Michael Cosimini's guest appearances

Michael Cosimini

Professor Game Podcast

Board Gaming with Education

Medical Mnemonist (from MedSchoolCoach)

Michael Matera

Dustin Staats

Geoff Engelstein

Jessica Creane

Zack Hartzman

Melissa Pilakowski

Nick Metzler

Kathleen Mercury

Loretta Breuning

Jon Cassie

Karl Kapp

Dave Eng

Scott Rencher

Jason Bodnar

Erik Agudelo

OwlTail

Michael Cosimini MD

Dr. Michael Cosimini discusses gamification and games for clinical education. Dr. Cosimini is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the Keck School of Medicine at USC, and the author of Empiric, a card game for learning guidelines-based antibiotic selection.  [02:08] Challenges of Creating Games for a Clinical Setting [02:56] Gamification Versus Serious Games [07:22] How to Balance Between Entertainment and Education [08:09] Tabletop Games Versus Video Games [12:23] How Medical Students Can Apply Games to Their Learning [13:49] How Empiric Works [20:21] How to Find Out More About Michael &amp; Empiric  Gamification Versus Serious Games Many medical instructors already gamify their educational content, for example, by transforming a PowerPoint slide into a game of Jeopardy, giving out stickers for accomplishments, and having a leaderboard in class. An example of gamification in the literature is when surgical residents performing laparoscopic procedures were split into competing groups. The randomly selected students who trained in this gamified setting trained longer and performed better. Dr. Cosimini does support gamification, but he more strongly promotes “serious games” which go beyond gamifying existing educational content, to creating a game for the purpose of education, rather than pure entertainment. For example, the game GridlockED, which resembles Clue, trains players to handle emergency room throughput. Michael’s card game, Empiric for learning antibiotic selection is also a serious game. How to Balance Entertainment and Education in Games To help find the appropriate balance between entertainment and education, Dr. Cosimini emphasizes the importance of testing the outcome of a game, to see what students have actually learnt. As a rule of thumb, be respectful of the player’s time. Do not have a game that is long, unless there is evidence that shows that this contributes to the learning process. Tabletop Games Versus Video Games Dr. Cosimini promotes tabletop games over digital or video games for medical education. He cites  a study by Mary Flanagan of Tiltfactor, a game design company. The study compared the iPad and tabletop version of Pox: Save the People, a game about disease spread. With the tabletop version, people tended to interact and work together more, which is important for the social aspect of learning. How Medical Students Can Apply Games to Their Education Creating their own card games might be too involved, and too time-consuming for a medical student. Students can instead use off-the-shelf card games from resources such as East Midlands Emergency Medicine Educational Media, #EM3, which provides games for learning about pediatric EKGs, pediatric dermatology, and pediatric and adult orthopedics. For instructors, Michael recommends MedEd. He of course also recommends his own game Empiric, for learning about antibiotic selection, and his upcoming game about emergency medicine. These games are more helpful for clinical education i.e. for medical students on their clinical rotations, or for residents, and less helpful for first and second year medical students. How Empiric Works  Empiric is based on the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Red Book, 2018-2021. Dr. Cosimini includes visual cues — such as color coding — for facts such as the mechanism of delivery and the spectrum of activity, to enable students to memorize facts more quickly. It can be difficult to keep up with the changing facts around antibiotic resistance, and other antibiotic research. Currently, Dr. Cosimini does this by updating the printable card decks online, after the research is updated. Check out Empiric’s Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and website. The website includes a list of  medical and non-medical card games. Sign up for a Free Coaching session with Chase DiMarco, sponsored by Prospective Doctor! You can also join the Med Mnemonist Mastermind FB Group today and learn more about study methods, memory techniques, and MORE! Do check out  Read This Before Medical School. Like our FreeMedEd Facebook page and find our  Medical Micro course, blog posts, and podcasts at FreeMedEd.org! Feel free to email any questions or comments.

