Create a flipped classroom without the overwhelm
The TableTop Escape Kit
Bring a ready-to-go escape room to your classroom or clinical.
The TableTop Escape Kit blends together the tactile tools and puzzles of an escape room with the clinical judgment nursing students need to practice.
Do you want to implement an escape room activity but …
🤷🏾♀️Are confused by all of the puzzles options and ideas?
⏱️Don’t have the time to develop and build a complete activity?
🤹🏾♂️Feel overwhelmed by starting from scratch?
🔍Looking for an activity that teaches clinical judgment, uses teamwork, and builds student confidence?
Don’t let the overwhelm or time constraints keep you from implementing a flipped classroom!
You can have a ready-to-go activity to create an engaged, enjoyable, easy-to-implement classroom activity by next week!
Introducing …
TableTop Escape Kit
A complete, educational escape room for nursing students learning to manage complex patient scenarios and develop clinical judgment.
It will be the type of activity that your students will love while building their critical thinking skills!
How does it work?
Create a group and give them the kit
All of the instructions, from set-up to wrap-up, are included with images. Students just scan a QR code on the welcome card and get to work!
students discover data and apply concepts
The case study unfolds through online and tactile puzzles. Students discover information and apply clinical judgment to move the case study forward.
Lead an amazing debriefing session
A debriefing template is provided and instructors can use the slide deck as it is or as a template to add additional topics to the debriefing session.
Reset the kit for the next group
The unfolding case study is easy to reset between groups to classes. A simple reset guide is included with the kit.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, students will:
Determine important assessment findings in type 2 diabetes
Review pathophysiology related to type 2 diabetes
Categorize medications associated with type 2 diabetes
Manage insulin dosing in type 2 diabetic patients based on a sliding scale and carbohydrate counts
Utilize a hypoglycemic protocol for the management of a low blood sugar
Give students the opportunity to practice these skills in a safe learning environment!
Just wanted to give you feedback on this genius idea. I teach a clinical judgment class to senior students and I just used your kit in my simulation lab today. The students said it really made them think about what was going on with the patient. We used the debriefing form and it was a great experience!
- Charity
We are doing the type 2 diabetes kit in class again today - students love this and it is such a fun and engaging lesson!
- LAURA
What is it like to use a TableTop Escape Kit?
Great question! Here are some of the features of the tabletop kit:
Imagine your classroom or clinical post-conference …
❌ Not having the time to create an escape room activity from scratch
❌Feeling overwhelmed with flipping your classroom and developing active learning lessons
❌ Zoned out students listening to lecture or exhausted students in post conference
✅ Having an escape room activity ready to go
✅Confidently delivering an active learning lesson that can be used each semester
✅Students who are actively participating in class and engaged with the activity
READY TO order the escape kit?
You can bundle a kit with a deck for a discount! You can check out the decks HERE.
Type 2 Diabetes Unfolding Case Study
TableTop Escape Kit
+ A ready-to-go tabletop kit that connects to online puzzles that will have students engaged with the content.
+ Learning objectives around type 2 diabetes including insulin dosing, carbohydrate counting, pharmacology, pathophysiology, and management of a hypoglycemic episode.
+ Small and portable, easy to take to class or clinical. Included reset guide makes it simple to reuse between groups.
+ Everything that you need is included: links to online puzzles, maps, order sets, protocols, various props, patient information, locks, a flashlight, and batteries.
+ A link to a complete debriefing guide to use after students complete the scenario.
Frequently Asked Questions
1. What is included with this kit?
All of the pieces for you to implement an engaging activity around the management of type 2 diabetes. I don’t want you to be surprised by the content, so check out the video HERE to see a complete walk-through of the kit and puzzles and decide if it is a fit for your content.
2. Is this an appropriate level for fundamentals students?
The kit is most appropriate for students in an adult theory course. While these topics are introduced in fundamentals, the kit asks students to apply their knowledge to a clinical situation, which may be beyond the level of some fundamentals students. Please watch the video HERE to see if the topics are appropriate for your students.
3. Do you have a refund policy?
If you are not satisfied with the kit for any reason or if once you receive it, you feel it is too easy/hard for your level of students, you can return it to me within 30 days.
4. how long does it take?
This activity will take approximately 45 minutes for a group of students to complete. With a strong debriefing session at the end, it could take 60+ minutes.
5. How do the online puzzles work?
The kit is a beautiful blend of interacting with real objects and online puzzles. To begin the case study, students scan a QR code which gives them instructions on how to setup the kit. The online component provides the storyline and instructions about which pieces of the kit to use and when. There are also puzzles that are solved online. Students will need a phone or tablet to interact with this kit.
6. What concepts are covered?
Through an interesting story, students must first identify concerning assessment findings as well as review a medication administration record for red flags. Next, students will uncover the patient’s meals through a review of pathophysiology and pharmacology in type 2 diabetes. Then, students will use the meal cards to count carbohydrates and use an insulin sliding scale. Finally, the patient has a hypoglycemic episode in which students must recognize the assessment findings and intervene appropriately.