Serious Game for Training Health Professionals and Caregivers of Elderly People with Alzheimer's Disease: Development Report of an Educational, Innovative, and Playful Approach

uma abordagem educativa, inovadora e lúdica

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https://doi.org/10.22491/1982-1654.140744

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Serious games, Training, Health professionals, Care-giving

Abstract

Serious games emerge as innovative resources for health professionals and caregivers of elderly people with Alzheimer's disease. The aim of the study was to report the development of a serious game for the continuing education of these professionals, using playful approaches to improve care capacity and decision-making. The development of the game involved a Game Dev Document, creating characters with MetaHuman from Unreal Engine, scene art with the MidJourney AI, free sounds, and programming with the Renpy engine. The incorporation of these games into the health services can disseminate effective information and training. The combination of playful and educational elements should be prioritized in health policies, especially with the growth of the elderly population and the increase in neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease, significantly impacting the quality of life of elderly people.

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Gabriel Moraes de Oliveira, Fundação Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre, UFCSPA

Graduado em Sistemas para Internet pelo Instituto Federal Sul-rio-grandense, Licenciado em Pedagogia R2, possui Especialização em administração, supervisão e orientação escolar, Especialização em saúde digital. Tem interesse nas áreas de formação de professores, informática na educação e ensino em saúde digital.

Lucilene Arilho Ribeiro Bicudo, Universidade Federal de Goias (UFG)

Possui graduação em Ciências Biológicas Modalidade Médica pela UNESP, Campus de Botucatu (1993), Mestrado em Ciências Biológicas (Genética) pela UNESP, Campus de Botucatu (1996) e Doutorado em Ciências Biológicas (Genética Molecular) pela UNESP e pela New York University, USA (2000). Atualmente é docente da Universidade Federal de Goias (UFG), ministrando as disciplinas de Genética, Genética Molecular e Genética Humana para os cursos de Nutricao, Biomedicina, Ciências Biológicas e Enfermagem. Tem experiência na área de Genética Humana e Médica, com ênfase em Genética Molecular, atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: genética dos defeitos de linha média, deficiência intelectual e cardiopatias congênitas; genômica e sindromologia e variação alelica e genes do desenvolvimento.

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2024-12-22

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MORAES DE OLIVEIRA, G.; DO CARMO, E. G.; SANTOS SILVA , C.; ARILHO RIBEIRO BICUDO, L. Serious Game for Training Health Professionals and Caregivers of Elderly People with Alzheimer’s Disease: Development Report of an Educational, Innovative, and Playful Approach: uma abordagem educativa, inovadora e lúdica. Computers in education: theory & practice, Porto Alegre, v. 27, n. 2, 2024. DOI: 10.22491/1982-1654.140744. Disponível em: https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/InfEducTeoriaPratica/article/view/140744. Acesso em: 24 jun. 2025.

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Vol. 27 No. 2 (2024): Informática na Educação: teoria & prática

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Received 2024-06-14
Accepted 2024-10-26
Published 2024-12-22