PEDAGOGICAL INNOVATIONS IN PUBLIC HEALTH LAW: AN EXHAUSTIVE REVIEW OF SIMULATION, GAMIFICATION, AND LEGAL EPIDEMIOLOGY
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https://doi.org/10.18623/rvd.v23.5153Keywords:
Public Health Law, Simulation Based Learning, Gamification, Legal Education, Experiential PedagogyAbstract
In order to better reflect contemporary professional practice, this study examines how public health law education has changed from its traditional reliance on case-based instruction to experiential, simulation-based, and multidisciplinary approaches. The Langdellian paradigm enhances analytical thinking, but it does not adequately prepare lawyers to handle complex problems like pandemics, cross-sector coordination, regulatory governance, and health disparities. The study is based on the constructivist and situated learning theories and demonstrates that the use of serious games, simulations, tabletop, legal epidemiology tools, and virtual reality enhances judgment, ethical awareness, teamwork, and systems thinking. Students are exposed to limitations, authority structures, and uncertainties that are often absent from typical classroom environments through experiential learning. The paper addresses risks like trivialization, design bias, unequal access, and digital divides in order to ensure that graduates are capable, moral, and practically successful in promoting universal health and professional responsibility across various legal and public health systems, both now and in the future. Additionally, it promotes equity-centered implementation, rigorous assessment, and carefully designed curricula.
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