COPD Card Game *Award Winner*

Improving treatment plans for those suffering from rare disease

Dashe partnered with the American College of Chest Physicians to develop an interactive game to help their patient-facing staff members treat individuals suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). COPD is a common lung disease causing restricted airflow and breathing problems which can require precise diagnoses and immediate treatment.

Challenge

Dashe was asked to create a virtual experience that allows the learner to make choices based on the varying state of the patients’ COPD symptoms so as to improve treatment services. Each patient has a very distinct and nuanced to COPD making the need for learning that much greater. With a spectrum of patient cases, the lesson needed both breadth and depth.

Our Solution

Every patient is different and needs to be treated uniquely. The approach to this learning experience had to be one with real-life examples with extensive variables while also offering an approach that could be repeated and serve an increasing population of patients. Providing treatment for rare diseases is stressful and yet those who have to perform that task need to be composed and precise. The learning experience needed to result in sharpened skills and senses while maintaining grace and composure.

Unshuffling the nuances of COPD