Medical Board Game

Abstract

A board game for educational and recreational purposes allowing players to simulate advancement through the various levels of employment and knowledge in the health care industry. The game is played on a board with a continuous path along its outer edge. Players advance around the board using a thrown die, keeping their place with a token. Each player starts at the lowest level in the health care industry and endeavors to become Surgeon General of the United States.

1 . A board game wherein players advance by correctly answering questions relating to the Health Care System, said game comprising: 
 A plurality of tokens with a medical theme;    A plurality of question and answer cards wherein the questions are medically based;    A plurality of “Health Care Dollars” of various denominations;    A plurality of cards indicating rank in the medical profession;    A game board having a playing surface comprising an outer periphery and an inner space, said outer periphery comprising a plurality of playing spaces each having a medically oriented name, said outer periphery further comprising a starting space, said inner space comprising a design with the name of the game and a playing space for receiving and holding said “Health Care Dollars,”   A chance means for determining movement along said outer periphery.    
   
   
       2 . The board game as recited in  claim 1  wherein said outer periphery further comprises a plurality of spaces labeled “Co-Pay” where a player is rewarded in “Health Care Dollars” for a correct answer and penalized for an incorrect answer.  
   
   
       3 . The board game as recited in  claim 1  wherein said playing space in said inner space of said game board is labeled “Scholarship Fund”.  
   
   
       4 . The board game as recited in  claim 1  wherein said chance means is a die.  
   
   
       5 . The board game as recited in  claim 1  wherein question and answer cards are of various degrees of difficulty.  
   
   
       6 . The board game as recited in  claim 1  wherein said starting space is labeled “Annual Salary”.  
   
   
       7 . The board game as recited in  claim 1  wherein playing spaces will be labeled in order of progression from said Annual Salary playing space: “Dialysis Center,” “Lab,” “Hospice Center,” “Blood Bank, “Doctor's Office,” “Urgent Care Center,” “Nursing School,” “Diagnostic Center,” “Pharmacy,” “Nursing Home,” “Scholarship Fund,” “Health Insurance,” “Physical Therapy,” “Hospital,” “Dialysis Center,” “Lab,” “Substance Abuse Center,” “Hospice Center,” “Dr.'s Office,” “Health Care Clinic,” “Medical School,” “Pharmacy,” “Nursing Home,” “City Morgue,” “First-Aid Station,” “Occupational Therapy,” “Senior Center”.  
   
   
       8 . A method of providing a medical profession education using a board game wherein players progress by correctly answering questions comprising: 
 A plurality of tokens with a medical theme;    A plurality of question and answer cards wherein the questions are medically based;    A plurality of “Health Care Dollars” of various denominations;    A plurality of cards indicating rank in the medical profession;    A game board having a playing surface comprising an outer periphery and an inner space, said outer periphery comprising a plurality of playing spaces each having a medically oriented name, said outer periphery further comprising a starting space, said inner space comprising a design with the name of the game and a playing space for receiving and holding said “Health Care Dollars,” labeled “Scholarship Fund,”   A starting playing space on said periphery labeled “Annual Salary,”   Said method comprising: 
 1. having each player select a token,  
 2. having each player roll the die, the highest roll determining who plays first,  
 3. rolling the die and advancing the same number of playing spaces around the periphery as are indicated by the die,  
 4. answering a question picked from the question and answer cards,  
 5. advancing to the next level of the health care profession if the question is answered correctly and if the player has landed on the Nursing School square while the player is in the nursing ranks, or the Medical School square if the player is in the medical profession ranks, and by paying a predetermined tuition,  
 6. paying an amount of “Health Care Dollars” to the “Scholarship Fund” for an incorrect answer on those playing spaces labeled “Co-Pay” 
 7. collecting an amount of “Health Care Dollars” for a correct answer on a playing space labeled “Co-Pay,” 
 8. collecting an amount of Health Care Dollars equal to a predetermined salary amount for the level the player has achieved each time the player passes or lands on the “Annual Salary” playing space,  
 9. progressing through the medical profession ranks until the highest rank “Surgeon General of the United States is achieved.