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Hey Klaus, we'd prefer the games to be online playable --is this possible for your game?

No problem. A group of med students will be meeting this Sunday afternoon (3/3) where we will play each game and rank them per the jams criteria. Monday we should be able to announce the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners. The winners will then be contacted by email and asked for their basic information so we can send them a check. Good luck!

Probably the best source for listing diseases followed symptoms may be 'First Aid for the USMLE STEP 2 CK'. This is the study guide for the second two years of med school--so its better at listing disease symptoms, diagnoses, and treatment options. Some other resources might get you bogged down with physiology, genetics, pathology of disease, not just symptoms. You would have to pay about $30 (if you want it legally). OTherwise, I think the best FREE resource might be onlinemeded.com. Through their 'clinical' then 'topics' links, you can find all subjects, followed be disease states--then through a 10-15min video they will list all pertinent symptoms. Hope that helps! If you find a resrouce but not sure, send us the link and we'll check it out. 

The theme is "medical school content". So the range of topics is pretty wide, but has to be something that medical school, nursing school, or pharmacy school students are learning or going to learn. Many ideas for these games are going to have a game framework that could potentially house almost unlimited educational content. You may want to work on the framework first--then find appropriate subject matter to embed, such as anatomy facts, biochem facts, cardiology facts, facts of diabetes... OR you could find a small medical subject and to build the game around, like a sim game of laparoscopic surgery or placing a central line. 

This is the hardest part of the Game Jam!

"Med school level" means the game has incorporated subject matter taught within medical/nursing/pharmacy schools. There are some good sources on the main page (First Aid for the USMLE Step 1 or even Onlinemeded.com). A single online game is not going to have ALL subject matter included, it will highlight one small topic or procedure. Here is a quick list of some basic sciences taught in med/nursing schools:

Basic sciences: Anatomy, Pathology, Pharmacology, Cell biology, microbiology, immunology, biochemistry, behavioral science

Clinical sciences: Cardiology, respiratory, nephrology, infectious disease, endocrine, heme/oncology, reproductive,...

BUT you don't have to incorporate the entire science into your game. Pick a small component (Glucose pathway within biochem, Heart failure in cardiology, simulate different skin rashes for dermatology,...)

ALSO realize that your game can simulate a small procedure. To make the procedure MED SCHOOL LEVEL, youtube it to get the procedure taught by doctors first--so the simulator doesn't look like Surgeon Simulator (NOT med school level).