Teenage Gamers Are Better At Virtual Surgery Than MDs - Polidicks

[quote]A lot of people see videogames as the archetypal time-waster. That's silly, and there have been a lot of studies that show why. The latest? Researchers have found that high school- and college-age gamers are better virtual surgeons than medical residents. Scientists from University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston had a hunch that students with a regular videogame diet (high school sophomores who played two hours of games a day and college students who played four) would be primed for virtual surgery tools. They were right. When performance with those tools was measured, the game-playing students did better than a group of residents at UTMB. It was only slightly better, but still. Kinda makes you wonder: Who do you really want poking you with needles, a prim Harvard-educated resident or a slovenly high school kid who spends Friday nights playing Call of Duty? The study used a machine that replicated surgeries--suture this, pass off that needle, etc. It then measured the users' competency based on how well they did the tasks, including the tension they put on their instruments and their overall hand-eye coordination. The high school students did best, followed by the college group, followed by the UTMB residents. For something to compare the results to, researchers also had the groups perform simulations without the gaming-type robotic aid used in the first test--an experiment that tested a different set of cognitive traits. The young gamers got trounced by the residents in that field. This doesn't mean we all need to rush to get our surgeons the latest copy of Halo 4. Most physicians working today, researchers note, weren't trained with robotic surgery tools. But having the same gaming background as the students probably wouldn't hurt, and researchers say we should reconsider how to train surgeons from the Xbox Generation.[/quote] Source: [url]http://www.popsci.com/gadgets/article/2012-11/teenage-gamers-are-better-virtual-surgery-medical-professionals[/url]

360 heart transplant no anesthesia

I should become a surgeon then.

I can tell from experience it's the same with welding. Carefully using the electrode on the metal surface requires coordination and a steady hand. It's a lot like surgery, but the organs are of metal and there's a lot more heat involved.

And I bet real surgeons are better than teenage gamers at real life surgery.

No scalpel Surgeons only Final destination

[quote]or a slovenly high school kid who spends Friday nights playing Call of Duty?[/quote]

There's a difference between good motor skills and an extensive knowledge of human biology and medical procedure

[QUOTE=brianosaur;38488684]And I bet real surgeons are better than teenage gamers at real life surgery.[/QUOTE] Real surgeons are better than teenage gamers at games.

What if I enjoy Postal, tho?

[QUOTE=Awesomecaek;38488840]What if I enjoy Postal, tho?[/QUOTE] I don't think hospitals like you urinating all over surgery patients.

[img]http://i.imgur.com/oRtt0.jpg[/img] Step back, I got this. [editline]17th November 2012[/editline] Phoenix Wright and L.A. Noire also taught me all I need to know to be the greatest detective/lawyer the world has ever seen.

Sounds like this game. Remember playing this in my 7th grade science class. Shit was so cash. [video=youtube;BdfWCc8n_GQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdfWCc8n_GQ[/video] [highlight](User was banned for this post ("Meme Response" - Terrenteller))[/highlight]

Well no shit, I don't think most surgeons have time to be honing their skills using virtual input methods. They'd rather do the real thing on a cadaver.

[QUOTE=obdob;38488816]There's a difference between good motor skills and an extensive knowledge of human biology and medical procedure[/QUOTE] Then one mixes both studies and knowledge of the medical know-how with the honed motor skills. I mean, it's not [i]that[/i] easy, but it does help if a gamer wants to study for a medical degree at least.

The bigger question is which group is more apt to put their balls in the mouth of an unconscious patient.

360 noscope heart transplant [editline]18th November 2012[/editline] 720 no keyboard bad post

As a young lad, I was pretty good at that operation board game.

[QUOTE=Egon Spengler;38488620]360 heart transplant no anesthesia[/QUOTE] I literally cannot stop laughing.

Become a Surgeon today and you too can dual wield kidneys!

"Trauma Center is one of the most realistic surgery games ever" Words of wisdom I heard over IRC :suicide:

You know, if it wasn't for the 7-something years of med school, I would love to be a doctor. [editline]17th November 2012[/editline] Also I hate teamwork. [editline]17th November 2012[/editline] I also hate people. [editline]17th November 2012[/editline] I would not make a good doctor.

"Nurse, scalpel" "Just press R3, Doctor"

collateral injection

transplantstreak: "scalpel"

Tactical scalpel with a heartbeat sensor would definitely come in handy.

what about surgeon gamers? [QUOTE=Derp Y. Mail;38490008]You know, if it wasn't for the 7-something years of med school, I would love to be a doctor. [editline]17th November 2012[/editline] Also I hate teamwork. [editline]17th November 2012[/editline] I also hate people. [editline]17th November 2012[/editline] I would not make a good doctor.[/QUOTE] "I have good news and bad news" "What" "you have terminal brain cancer" "whats the good news?" "That was the good news... the bad news is my dog died yesterday"

FC'd an appendectomy on expert difficulty yesterday. I'd like to meet the guy who can do that solo without Star Power.

[QUOTE=Rammaster;38488914]Sounds like this game. Remember playing this in my 7th grade science class. Shit was so cash. [video=youtube;BdfWCc8n_GQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdfWCc8n_GQ[/video] [highlight](User was banned for this post ("Meme Response" - Terrenteller))[/highlight][/QUOTE] how is that a meme response

[QUOTE=Noss;38491023]how is that a meme response[/QUOTE] Apparently shit was so cash is now a meme response worthy of bans.