Edutainment: A Pioneering Innovation at the College of Health Sciences

Edutainment or Education through Entertainment is one of the latest innovations in teaching-learning methodology. As the focus shifts from studies to entertainment, it is expected to be better accepted by students and to be more effective than traditional class-room instruction. "Fun learning" has always been acceptable for teaching young children, but not many have incorporated it yet for teaching older children and adults. Although the scope of "Edutainment" is very vast, including video games, videos, movies and MS PowerPoint and MS Excel games, we at College of Health Sciences (CHS) pioneered the use of "game shows" as a pre-examination review activity. The focus of this paper is to identify the students' perception of game shows as an effective way to review topics and retain information and compare it with student scores on tests before and after the game show review activity.