Lara Croft: wound raider.(surgeons who play video games make less mistakes in laparoscopic surgery)O'Meara, Stephen JamesD'Alto, Nick
the nine doctors who had at some point played video games at least three hours per week made 37 percent fewer errors, performed 27 percent faster, and scored 42 percent better in the test of surgical skills than the 15 surgeons who had never played video games before. ...
Curet, MD Archives of Surgery Abstract Background Video games have become extensively integrated into popular culture. Anecdotal observations of young surgeons suggest that video game play contributes to performance excellence in laparoscopic surgery. Training benefits for surgeons who play video games ...
Researchers found that doctors who spent at least three hours a week playing video games made about 37 percent less mistakes in laparoscopic surgery and performed the task 27 percent faster than their counterparts who did not play video games. "I use the same hand-eye coordination to play video...
Shah also touted Level Ex games for their educational capabilities. He said that fellows and students who would normally not be allowed to operate on a real patient get a high-fidelity simulation that gives them a better idea of what they'd be facing in real life. It could also help docto...
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The study found that participants in both groups improved their skills over the four week period, but those who had been trained on the Wii showed a significant improvement over the other group in their performance on several specific metrics like economy of instrument movements and efficient cauter...
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Group 1 (n = 19, video-gamers) were defined as those who play more than one hour per day in the last year, Group 2 (n = 19, non-gamers) were defined as those who play video games less than one hour per year. Both cohorts performed five attempts on completing a VR DHS and ...