Desenvolvimento de uma ferramenta didática para ensino e prevenção sobre os principais antídotos usados nas intoxicações

Abstract

Games have been more and more used in the teaching process in all levels of education, even in higher education. Using games in classrooms is part of an strategy to make the teaching moment more atractive to students. Therefore the objective of this study was to develope a tool to teach the prevention related to the antidotes used for treating the main poisonings. A board games was developed in wich the players by rolling the dice and answering and asking questions will go through the path until they get the antidote, finishing the game. The game targets young adults that are at least 17 years old taking courses in the health field. The board can be used inside and outside the university. The game “Em busca do Antídoto” (Searching for the Antidote) has a path with 70 steps in red, yellow and blue, distributed until the finish line when the players find the antidote. There are two sets of card one of them has the questions and the other has the answers. This tool is practical and clear, estructured in a simple way so that the players are free to share information that can contribute to learning about poisonings and antidotes. Furthermore, the games is in itself an alternative fun and informative way of teaching to be added in classes and courses related to toxicology.