HITMAN
21-02-07, 08:22 PM
Makes them much better at their jobs
SURGEONS who are good at computer games are much better at precise surgical techniques, according to a US study.
The study in the February issue of Archives of Surgery, which we get for the spot the ball competition, says that there is a strong correlation between video game skills and a surgeon's capabilities performing keyhole surgery.
Those with video game skills translated into higher scores on a day-and-half-long surgical skills test, and was more important than prior experience or training.
Out of 33 surgeons, nine doctors who had at some point played video games at least three hours per week made 37 per cent fewer errors, performed 27 perc ent faster, and scored 42 percent better in the test of surgical skills than the 15 surgeons who had never played a computer game.
Ironically those who play too many computer games as a kid would be less likely to get themselves into Medical School
Source (http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=37754)
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A study with interesting results
Maybe some parents will now encourage their kids to play video games
SURGEONS who are good at computer games are much better at precise surgical techniques, according to a US study.
The study in the February issue of Archives of Surgery, which we get for the spot the ball competition, says that there is a strong correlation between video game skills and a surgeon's capabilities performing keyhole surgery.
Those with video game skills translated into higher scores on a day-and-half-long surgical skills test, and was more important than prior experience or training.
Out of 33 surgeons, nine doctors who had at some point played video games at least three hours per week made 37 per cent fewer errors, performed 27 perc ent faster, and scored 42 percent better in the test of surgical skills than the 15 surgeons who had never played a computer game.
Ironically those who play too many computer games as a kid would be less likely to get themselves into Medical School
Source (http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=37754)
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A study with interesting results
Maybe some parents will now encourage their kids to play video games