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3: Gaming for Health

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What happens when a nurse merges a love of gaming with a passion for improving healthcare? A transformation in solving health challenges that is as unique as it is fun. Anna Sort, nurse, gamer and digital health entrepreneur, talks with host Shawna Butler about her groundbreaking work that leverages the fun, thrills and science of gamification to create behavioral change, improved health and innovative ways to learn new skills.

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Featured in this episode –

Anna Sort, nurse, co-founder and CEO, Indiehealth and Play Benefit

Additional resources and background information –

TEDx Barcelona featuring Anna Sort, https://bit.ly/381FZR6

Jane McGonigal, PhD, https://bit.ly/383I92D

University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing - Design Thinking for Health free online curriculum, https://bit.ly/2tekXQs

Ohio State University School of Nursing - The Innovation Studio, https://bit.ly/2uE6FJ8

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