The Generation Y students who come into the pharmacy course are technology-savvy and digitally-focused. The Pharmacy development team identified their gaming habits and preferences for a pharmacy-related serious game. In general, students preferred a three-dimensional, post-apocalyptic game with a fantasy/medieval/mythic setting and an adventurer storyline, played in a collaborative manner. Thus, the team developed a three-dimensional Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game, in which students engage in a futuristic fantasy world to “save the world” from a plague, so as to learn about the 21st century competencies and skills (confidence, critical thinking, communication skills, responsible decision-making, self-directed learner) needed in their future clinical practices.

The Pharmacy development team won 3 awards at the Reimagine-Education Awards 2018:

• DISCIPLINE AWARD WINNERS: LIFE SCIENCES & MEDICINE: Gold Award
• VIRTUAL/AUGMENTED REALITY AWARD 2018: Silver Award
• REGIONAL AWARD WINNERS: ASIA-PACIFIC: Silver Award

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