Videogames And Surgery - Fine Bedfellows?

Posted by simoniker on Tuesday October 7, 2003 @07:56PM from the literally-life-and-death dept.

Thanks to GamerDad for their editorial discussing why playing videogames can make you a better doctor. The author, a medical man and long-time gamer, found "...that when learning how to perform laparoscopic surgery, that it seemed to come relatively easy for me", explaining laparoscopy is "...operating by watching the instruments on a television screen. You are not able to look down at your hands because you need to keep your eyes on the screen." He credits games as "honing my hand-eye coordination", and concludes: "In my professional opinion, growing up in the age of video games has helped me to learn how to perform laparoscopic surgery more easily and quickly." Which careers are you better-suited for through your use of videogames?

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Not just for medicine anymore by Dancin_Santa · 2003-10-07 20:08 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Since I've started doing lunges at the gym, Mrs. Dancin Santa has become happier and more sexually satisfied.

I'm going to kill the elf who's been fucking her while I'm at the gym.