Gaming Surgeons Are More Skilled

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A new study done by Beth Israel Medical Center in New York indicates that surgeons who have video game experience do better than surgeons with no video game skills.

Video game skills translated into higher scores on a day-and-half-long surgical skills test, and the correlation was much higher than the surgeon’s length of training or prior experience in laparoscopic surgery, the study said.

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