Coverage: a simulation game to teach health care financing.
Faced with poor student performance on the health care financing questions of a final examination in a community health clerkship, the faculty designed and utilized an innovative simulation game, Coverage, to assist students in learning the complexities of various health insurance plans. This article describes the development, design, and use of this game. Medical students have enjoyed playing the game and have improved their performance in the final examination.
D003154:Community Medicine / Q000193:education*; D003479:Curriculum; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate; D007348:Insurance, Health; D012237:Rhode Island; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*