Sant Joan de Déu launches a new interactive games space to bring research closer to patients and families

The Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu has created a fun experience called "Play and learn about research" to enjoy in the lobby of the SJD Barcelona Children's Hospital and bring biomedical research closer to our patients. The activity is designed to turn learning about the organs and systems of the human body into an interactive game that encourages curiosity and scientific knowledge.

The tour consists of five interactive elements representing the heart, the locomotor system, the brain, the digestive system and the lungs. Patients and their families will have to complete a mission: discover the order in which these elements should be visited. In this way, they will be able to access educational videos with curiosities about each of the organs and learn more about the research that is carried out at Sant Joan de Déu.

All videos are available in a web environment accessible through a QR code located next to the first stop.

An experience for all patients

The experience is adapted to different age groups. Children between 8 and 12 years old can view a video for each organ with curiosities and touches on research. The itinerary for those over 12 years old includes two videos per element: one explaining how the organ works and another where a researcher details the corresponding line of research. All videos are available in Catalan and Spanish, with animations that facilitate understanding and maintain the attention of participants.

To complete the experience, children, adolescents and families will have to follow a series of steps at each station: view the videos, solve the puzzles that lead to the next organ, look for the hidden codes and enter them in the web space to unlock the next screen.
This project has received funding from the Catalan Foundation for Research and Innovation.