Amin Sedigh - MSc student in Operating Room, Student Research Center, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
Sara Bagheri - MSc student in Operating Room, Student Research Center, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
Ahmad Ghadami - Nursing and Midwifery Care Research Center, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
Arash Najimi - Department of Medical Education, Medical Education Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran

IntroductionOne of the main challenges of the educational centers is the introduction of modern teaching methods. When compared with more traditional instructional methods, Game-based e-learning promises a higher satisfaction and motivation of learners by presenting contents in an interactive. The purpose of this study was to design and examine the effect of appendectomy surgical simulation software (game-based) on the.satisfaction of Operating Room technology students in Isfahan and khomein University of medical sciences Material & MethodsIn this single-blind Quasi-experimental study, 80 second semester undergraduate students were divided into control group and Intervention group after obtaining satisfaction by random allocation. After using the simulation software (game-based) for the Intervention group and the holding practice and lecture class (routine method) for the control group, the data were collected by a self-administered questionnaire that thevalidity and reliability of which were confirmed. Data were then analyzed by SPSS software version 16 and .descriptive and analytical tests were also analyzed at a significance level of 0.05 ResultsThe results showed that the average satisfaction score of the Intervention group (67.39 ± 1.29) was higher than the control group (34.32 ± 1.24) and this difference was statistically significant (P-value <0.05). The results also showed that there was a significant relationship between age and satisfaction (P-value <0.05). .)This means that as age increases, satisfaction increases (r = 0.26 Conclusion Appendectomy surgical simulation software (game-based) can improve the students’ satisfaction with the training process. Therefore, appendectomy surgical simulation software (game-based) is recommended as .a supplementary training method

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