Serious Games GPT Designer

Story Maker Chatbot for creating interesting game stories for serious games

Conference presentations:

• Yap KY, Liem M. (17 Sep 2022) Gamifying fantasy with reality: Deconstructing storytelling through Squid Game. Presented as a 3-hour conference workshop at the SingHealth Duke-NUS Education Conference 2022. Organized by SingHealth Duke-National University of Singapore (DUKE-NUS). Held virtually and at The Academia, Singapore.

• Yap KY, Liem M. (8 Jul 2023) How to create good stories for serious games in healthcare: Deconstructing storytelling through Squid Game. Paper presented as a 40-minute main conference academic workshop (Paper 15, Session 12: Human, organisational and social aspects, Room C4.1) at MedInfo23 – The 19th World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics, International Convention Center (ICC) Sydney, Sydney, Australia. Organized by the Australasian Institute of Digital Health (AIDH) and the International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA).

RetroZfecT (RZT)

A fantasy multiplayer online role-playing game (MORPG) for training of 21st century skills

Publications:

• Yap KY, Tan SIBH, Yap KZ. Students’ perceptions of an in-house developed multi-player online role-playing serious game for learning of 21st century skills – a cross sectional study. Int J Dig Health 2021 Mar; 1(1): 6, 1-13.

• Yap KY, Tan SIBH, Yap KZ, Yap JYG. Students’ perceptions of an in-house developed pharmacy serious game for professional skills training. BMJ Simul Technol Enhance Learn 2020; 6(5): 293-296.

• Yap KY, Yap KZ, Yap JYG. Creating a pharmaceutical wonderland based on gaming habits and preferences of Gen C students for the education of medication dispensing and patient counseling. Ind Eng Res 2015; 8(1): 1-21.

• Chang HY, Poh DYH, Wong LL, Yap JYG, Yap KY. Student preferences on gaming aspects for a serious game in pharmacy practice education. JMIR Med Educ 2015; 1(1): e2.

• Yap KY, Yap KZ, Yap JYG. A gamification framework for training of patient and medications management skills. J Game Support Interact Learn 2015; 1(1): 47-58.

Probiotics e-Reference Guide

An evidence-based reference database on probiotic products in Singapore for healthcare professionals and patients

Publication:

• Goh ADY, Ng CSM, Toh YG, Chong JBK, Chew EH, Yap KY. Development of a Probiotics Practice E-Reference Database for Health Care Professionals. Clin Ther. 2021 Dec;43(12):e364-e376.e3.

VRx

A 3D Virtual Reality Apprenticeship Program for medication safety training

Publication:

• Tsang WY, Fan P, Raj SDH, Tan ZJ, Lee IYY, Boo I, Yap KY. Development of a Three-Dimensional (3D) Virtual Reality Apprenticeship Program (VRx) for Training of Medication Safety Practices. Int J Dig Health 2022; 2(1):4.

KnowYourPandemic Web-App

Increase your awareness about the past and present epidemics/ pandemics; Perform symptom and contact tracking for you and your family

Publication:

• Yap KY, Xie Q. Personalizing symptom monitoring and contact tracing efforts through a COVID-19 web-app. BMC Infect Dis Poverty 2020 Jul; 9: 93.

The Digihealth Eduverse

Continuing Professional Education in the Metaverse

Conference Presentations:

• Yap KY. (2022, Oct 14-15) Developing a Metaverse Gallery Exhibition for continuing education of healthcare professionals. Paper presented as a virtual poster (abstr 011) at the Singapore Allied Health Conference, SingHealth Academy, Singapore.

• Yap KY, Liem M. (2022, Oct 17-18) Learner perceptions of the potential of the Metaverse for digital health education. Paper presented as oral presentation (Paper 57) at the Digital Health Summit 2022, organized by the Australasian Institute of Digital Health (AIDH), held at the International Convention Center (ICC) Sydney, Sydney, Australia.

VMHR

Virtual Medication Horror Room

Conference Presentations:

• Ahmad AB, Tan S, Yap KY. (2023, Jul 9) The Saltomachy War – A metaverse escape room on the War Against Salt. Paper presented as oral presentation (Paper 32) at the MedInfo23, organized by the Australasian Institute of Digital Health (AIDH), held at the International Convention Center (ICC) Sydney, Sydney, Australia.

The Saltomachy War (TSW)

Metaverse escape room on the “War Against Salt”