Participants in this arm will receive a brief standardized introductory session covering basic concepts of burns, including causes, prevention, and first aid. After this introduction, participants will engage in a serious digital game for 25 minutes following a 5-minute familiarization period with the platform, totaling 30 minutes. The game presents educational content and questions related to burn prevention and first aid through virtual avatars. Participants are required to consult in-game educational materials before answering questions. Performance is assessed based on accuracy and response time, generating an automated final score. Participants will complete a post-intervention knowledge assessment questionnaire and a satisfaction questionnaire at the end of the intervention, as well as a follow-up assessment two weeks later.

Participants in this arm will first receive a brief standardized introductory session covering basic concepts of burns, including causes, prevention, and first aid. After this introduction, participants will attend a face-to-face educational lecture lasting 30 minutes, addressing types of burns, etiology, prevention strategies, and basic first-aid measures. Participants will complete pre- and post-intervention knowledge assessment questionnaires, as well as a follow-up assessment two weeks after the intervention.

The intervention consists of a serious digital game designed to provide education on burn prevention and first aid. The game delivers educational content through an interactive virtual environment in which participants engage with avatars that present questions and learning challenges related to burns. Participants are required to consult in-game educational materials before responding to each question. Performance metrics, including response accuracy and time to answer, are recorded automatically by the system to generate an overall score - which is not an endpoint of this study, since the control group does not have access to the game. The intervention is intended to promote active learning and knowledge acquisition through interactive and gamified educational strategies.

The primary outcome is knowledge acquisition related to burn prevention and first aid. Knowledge will be assessed using a structured multiple-choice questionnaire administered immediately before and immediately after the educational intervention. The questionnaire will be delivered through the Google Forms platform and consists of 20 multiple-choice questions, each with four response options, covering basic concepts of burns, prevention strategies, and first-aid measures. Each correct answer contributes to the total knowledge score, with higher scores indicating greater knowledge. The primary outcome will be expressed as the change in knowledge score from baseline to immediately after the intervention and will be compared between the two educational groups.

Knowledge retention related to burn prevention and first aid will be assessed using the same structured multiple-choice questionnaire applied during the initial evaluation. The questionnaire will be administered online using Google Forms and consists of 20 multiple-choice questions, each with four response options, covering basic concepts of burns, prevention strategies, and first-aid measures. It will be administered again approximately two weeks after the educational intervention to evaluate the extent to which the information learned was retained over time. The total score obtained at the follow-up assessment will be compared with baseline and immediate post-intervention scores. Higher scores indicate greater retention of knowledge.

Participant satisfaction with the educational intervention will be assessed immediately after completion of the intervention. Satisfaction will be evaluated for all participants using a structured questionnaire based on a 5-point Likert scale, validated for Brazilian Portuguese, to assess participants' perceptions of the educational experience, including clarity of content, engagement, usability, and overall satisfaction. Additionally, participants in the digital game intervention group will complete the User Experience Questionnaire (USERQ), a validated instrument that uses a 5-point scale to assess user experience with digital technologies, in order to evaluate interaction with the digital game platform. Higher scores indicate greater participant satisfaction with the educational intervention.