Dr. Michael Cosimini discusses gamification and games for clinical education. Dr. Cosimini is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the Keck School of Medicine at USC, and the author of Empiric, a card game for learning guidelines-based antibiotic selection. <ul> <li>[02:08] Challenges of Creating Games for a Clinical Setting</li> <li>[02:56] Gamification Versus Serious Games</li> <li>[07:22] How to Balance Between Entertainment and Education</li> <li>[08:09] Tabletop Games Versus Video Games</li> <li>[12:23] How Medical Students Can Apply Games to Their Learning</li> <li>[13:49] How Empiric Works</li> <li>[20:21] How to Find Out More About Michael &amp; Empiric</li> </ul> Gamification Versus Serious Games Many medical instructors already gamify their educational content, for example, by transforming a PowerPoint slide into a game of Jeopardy, giving out stickers for accomplishments, and having a leaderboard in class. An example of gamification in the literature is when surgical residents performing laparoscopic procedures were split into competing groups. The randomly selected students who trained in this gamified setting trained longer and performed better. Dr. Cosimini does support gamification, but he more strongly promotes “serious games” which go beyond gamifying existing educational content, to creating a game for the purpose of education, rather than pure entertainment. For example, the game <a href="https://www.gridlockedgame.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">GridlockED</a>, which resembles Clue, trains players to handle emergency room throughput. Michael’s card game, <a href="https://sites.google.com/view/empiric-pediatric/home" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Empiric</a> for learning antibiotic selection is also a serious game. How to Balance Entertainment and Education in Games To help find the appropriate balance between entertainment and education, Dr. Cosimini emphasizes the importance of testing the outcome of a game, to see what students have actually learnt. As a rule of thumb, be respectful of the player’s time. Do not have a game that is long, unless there is evidence that shows that this contributes to the learning process. Tabletop Games Versus Video Games Dr. Cosimini promotes tabletop games over digital or video games for medical education. He cites <a href="https://www.furtherfield.org/pox-save-the-people-an-interview-with-mary-flanagan/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> a study by Mary Flanagan of Tiltfactor, a game design company</a>. The study compared the iPad and tabletop version of Pox: Save the People, a game about disease spread. With the tabletop version, people tended to interact and work together more, which is important for the social aspect of learning. How Medical Students Can Apply Games to Their Education Creating their own card games might be too involved, and too time-consuming for a medical student. Students can instead use off-the-shelf card games from resources such as <a href="https://em3.org.uk/games-and-quizzes" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">East Midlands Emergency Medicine Educational Media, #EM3</a>, which provides games for learning about pediatric EKGs, pediatric dermatology, and pediatric and adult orthopedics. For instructors, Michael recommends <a href="https://www.mededportal.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">MedEd</a>. He of course also recommends his own game <a href="https://sites.google.com/view/empiric-pediatric/home" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Empiric</a>, for learning about antibiotic selection, and his upcoming game about emergency medicine. These games are more helpful for clinical education i.e. for medical students on their clinical rotations, or for residents, and less helpful for first and second year medical students. How Empiric Works <a href="https://sites.google.com/view/empiric-pediatric/more-games?authuser=0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Empiric</a> is based on the <a href="https://ebooks.aappublications.org/content/red-book-2018" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Red Book, 2018-2021</a>. Dr. Cosimini includes visual cues — such as color coding — for facts such as the mechanism of delivery and the spectrum of activity, to enable students to memorize facts more quickly. It can be difficult to keep up with the changing facts around antibiotic resistance, and other antibiotic research. Currently, Dr. Cosimini does this by updating the printable card decks online, after the research is updated. Check out Empiric’s <a href="https://twitter.com/empiricgame?lang=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/empiricgame/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/EmpiricGame/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a>, and <a href="https://sites.google.com/view/empiric-pediatric/home" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">website</a>. The website includes a list of <a href="https://sites.google.com/view/empiric-pediatric/more-games?authuser=0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> medical and non-medical card games</a>. Sign up for a <a href="http://prospectivedoctor.com/chase" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Free Coaching session</a> with Chase DiMarco, sponsored by Prospective Doctor! You can also join the Med Mnemonist Mastermind <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/medicalmnemonistmastermind" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">FB Group</a> today and learn more about study methods, memory techniques, and MORE! Do check out <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Read-This-Before-Medical-School/dp/1644560704" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Read This Before Medical School</a>. Like our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/freemeded" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">FreeMedEd</a> Facebook page and find our <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1C8CFSMvL20&amp;list=PLezrE0Ume1TpVEGkTk8w7phwCqOwiW_PJ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Medical Micro course</a>, <a href="http://freemeded.org/blog" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">blog posts</a>, and <a href="https://freemeded.org/podcasts/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">podcasts</a> at <a href="https://freemeded.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">FreeMedEd.org</a>! Feel free to <a href="mailto:medicalmnemonist@gmail.com">email</a> any questions or comments.

