Interview with a Simulation Escape Room Expert

我将逃生室的受欢迎程度归因于教育环境，这是今天的学习者不同的事实。当今的学习者从小就沉浸在数字技术中。教育工作者必须能够解决将学习过程适应不同学习风格和新学习要求的学生的重要问题。Educators must challenge students to be analytical and creative, engage students with technology and create opportunities for active learning.

The escape room methodology is an example of Game Based Learning (GBL) which is an educational approach that increases the motivation and engagement therefore meeting the needs of today’s learner.

The audio and visual elements of an escape room stay longer in the learners’ minds than with traditional learning environments. I refer to the simulated escape room as a connected learning experience. Each step of the escape room is connected to a puzzle that the learner can relate and associate to in the future.

归因于逃生室受欢迎的最重要方面之一就是，逃生室通过使学习有趣来吸引参与者。When learning is fun, learning sticks.

我们的明星团队在模拟环境会议上参加了2018年IMSH会议逃生室。我们的团队决定通过使用创新的方法来教授明星中心最要求的课程之一来创建我们的第一个逃生室；模拟代码。

我们确定在通过协议管理模拟代码时，顺序步骤将完美地拟合到线性逃生室模型的模板中。

Overwhelmingly, we have had positive feedback with each facilitation of the escape room. Our learners truly appreciated this modality of teaching.

我们的心理学家劳拉·丹尼尔（Laura Daniel）博士为我们的逃生室设计了独特的评估。分析完成后，在接受调查的54名参与者中，至少有94％同意或同意了20个评估陈述中的19个。

Learners stated it helped them think critically and creatively, process and prioritize while using effective communication skills.The feedback on the evaluations consistently repeated adjectives such as ‘Fun’, ‘Innovative’ and ‘Engaging’. Learners stated that they did not realize that 30 minutes had passed and could see the value of the overall educational experience.

逃生室鼓励团队合作的技能，解决问题，沟通，批判性思维，跨专业的合作以及对细节的关注，从而使逃生室教学方法学对临床，学术界和领导力环境非常有吸引力。

我们已经成功地为护理学生，临床人员和组织的执行领袖提供了促进逃生室。

创建原位逃生室的主要价值是团队建设benefit the escape room promotes. Facilitating the escape room in situ would permit teams to naturally come together and attend the sessions engaging them to work together as they would in their own environment to problem solve and think critically, tapping into each other’s strengths to successfully achieve a goal.

的确，逃生室将在使用想象力创建难题和任务以逃避房间时测试您的组织技能。有多个design templatesavailable online to utilize that will assist you in your design. Using one of these templates will guide you to have success in matching the puzzle with each step of the unfolding case leading to the next sequential task and eventually escaping the room.

根据我的经验，最受欢迎的难题是那些具有挑战性的难题，但不会引起太多的干扰，无法实现学习目标。The only way to verify this is to put your puzzles to the test!

Once you have designed each step of your escape room it is essential to beta test all of your puzzles with your internal team to examine their level of difficulty.

诚然，最成功的难题似乎是创造力最多的难题。例如，我们将第一个线索放在门上的横幅上。学习者太参与了房间周围的线索。他们忽略了抬头抬头，在他们身后的门上，那里的线索位于明显的位置。

The most important element to focus on during a beta test is the flow of the escape room. You want to let your design play out and take notes of barriers or stumbling blocks that may need to be revised.您想确保按照您所教的目标的顺序逻辑上的逃生室流动。您想让学习者有时间进行批判性思考，但是您不想要阻碍流程和学习的障碍。

例如当我们beta测试逃离房间,we realized that operationalizing one of the locks was difficult for the learners. They were entering the correct combination on the lock, but the lock would not open. Therefore we changed the type of lock to allow for a better functionality of that specific step of the escape room.

The impact I have seen the simulation escape room has had on learning outcomes is giving students the opportunity to recall educational information in a new perspective. Learners connect each puzzle or task with a nugget of learning which is definitely part of the appeal and advantage of escape rooms.

逃生室使答案不那么明显，同时保持过程，政策或程序清晰。

For example, if the rate of compressions in a mock code situation is the code for a lock, then instead of just giving them the number, create a riddle or puzzle with letters/numbers missing where the answer would be 100 or 120. They would have to problem solve to enter the correct number and combination of the lock.

Yes, I have had participants from our nurse residency program state that the mock code escape room felt very much like theinterprofessional collaboration这是在其设备上运行代码所需的。

They reported that the puzzles felt like the real tasks you need to complete timely in a code situation; such as prepare a vasopressor drip for a patient using the patient’s weight and pharmacological calculations. Nurses have also reported that this education helped them remember how to prioritize the care of a patient coding according to protocol.

The value and ROI for organizations to successfully facilitate escape rooms are that participants will improve their core values such as teamwork, time management, critical thinking and problem-solving to name a few.This will in essence foster a better work culture, further unifying your team.

The most profound lessons learned coming from my escape room debriefs would center on ensuring you have completed detailed briefing sessions; both prebriefing anddebriefing。学习者完成活动时需要结构和指导。通过适当预言和汇报学习者，您可能会成功实现学习目标，同时使学习愉快。在设计逃生室体验时，应考虑指导的数量和类型。

Additionally, I learned that the participants truly appreciated the challenging puzzles and felt accomplished escaping the room and solving the case! It was a bonus that they were able to recite the correct steps of the protocol when we reflected on the steps they conquered to escape the room.

My advice for anyone interested in designing and facilitating and escape room would be to就去做吧!

花费的时间创建，设计和建造将是花费的时间。当您看到自己的学习成果取得的成就，而学习者真正享受他们的经历，您将知道这是值得的。

The only pitfall I would avoid would be to design your escape room to be challenging but not too complex. You would not want your learner to be preoccupied by the complexity of the puzzles instead of learning the process, policy or procedure you are teaching. This of course would not hold true if you were building an escape room for the pure pleasure of a team building experience.