Ive recently played "Medical Millionare" it was great, the students loved it!!!
I do a lot with H&P's that pertain to the chapter that we are studying. They usually enjoy role playing, so I will write different scenarios that can occur in an office. I will pair them up and one will be the caller(patient) other Medical Assistant. The caller will ask for a certain test(radiology or blood test) and the MA will have to correctly spell the terms and fill the correct paperwork for the test. Sometimes it can be played as Doctor and MA, or MA to MA. It is a lot of fun and they get the practice with filling out lab slips and imaging forms, etc...
I teach online, so no, I haven't used these methods in the online environment, but I have used crosswords and bingo in the in seat environment in a different class. Not well received however. The health care students that I have had, at least at that point in time, would express that they didn't like crosswords or bingo and felt they were a waste of time (no matter what I was trying). But, then they didn't like groups either. Might have to do with the type of person "nursing" appeals to.
Good luck with adding more activity to class and I hope your students are more engaged than ever.
I am familiar with the crossword puzzles, I have also done a BINGO game.
It is a great review before major exams. You might be surprised to hear I have used these activities with very large groups of 100 to 300. I even did a Jeopardy like event for 3000 at a large conference closing keynote. It was exciting and unexpected for the learners. All the best to you!
It was interesting to see some of these games, I think they would work well in small class sizes maybe not so well in groups greater than 16 or so. I haven't used this learning concept in any of the classes I have taught but I think they would be great for last day of class for reviews prior to major exams etc.
