Tabletop Games for MedEd
We are building a list of card and board games for medical education that are available for use. If you have a game that you would like to have listed please submit it with the form below.
To be included games must be:
A game designed explicitly for the purpose of education (a serious game)
Used for education of health care professionals
Available publicly. This can mean available to purchase online, free to print from a webpage, or published as a supplement to a journal article.
After our team reviews the information submitted games will be added to the listing and shared online and at conference presentations.
List of card and board games for medical education. Games marked with * have a free to print version.
Aftershock https://www.thegamecrafter.com/games/aftershock
Anatomy & Physiology Trivia https://www.thegamecrafter.com/games/anatomy-physiology-trivia
Anatomy Rummy https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/65414/anatomy-rummy
Assessing Arrhythmias https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/65424/assessing-arrhythmias
Beat the Shock Clock* https://www.mededportal.org/doi/10.15766/mep_2374-8265.10804
Billing Bonanza* https://www.mededportal.org/doi/10.15766/mep_2374-8265.11307
Burn Game https://shop.focusgames.com/collections/harm-free-care/products/burns-game
Candy Gland: A Diabetes Board Game for Medical Students* https://www.mededportal.org/doi/10.15766/mep_2374-8265.11294
Cards Against Orthopaedics* https://em3.org.uk/foamed/15/6/2018/cards-against-orthopaedics
Cards Against Paediatric Dermatology* https://em3.org.uk/foamed/9/8/2019/cards-against-paediatric-dermatology
Cards Against Paediatric ECGs* https://em3.org.uk/foamed/23/9/2020/cards-against-paediatric-ecgs
Cards Against Paediatric Orthopaedics (Lower Limbs)* https://em3.org.uk/foamed/2/7/2021/cards-against-paediatric-orthopaedics-lower-limbs
Cards Against Paediatric Orthopaedics (Upper Limbs)* https://em3.org.uk/foamed/25/6/2021/cards-against-paediatric-orthopaedics-upper-limbs
Clinical Coaching Cards* https://www.mededportal.org/doi/10.15766/mep_2374-8265.11042
Crainial Vault https://www.thegamecrafter.com/games/cranial-vault
Critical Care Game https://www.criticalcaregame.com/
Debriefing Game Cards* https://links.lww.com/SIH/A216
Drug Calculation Card (Mini-Game) https://shop.focusgames.com/collections/harm-free-care/products/drug-calculation
Drug Round https://shop.focusgames.com/collections/harm-free-care/products/drug-round-game
ECG Bingo* https://em3.org.uk/foamed/30/8/2016/ecg-bingo
Empiric Emergency Medicine* EmpiricGame.com
Empiric Inpatient Pediatrics https://www.drivethrucards.com/product/408190/Empiric-Inpatient-Pediatrics
Empiric Outpatient Medicine* EmpiricGame.com
First Aid the Game https://shop.focusgames.com/collections/harm-free-care/products/first-aid-game
Foramina! https://www.thegamecrafter.com/games/foramina-, https://www.foraminagame.com/, https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/375150/foramina
Forbidden Neurds https://www.thegamecrafter.com/games/forbidden-neurds:-membrane-action-potential
Friday Night at the ER https://www.blearning.com/fner https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/34494/friday-night-er, https://fridaynightattheer.com/
Game of Stoolshttps://shop.focusgames.com/collections/infection-prevention/products/game-of-stools
Games Squared* http://bit.ly/GamesSquaredGME
GER-ANIUM* https://www.mededportal.org/doi/10.15766/mep_2374-8265.7900
GridlockED https://www.thegamecrafter.com/games/gridlocked2, https://www.gridlockedgame.com/
Gut It Out https://www.thegamecrafter.com/games/gut-it-out, https://www.catlau.ca/gut-it-out
Harm Free Game https://shop.focusgames.com/collections/harm-free-care/products/harm-free-game
Infection Control the Game https://shop.focusgames.com/collections/infection-prevention/products/infection-control-game
Infection Management https://shop.focusgames.com/collections/infection-prevention/products/infection-management
L&D in the ED: A Game-Based Approach to Learning High-Risk Obstetric Emergencies* https://www.mededportal.org/doi/10.15766/mep_2374-8265.10815
Liver Land! https://www.thegamecrafter.com/games/liver-land-
Meducational https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1103157999/meducational-a-card-game-for-medics
Musculoskeletal Basics https://www.mededportal.org/doi/10.15766/mep_2374-8265.10749
Name that Nerve https://www.thegamecrafter.com/games/name-that-nerve
NeuroNavigator https://www.thegamecrafter.com/games/neuronavigator, https://www.austinlim.com/games
Occam's Razor https://store.nerdcoremedical.com/collections/games-and-study-aids/products/occams-razor-the-diagnosticians-dilemma?variant=17384963975
Pharmageddon: Bugs vs Drugs https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/357797/pharmageddon-bugs-vs-drugs
Portocaval anastomosis card game* https://www.mededportal.org/doi/full/10.15766/mep_2374-8265.10696
Retain — Neonatal Resuscitation https://www.thegamecrafter.com/games/retain-neonatal-resuscitation-north-america-, https://retainlabsmedical.com/index.html
Sepsis https://shop.focusgames.com/products/the-sepsis-game?variant=7634693095471
Signal Neurotransmiter game https://www.thegamecrafter.com/games/signal
SPRINT* https://www.mededportal.org/doi/10.15766/mep_2374-8265.10956
Stop The Pressure https://shop.focusgames.com/collections/harm-free-care/products/stop-the-pressure
Stroke Game https://shop.focusgames.com/collections/stroke/products/the-stroke-game
Stroke of Genius https://www.thegamecrafter.com/games/stroke-of-genius1, https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/378852/stroke-genius
Tablerounds https://playtablerounds.com/product/table-rounds/
The “Three D's” of Cognitive Impairment https://www.mededportal.org/doi/10.15766/mep_2374-8265.243
The Bloody Board Game https://www.mededportal.org/doi/10.15766/mep_2374-8265.11057
The Game of hospitals https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/tct.12615#support-information-section
The Last Straw! https://anotherstory.ca/item/PYXKdCgCBZNizgOIoU57jg, https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/62134/last-straw-board-game-social-determinants-health
The Lesion: Charcot's Tournament https://www.thegamecrafter.com/games/the-lesion:-charcot-s-tournament,
The Paediatric Foreign Body Game* https://em3.org.uk/foamed/6/10/2020/the-paediatric-foreign-body-game
The Toxicology Game* https://em3.org.uk/foamed/4/7/2016/the-toxicology-game
The Zombie Sepsis Game* https://em3.org.uk/foamed/24/5/2019/the-zombie-sepsis-game
Triage: The Game For Health Care Professionals https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/136553/triage-game-health-care-professionals
TriagED https://www.gridlockedgame.com/triaged-game