Surgeons Use Gaming to Improve Skills

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Posted by Zonk on Sunday February 27, 2005 @05:27PM from the article-should-have-used-the-term-skillz dept.

The New York Times (registration required) has an analysis of several surgeons at Beth Israel Medical Center who utilize video games to improve their operating room hand-eye coordination. From the article: "The complex manual dexterity required to be a stellar video gamer and minimally invasive surgeon are strikingly similar, said Dr. Rosser, chief of minimally invasive surgery and director of the hospital's Advanced Medical Technology Institute."

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Hmmm... (Score:5, Funny)

by general_re ( 8883 ) writes: on Sunday February 27, 2005 @05:31PM (#11796435) Homepage

So if your chart says "pwned!!!1!!1", that's a good thing?

You just have to hope... (Score:4, Funny)

by Fitzghon ( 578350 ) writes: on Sunday February 27, 2005 @06:03PM (#11796780)

...that they haven't been playing too much Doom 3.
DOCTOR (regarding the screen): Well, it is very dark.... And, OH MY GOD A ZOMBIE!!!! AAHHAAHH!!!111!!!1!! DIE MOTHERF*CKER!!!! oh, oops... (nervous laugh) don't worry, you can survive with only one kidney...

quick! (Score:5, Funny)

by Korgrath ( 714211 ) writes: on Sunday February 27, 2005 @06:25PM (#11796998) Homepage

"oh no! he's going into cardiac arrest! We must save him!" up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, SELECT, START. *random chime* "Phew! good work everyone!"

Do the slashdot editors even read these things? (Score:4, Funny)

by cgenman ( 325138 ) writes: on Monday February 28, 2005 @12:14AM (#11799777) Homepage

It's spelled "Skillz"

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