Abstract:

This work shows the creation of a simulator employing RPGMAKER MZ program. The simulation requires a space where the student interacts with different elements –test scores, visual stimuli used in the experiments and perceived image simulations– to reach a clinical diagnosis. The laboratory is inspired by an optician's consulting room. The simulation includes two diagnostic procedures, dealing with color and spatial vision, respectively. In color vision testing, students have to assess the chromatic mechanisms of a patient extracted at random from the game database, using a simulated anomaloscope, two ordering test (D-15 and Farnsworth Munsell 100-Hue) and a color threshold ellipse. Using the anamnesis and the analysis of the tests’ results, the student must decide if color vision is or not normal, and classify and grade the defect. Emphasis is put on the difference between acquired and congenital defects. Spatial vision, on the other hand, is analyzed by means of contrast sensitivity tests. In this part, the student must evaluate if the patient has a neural, optic or mixed problem. For that, the simulation provides results obtained with a ViscTech-Fact and Topcon CC-100, and a varied range of patients are included in the game database to provide more variety of challenges. This Game-Based Learning allows students to train their capabilities and reinforce their knowledge about clinic diagnosis in optometry and vision science.

Acknowledgements:
The authors thank the Servei de Formació Permanent I Innovació Educativa of the Universitat de València for the teaching innovation project UV-SFPIE_PID-2079679.

Keywords:

Game-Based Learning, Optometry and Vision science, RPGMAKER MZ, Simulation.