1. Making lending and learning fun with serious games
Welcome, introductions
Making lending and learning fun with serious games
Kaye Bagshaw & Melvin Bell

2. It started with a Tweet…
Not sure if this was the exact tweet
We tried out some of the online versions of the games available
We realised the potential: Board games can engage, educate and enhance learning, and make it more enjoyable

3. Games chosen, purchased & added to our catalogue
Next steps
Games were chosen to reflect current interests prevalent at Homerton
Small number to begin with – to test how it would work
Why keep them in the library? Better to have them as part of the library collection rather than in departments: a. usage statistics and making sure contents don’t go missing; b. all in one place not scatteered around; c. could bring people into the library who don’t often / ever use it
Purchase was funded by Learning & Development lead
Catalogued as we would a book – 7-day loan – contents of the box listed within the catalogue record so can track if parts go missing
Games chosen, purchased & added to our catalogue

4. Promotion! Promotion! Promotion!
Many ways of promoting: tweeting, Homertonlite (all staff weekly ), Homerton Life (staff magazine),
NHS Change Day 2016 game playing session
Events – KAW & Nurses Day
Best way is to identify those who will be most interested: practice development nurses, education leads, etc.
Word spreads quickly – someone who has enjoyed playing a game spreads the word

5. Student nurse sessions
Requested by nurse educators
Useful add in a game if they have a speaker who suddenly cancels
As requested by Nurse Educators

6. Care Certificate programmes
Not without problems – at the first session I facilitated it was difficult to keep order! some of the participants v young – some talked over others – some felt “silly” playing a game – most seemed to enjoy it though
Suggested by us, continued by Education leads

7. The Libraries Game!
For Libraries Week, we made our own game and invited staff to paly outside the staff restaurant – included Dr Jargon cards as well as library questions – all correct answers got a dip in the goody bay!

8. Learning should be fun, and these games are just that – a fun way to learn.  By engaging in conversations and discussions with other players as you answer questions…not only do you learn something, you also build relationships with colleagues.
What an enjoyable session, it really highlighted important issues in a fun way.  The board game is another innovative way of learning; it makes learning fun, interactive and also helps to test what has been taught in theory.  The team work is great; it beats ‘talk and chalk’ any day. 
Learned more from other colleagues than specifically from answers.  Very good idea to stimulate discussion about communication.

9. Borrowing statistics Title Dr Jargon: Paediatrics 1 Drug Round Game 4
Harm Free Game
Infection Control Game
Masterful Mentoring 26
Stop The Pressure Game
The Communication Game 17
The Nutrition Game
The Sepsis Game 18
Total 70
We now have 14 games – but are they being used?
A quick look at the figures – some are more popular than others and some haven’t yet been borrowed

10. Introduced games to local LKS colleagues to at a team event
Talk about LKS Team event etc
Introduced games to local LKS colleagues to at a team event
Lots of Tweeting!

11. Lending & Learning is serious fun!
Hospital Libraries and Serious Games
Developed a case study with Focus Games, which we have both been trying to distribute to as many libraries as possible – some of you may even have read it! 

12. What’s next? More promotion and identifying champions
More games – The Safeguarding Game & Teams that Care
Playing The Sepsis Game at a major Sepsis Conference at Homerton today!
Promotion constant – displays, tweets, talking at meetings, inductions etc.
We need to identify the right people to contact for the games that haven’t yet been borrowed
Planning to add to our collection – currently identifying which to buy next

13. The team behind the games!
Melvin to explain a little about Focus Games and our background etc

14. Visit stand number 3 to see more games!
Thank you.
Any questions?
Visit stand number 3 to see more games!