So Video game players are better at playing video games than doctors...
All this demonstrates that video games are effective tools for training in simple manual tasks. A master seamstress can be taught to suture in about 15 minutes and will be better than any doctor. Video games are very good at teaching assembly line skills, most surgery is done on an assembly line. The real trick to medicine is deciding that the surgery is necessary (without looking inside).
Originally shared by Ward PlunetTeenage Gamers Better At Simulated Surgery Than Medical Residents
The study used machines that simulated live surgical techniques, such as needle passing and suturing, and found that high schoolers who played an average of two hours of video games a day did “slightly better than our physicians in training,” said UTMB Dr. Sami Kilic. “Our physicians in training have already participated in actual cases. It tells me that this computer games helps a lot to transfer the knowledge and skills gained from the computer games.”
The study used machines that simulated live surgical techniques, such as needle passing and suturing, and found that high schoolers who played an average of two hours of video games a day did “slightly better than our physicians in training,” said UTMB Dr. Sami Kilic. “Our physicians in training have already participated in actual cases. It tells me that this computer games helps a lot to transfer the knowledge and skills gained from the computer games.”
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