The Impact of Video Games on Training Surgeons in the 21st Century

2007684 citationsJournal Article

Authors

James C. Rosser · Mount Sinai Beth Israel

Abstract

Video game skill correlates with laparoscopic surgical skills. Training curricula that include video games may help thin the technical interface between surgeons and screen-mediated applications, such as laparoscopic surgery. Video games may be a practical teaching tool to help train surgeons.

Topics & Keywords

Educational Games and Gamification Surgical Simulation and Training Ophthalmology and Visual Health Research

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Quality Education

Publication Details

Published in: Archives of Surgery

Volume 142, Issue 2, pp. 181-181

DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.142.2.181

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