Gamification World Conference in Madrid

Enrique Castro-Sanchez to speak on the impact that gamification, serious games and health apps can have as innovative behaviour change interventions

Dr Enrique Castro-Sánchez, Lead Research Nurse and ARC Early Career research fellow at the NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in HCAI and AMR, has been invited to the Gamification World Conference in Madrid later this year in October. Dr Castro-Sánchez will present on the impact that gamification, serious games and health apps can have as innovative behaviour change interventions in appropriate use of antibiotics and infection prevention and control.

During the talk Dr Castro-Sánchez will give an overview of the group work evaluating research experiences using games in infectious diseases, as well as the lessons learnt following the development of ‘On Call: antibiotics”, the computer game focused on influencing antimicrobial prescribing behaviours in hospital clinicians. Additionally, he will discuss the ongoing work developing gamified apps that can be used by patients to support infection prevention and control activities such as hand hygiene, together with HELPER, the app developed to increase patient’s health literacy about antibiotics”

The Gamification World Congress is the largest conference in the world dedicated to explore the intersection between digital engagement, arts, science, technology, health and games, where international speakers and companies around the world discuss the latest technology methodologies, projects and trends with the aim to tackle the most pressing societal problems.

More information about the conference can be found here