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Study: Video games can help cut surgical errors

Postby Class316 on Wed May 24, 2006 5:30 pm

LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) -- A new study suggests that people preparing for surgery ask their doctor: "Have you played your video games today?"

Surgeons who warmed up by playing video games like "Super Monkey Ball" for 20 minutes immediately prior to performing surgical drills were faster and made fewer errors than those who did not, said Dr. James "Butch" Rosser, lead investigator on the study slated for release Wednesday.

The research involved 303 surgeons participating in a medical training course that included video games and was focused on laparoscopic surgical procedures -- which use a tiny video camera and long, slender instruments inserted through small incisions.


http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/fun.games/ ... index.html
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Postby were on Wed May 24, 2006 5:47 pm

i wish i can make money doing "studies" like that.

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Postby Silverhaze on Thu May 25, 2006 9:49 am

God damn right were!! Who the hell pays for these studies?!
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