Game Learning for Clerkships and Residents with Michael Cosimini MD (Ep. 73 Rebroadcast)

On this week’s episode of Board Gaming with Education, Dustin sits down in person with Michael Cosimini, a pediatrician and teacher at Keck School of Medicine in Los Angeles, California. The two discuss Michael’s history with gaming as well as designing games and we get to learn about Michael’s antibiotic-based card game, Empiric. Michael tells how he transitioned the game from being used in his own classroom to being sold to other teachers around the world. The topic of reliable feedback comes up and Michael shares tips for beginner game designers on what to do to have the most success when starting their first game.  Board Gaming with Education Updates- newsletter, YouTube - 1:48 Who is Michael Cosimini? - 2:44 Pizza and the Stock Market - 4:42 Games and Learning Monotonous Medical Material - 5:49 Empiric - 10:32 Game Design - 15:15 Playtesting and Feedback - 18:38 Last Words of Advice: Get Involved! - 24:09 Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down Rapid Fire Round - 26:40  Empiric Game: EmpiricGame.com   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/609759219780965/   Twitter: @MichaelCosimini How can you support us? There are many free and paid ways to support the show. Be sure to check out our support page!  Support our podcast! Thank you to Purple Planet Music for the wonderful contribution of their song "Retro Gamer" for our Interview Segment. This song can be found in full on this music archive. Also, thank you to Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) for his creative commons 4.0 contribution of "Getting it Done" for our Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down Rapid Fire Round. Thank you to Dallas Welk, the editor of this episode! Always be sure to check out our show notes (website blog post) to read a recap of the episode topics and games mentioned in the episode. https://www.boardgamingwitheducation.com/michael-cosimini

On this week’s episode of Board Gaming with Education, Dustin sits down in person with Michael Cosimini, a pediatrician and teacher at Keck School of Medicine in Los Angeles, California. The two discuss Michael’s history with gaming as well as designing games and we get to learn about Michael’s antibiotic-based card game, Empiric. Michael tells how he transitioned the game from being used in his own classroom to being sold to other teachers around the world. The topic of reliable feedback comes up and Michael shares tips for beginner game designers on what to do to have the most success when starting their first game. <ul> <li>Board Gaming with Education Updates- <a href="https://www.boardgamingwitheducation.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">newsletter</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjmvAarWRgOk9vuIp435KDw" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">YouTube</a> - 1:48</li> <li>Who is Michael Cosimini? - 2:44</li> <li>Pizza and the Stock Market - 4:42</li> <li>Games and Learning Monotonous Medical Material - 5:49</li> <li><a href="https://www.drivethrucards.com/product/302578/Empiric-Pediatric" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Empiric</a> - 10:32</li> <li>Game Design - 15:15</li> <li>Playtesting and Feedback - 18:38</li> <li>Last Words of Advice: Get Involved! - 24:09</li> <li>Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down Rapid Fire Round - 26:40</li> </ul> Empiric Game: <a href="https://sites.google.com/view/empiric-pediatric/home" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">EmpiricGame.com</a> Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/609759219780965/" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/groups/609759219780965/</a> Twitter: @MichaelCosimini How can you support us? There are many free and paid ways to support the show. Be sure to check out our support page!  <a href="http://www.boardgamingwitheducation.com/support" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Support our podcast!</a> Thank you to Purple Planet Music for the wonderful contribution of their song "Retro Gamer" for our Interview Segment. This song can be found in full on <a href="https://www.purple-planet.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">this music archive</a>. Also, thank you to Kevin MacLeod (<a href="http://incompetech.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">incompetech.com</a>) for his <a href="http://licensed%20under%20creative%20commons%20by%20attribution%204.0%20license%20http" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">creative commons 4.0 contribution</a> of "Getting it Done" for our Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down Rapid Fire Round. Thank you to Dallas Welk, the editor of this episode! <a href="https://www.boardgamingwitheducation.com/rodger-moore" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Always be sure to check out our show notes (website blog post) to read a recap of the episode topics and games mentioned in the episode.</a> <a href="https://www.boardgamingwitheducation.com/michael-cosimini" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.boardgamingwitheducation.com/michael-cosimini</a>

Episode 98 - Designing a Learning Game for Medical Students with Empiric feat. Michael Cosimini

Michael Cosimini is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California and an attending physician at Children's Hospital Los Angeles. He is a contributor and associated producer of the pediatric continuing medical education podcast Pediatrics Reviews and Perspectives and the designer of Empiric Pediatric, a 2-4 player card game used to teach guideline-based antibiotic use for medical students and residents.

Michael Cosimini is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California and an attending physician at Children's Hospital Los Angeles. He is a contributor and associated producer of the pediatric continuing medical education podcast Pediatrics Reviews and Perspectives and the designer of Empiric Pediatric, a 2-4 player card game used to teach guideline-based antibiotic use for medical students and residents.

Michael Cosimini Uses Visuals to Create Games for Busy Doctors | Episode 135