Gaming Improves Surgical Skill
February 20th, 2007 by Gibran Nawaz in Articles, Business, Offbeat
A research taken place at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York had observed surgeons who had played video games atleast three hours a week against surgeons who had not played video games at all.
“…the nine doctors who had at some point played video games at least three hours per week made 37 per cent fewer errors, performed 27 per cent faster, and scored 42 per cent better in the test of surgical skills than the 15 surgeons who had never played video games before.”
This is no surprise, seeing how video games practice your reflexes and motor skills. It’s good to hear some positive publicity for video games, in contrast to the work of Jack Thompson. I guess medical students should start playing Trauma Center now.
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February 20th, 2007 at 1:29 pm
??? can anyone say LUCK ???
February 20th, 2007 at 3:21 pm
” I guess medical students should start playing Trauma Center now. ”
sure. i mean after all it’ll make you a bette doctor, right?..
blasted Ninny fanboy!
February 20th, 2007 at 4:33 pm
I own Trauma Center for the Wii. Guess I should change majors in college, but first I better get Trauma Center for the DS as well…
February 20th, 2007 at 9:02 pm
Lol that is actually kinda funny in some odd way.
But I think if you play some type of sport you might have the same results or better, since those also increase your motor skills.
February 20th, 2007 at 9:07 pm
“Doctor, will I live?”
“Don’t worry, I played Trauma Center when I was a kid.”
“That’s a relief!”
“OK let’s see,
the green thing’s connected to the red thing,
the red thing punps blood to the bluuuuee thing,
the blue thing’s connected to my wriiiist watch.. OH NO!”