No more, no less. By making learning interactive and motivating, Mathilde Lescat opens the way to new methods to better train the healthcare professionals of tomorrow. The award coincides with World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (November 18-24). During the ceremony on November 25, Carine Wolf-Thal, president of the Order, praised the impact of the project: “ Your remarkable commitment contributes to strengthening the training and involvement of health professionals, including pharmacists, in the fight against antibiotic resistance. »
A researcher at the Armed Forces Biomedical Research Institute, Mathilde Lescat studies the resistance ofEscherichia coli to antibiotics. Lecturer within the Paris Seine-Saint-Denis and Sorbonne-Paris Nord group, she observed the difficulty students had in assimilating bacteriology.
A serious game with national impact
In 2016, she began developing Bacteria Game. With the support of her university’s game sciences laboratory, she conducted research demonstrating the educational effectiveness of her project, which met with remarkable success:
– It is distributed in nearly 1,000 medicine and pharmacy UFRs, thanks to the financial support of the General Directorate of Health (DGS).
– It is promoted by the French Society of Microbiology.
– It inspired adaptations such as Viro Game, with other variations already in preparation.
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