Outbreak! A Digital Educational Escape Room based on Infection Control for Nurses
Channel: Heriot-Watt Learning and Teaching Academy
Date: 06/07/2023

Escape Rooms in Education Showcase and Celebration: Tim Cappelli & Hayley Hewitt 
This escape room based game has been created to develop pre-registration nursing students’ understanding and application of infection control protocols. It places students in a realistic, immersive scenario and allows them to test their knowledge and understanding in a safe environment. The game is set in a fictional residential care home for adults with learning disabilities and complex needs. It revolves around an outbreak of Norovirus in the home, which students are asked to contain. Created in Thinglink, using a series of 360° images, students can move freely between rooms, investigate objects and answer questions to solve a series of puzzles in an ‘Escape Room’ format.