According to a new study, surgeons who play more games make fewer mistakes at laparoscopic surgery.
Attention med students! Should you spend your reading week cracking the books? Or should be firing up the game console and blasting away?
According to a new study, the latter may be better.
Researchers at Iowa State University found that surgeons who play video games for at least three hours per week made 37 per cent few mistakes and worked 27 per cent faster at laparoscopic surgery than non-gaming doctors.
Laparoscopic surgery (also known as key-hole surgery) is a non-invasive procedure in which a camera is inserted through a tiny incision and controlled with a joystick. The actual surgery is done through the hole using chopstick-like implements.
Perhaps a Nintendo DS and a copy of Trauma Center should be standard issue for all new residents.
