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Surgeons Who Play Video Games May Be Better at Surgery
CHICAGO, IL -- February 20, 2007 -- In
a study involving 12 surgeons and 21 surgical residents, video game
skill was correlated with laparoscopic surgery skill as assessed during
a simulated surgery skills course, according to a report in the
February issue of Archives of Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives
journals.
James C. Rosser Jr., MD, of Beth Israel
Medical Center, New York, and colleagues asked 33 surgeons (21
residents and 12 attending physicians) about their video game–playing
habits, then assessed their performance at the Rosser Top Gun
Laparoscopic Skills and Suturing Program, a one-and-a-half day course
that scores surgeons on time and errors during simulated surgery
drills. During the study, conducted from May through August, 2002, the
surgeons also played three video games for 25 minutes while the
researchers assessed their gaming skills.
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