Gamified Learning in a Virtual World for Undergraduate Emergency Radiology Education: Quasi-Experimental Study

This study demonstrates that a game-based learning experience in the Second Life virtual world, combining virtual clinical scenarios and team-based tasks, is feasible and reproducible within a radiology clerkship. Students showed strong performance in case resolution and rated the experience highly, within a playful context that integrated asynchronous and synchronous activities. Lower ratings in the second year may reflect contextual differences, such as changes in COVID-19 pandemic restrictions.