Antibiotic Development Board Game Tool Kit

The antibiotic development board game was developed to promote understanding of the steps and hurdles involved in the antibiotic development pipeline – from the initial discovery of an active compound in the laboratory to final product entering the market. This student-generated board game is highly engaging and interesting, benefitting from simple set up requirements – a cardboard paper and stick notes.

This antibiotic development board game tool kit contains the following resources to support the delivery of the game:

1. Guidance sheet – which provides guidance on how to conduct the antibiotic development boardgame.

2. Workshop slides – PowerPoint presentation on background of drug development and setting up the game

3. Cheat sheet – Steps and hurdles- contains a list of potential hurdles identified for each stage, useful when helping the students to identify the hurdles.

4. Conference Poster Presentation- Poster presented on the board game

5. Adapted antibiotic development board game – An adapted version of the game for a larger cohort of medical students

6. Printable board