2024 ASM Conference for Undergraduate Educators

An educational escape room was designed to be used in multiple undergraduate courses and with the general public to introduce interdisciplinary content in an engaging way. The full escape room experience and theme uses a One Health approach with participants taking on professional roles within a plausible storyline. The physical escape room design is also modular and can be moved to a wide variety of locations. The design is based upon popular escape rooms, but allows the educator to use a subset of puzzles to tailor lessons to specific concepts and time constraints. During this Microbrew Session, participants will learn the basics of how to construct their own escape room. They will also have the opportunity to solve a few puzzles from the larger escape room design that can easily be introduced into a course on their own or in a larger context.