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Hi all,
 
I would like to let you know about a new teaching and public engagement resource called Mind-Boggling Medical History, designed for secondary school students, University nursing and medical or history students and museum visitors. The game has been created by the University of Oxford and Royal College of Nursing and is funded by the AHRC.
 
Mind-Boggling Medical History is an educational game which is designed to challenge preconceptions about history and show how ideas in medicine change for a variety of reasons. From floating kidneys and wandering wombs to transplanted heads and dogs who detect diseases, the game challenges players to look at a series of statements and decide which are from current medical practice, which are based on historical ideas or practices no longer used, and which we have … well … just made up! Players can choose from a number of rounds related to different medical themes, including ‘sex and reproduction’, ‘animals’, ‘mind’ and ‘treatment’. 
 
The online version of the game is available here: https://mbmh.web.ox.ac.uk/home. Through the website you can also download a PDF version of the card game and additional teaching resources designed for GCSE History and BSc Nursing students.
 
We also have a limited number of copies available of the printed pack of 50 cards and answer booklet, ideal for playing in classrooms and lecture theatres! If you would like to be sent out a copy please email us at: [log in to unmask]

 

Kind regards,

Sarah

 

Dr Sarah Chaney
Events and Exhibitions Manager

Library & Archive Services
Royal College of Nursing
Room M02, 20 Cavendish Square, London W1G 0RN
Direct line: 020 7647 3602
Email: [log in to unmask]
www.rcn.org.uk 

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Working days: Wednesday – Friday

 



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