The ageing game

Abstract

The ageing game is a teaching method for up to 30 students (in all medical and paramedical disciplines) which allows maximum student involvement. It consists essentially of 90 individual cards, each of which bears a statement relevant to ageing or the practice of medicine in old age. The statements may be true, false or doubtful. Students are dealt a proportion of the cards each and by discussion together and exchange between each other attempt to assemble a group in which all the statements are true. Students are subsequently combined in twos and fours and the final part of the game consists of an adjudication of the cards held by each group, allowing the teacher plenty of scope to comment on the various statements.