Medicos changes the game

Rebbekka Taukondyo is a fifth-year Namibian medical student studying in Havana, Cuba.

Taukondyo is the founder and creator of Medicos, a fun and educational medical board game for health professionals. The game is aimed at helping doctors, medical students, nurses, pharmacists or anyone eager to learn about medicine.

"It is practically a simulation of real-life, day-to-day experiences faced by health professionals, as it teaches you to think fast and study while having so much fun," Taukondyo said.

She was inspired to create the game following the difficulty she faced in her first two years of studying medicine.

She said students had to absorb a lot of content in a short period of time, which made the journey challenging. "Therefore, I created a flash card method, which made it so much easier, and I witnessed my grades improve drastically."

She decided to share this method, which had helped her throughout her medical studies.