Escape Room Activity to Teach Head and Neck Anatomy
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Introduction: Students have ranked head and neck anatomy as one of the most complex areas to learn as it contains highly detailed spaces. Incorporating a head and neck escape room activity into anatomy curricula provides an engaging and effective way for the students to review these spaces and their relationships. Methods: We piloted a head and neck escape room activity for the Rutgers School of Dental Medicine students (round A) and implemented a modified version for the Rutgers New Jersey Medical School students (round B) as an anatomy review. We utilized a mixed-methods analysis to determine the activity's effectiveness in reviewing this content and garner students' perceptions. Results: = .16). Discussion: While the escape room may not have shown significant improvement in knowledge, integrating this active learning tool does help students identify gaps in their knowledge and requires the utilization of various skills, which can make students better health care professionals.
Source: MedEdPORTAL
Authors: George Holan, Rijul Asri, Abhishek Yadav, Christin Traba, Sophia Chen, Jeremy J. Grachan
Institution: Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Language: English
Subfield: Biomedical Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4407148945