a physical board game. It is hoped that this approach will improve the teaching of pathology to future health professionals. Future studies will assess the validation of the combination of methods.

Keywords: cervical cancer, digital simulator, board game, healthcare professional education

References

Cardoso, F. S., Dumpel, R., da Silva, L. B. G., Rodrigues, C. R., Santos, D. O., Cabral, L. M., e Castro, H. C. (2008). Just working with the cellular machine: a high school game for teaching molecular biology. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 36(2):120–124.

da Silva, J. e Baranauskas, M. (2023). Internet das coisas em hospitais: Uma revisão sistemática da literatura em ambientes ubíquos e pervasivos. Relatório técnico, Universidade Estadual de Campinas.

de Oliveira, Helder Cognaco; Hounsell, M. d. S. e Gasparini, I. (2016). Pop: An instrument to decide on the adoption of participatory design. In Human-Computer Interaction. Theory, Design, Development and Practice: 18th International Conference, HCI International 2016, Toronto, ON, Canada, July 17-22, 2016. Proceedings, Part I 18, pages 141–152. Springer.

J. de S. G. Martinovski; N. da S. Knihs; N. C. Salum, L. N. A. M. S. M. O. H. L. L. M. d. R. (2023). Pap smear collection: Proposal of a low-cost simulator for health education. International Peer-reviewed and Open Access Journal for the Nursing Specialists, 13(4):15–22.

Krishnamurthy, K., Selvaraj, N., Gupta, P., Cyriac, B., Dhurairaj, P., Abdullah, A., Krishnapillai, A., Lugova, H., Haque, M., Xie, S., et al. (2022). Benefits of gamification in medical education. Clinical Anatomy, 35(6):795–807.

Leone, Fernanda Regis; PINTO, C. G. d. C. (2024). Lockdown: Todos contra o vírus”, um jogo cooperativo para abordar contextos sociocientíficos de pandemias. In Encontro Nacional de Jogos e Atividades Lúdicas no Ensino de Química, Física e Biologia - JALEQUIM LEVEL 5.

Mehanna, S. H. e Garbelini, M. C. D. L. (2021). Ensino de patologia no curso de medicina. Espaço para a Saúde, 22.

Mingorance-Estrada, Á. C., Granda-Vera, J., Rojas-Ruiz, G., e Alemany-Arrebola, I. (2021). Validation of a questionnaire on the use of interactive response system in higher education. Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem, 29:e3418.

Nayar, R. e Wilbur, D. C. (2018). Sistema bethesda para relato de citologia cervical: definições, critérios e notas explicativas. Ritu Nayar.

Oliveira, D. L. d. L. (2021). Simulação Virtual na Enfermagem: Desenvolvimento e Avaliação de um Serious Game na Disciplina de Saúde da Mulher. PhD thesis, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Enfermagem, Campinas, SP, Brasil.

Soares, M. F. S. e Athanazio, D. A. (2016). O novo currículo e o fim da patologia. Revista Brasileira de Educação Médica, 40:528–534.