The Pharmacy Game

Educational tool created to train pharmacy students for the real-world challenges through simulation and serious gaming.

The Pharmacy Game is an innovative tool for training pharmacy students. It is a unique concept combining simulation of the pharmacy practice environment with serious gaming.

Students are trained in a fun and highly effective manner, gaining confidence to face the real-world work challenges. The game is supported and facilitated through a web platform, created to be adjustable for different educational systems.

Nowadays, the Pharmacy Game is successfully implemented in the curriculum of 10 universities all over the world, providing the best learning practices for the future pharmacists.

Game since 2000
The Netherlands
Game since 2008
Belgium
Game since 2016
Australia
Game since 2019
Lithuania
Game since 2018
England
Game since 2004
The Netherlands
Game since 2015
England
Game since 2021
Norway
Game since 2021
The Netherlands
Game since 2023
North Macedonia

around the world

Upcoming events

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June 2024
Third Pharmacy Game international symposium
The third Pharmacy Game international symposium will be held on 3 - 4 June 2024 in Groningen. This year the topic is  AI and the Pharmacy Game: Exploring the need…

Latest news

New article alert! Reducing Pharmaceuticals in Water, a New Module Integrated in the Pharmacy Game: Evaluating the Module’s Effects on Students’ Knowledge and Attitudes

By Tanja Fens
Pharmaceutical residues end up in surface waters, impacting drinking water sources and contaminating the aquatic ecosystem. Pharmacists can play a role in reducing pharmaceutical residues, yet this is often not addressed in pharmacy undergraduate education. Therefore, we developed the educational…

Pharmacy students learning to become leaders in reducing pharmaceuticals in water

By Tanja Fens
Today we are launching a new educational module that will reflect aspects/elements of environmental sustainability, particularly pharmaceuticals found in water. The module will be integrated into the innovative educational tool, the Pharmacy Game at the University of Groningen. It consists…

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