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- Waskonator, on 01/18/2008, -3/+75No, its true! I play Katamari a couple hours each day and then I roll around my apartment covered in reversed duct tape until God talks to me.
I'm getting pretty good. - Zippo, on 01/18/2008, -1/+68Well, so long as the surgeons realize I don't have any extra lives.
- allaboutdatiki, on 01/18/2008, -1/+53They said the same thing about playing "Operation" back in the day ... BBBBZZZZZTTTT!!!
- theholotrope, on 01/18/2008, -3/+33Doc: Alright son, we are going to perform a simple proce...
Patient: Have you played Wii?
Doc: Uuhhh, like I was saying... We will be doing this in a....
Patient: SHUuushhhh! Have you played Super Mario Galaxy dammit!!! - jonshipman, on 01/18/2008, -0/+20And no that's not a coin slot
- leetleo, on 01/18/2008, -0/+20Dr.Stiles unavailable for comment.
- cerealjynx, on 01/18/2008, -0/+20This just in: Practice makes perfect.
- SLockhart, on 01/18/2008, -2/+22In other news
Gangsters use GTA3 to fine tune their ho slappin' skills. - braves01, on 01/18/2008, -1/+20Trauma Center: Med School Edition
- Itazura, on 01/18/2008, -2/+12"The researchers asked eight surgical residents to play games on a Wii for an hour before their performed virtual surgery using a training tool called ProMIS, which simulates a patient's body in 3D and tracks the surgeon's movements as they operate."
8 Surgeons, all from the same residency. I would not bet my life on a Wii because one day 8 surgeons did better on a virtual surgery after playing an hour of Wii games. That is probably the least scientific study ever published. - spookycheddar, on 01/18/2008, -1/+11next theyll be saying playing guitar hero makes you a good musician.
- missingnoh4x, on 01/18/2008, -1/+9"US researchers are designing software that will allow doctors to carry out simulated surgery using the console's novel control system."
Don't we already have Trauma Center. - emjaymj, on 01/18/2008, -0/+8I am pretty sure that (for sane people anyways) practicing on the Wii doesn't diminish the idea that screwing up is not an option in real life.
- Spoomeister, on 01/18/2008, -1/+8That's not God, that's me, your downstairs neighbor. The rolling is driving me ***** *****.
Cut that ***** out, or I will go play Legend of Zelda for a few hours each day and then see what it inspires me to do to you. - Brian48216, on 01/18/2008, -1/+8US researchers are designing software that will allow doctors to carry out simulated surgery using the console's novel control system.
I think Japan already beat them with Trauma center... - Brad324, on 01/18/2008, -1/+8go to hell
- BubbaBubberson, on 01/18/2008, -0/+6magic green goo applied directly to a beating heart FTW
- estvir, on 01/18/2008, -1/+6There was a story last year which made the frontpage about games in general being good for surgeons. It was on Ars Technica I believe.
- Firehed, on 01/18/2008, -0/+5It's more about the steady hand thing.
- RyeBrye, on 01/18/2008, -0/+4"Damnit, nurse, get out of the way of the sensor bar!"
- BubbaBubberson, on 01/18/2008, -0/+3OK. . Let's begin the operation!!!!!!!!
- Wargalas, on 01/18/2008, -0/+3Butter fingers!
- xposiactionx, on 01/18/2008, -1/+4fail.
- Gabberwok, on 01/18/2008, -0/+3Finally! An excuse to blow off histology to play Super Mario Galaxy...
- ulmedas, on 01/18/2008, -0/+3We are researching similar efforts in our lab. Basically, it is logical to repeat the motions over and over again without horrible consequences when the first attempt hits a snag (or an artery,) and cadavers are an expensive practice subject.
I think a great many folks are working on similar efforts, but with more specific applications that simply playing games produced for the general population. Of course, a lot of research needs to be done to determine if anything like this is truly effective. But, if effective, it provides medical students a low cost easily portable quasi-practice device. - ErrorBorn, on 01/18/2008, -0/+3Next they're going to say that pilots are better at flying by playing Ace Combat 5.
- Ender008, on 01/18/2008, -0/+3Uh...?
- nicko68, on 01/18/2008, -0/+3"Ok nurse, I'm just going to start off by removing the Charlie horse here..."
"Excuse me?"
BZZZZ
"Dammit! I touched the side of the incision' - Uranium118, on 01/18/2008, -0/+2By playing video games, you improve your eye-hand coordination.
- Waskonator, on 01/18/2008, -1/+3Just pray the Konami code. You'll be fine...
- enri, on 01/18/2008, -0/+2As long as they don't try the Healing Touch while actually in surgery I think we're good.
- inactive, on 01/18/2008, -4/+6Makes sense that it would help with precision and to help calm the nerves. Only thing is, if they screw up in real life-- they can't reset the damned thing. In that case, isn't it good to have surgeons a bit more on edge than not?
- Miche1987, on 01/18/2008, -0/+2I have no idea why, but I lol'd.
- EtherGnat, on 01/18/2008, -0/+2Probably, but the Wii does have potential to train motor skills that are more similar to the real thing than most activities.
- boozinf, on 01/18/2008, -1/+3"Games are thus the most ancient and time-honored vehicle for education. They are the original educational technology, the natural one, having received the seal of approval of natural selection. We don’t see mother lions lecturing cubs at the chalkboard; we don’t see senior lions writing their memoirs for posterity. In light of this, the question, "Can games have educational value?" becomes absurd. It is not games but schools that are the newfangled notion, the untested fad, the violator of tradition. Game-playing is a vital educational function for any creature capable of learning."
Chris Crawford, "Chris Crawford on Game Design" - jjremy, on 01/18/2008, -0/+2"US researchers are designing software that will allow doctors to carry out simulated surgery using the console's novel control system."
?? the Japanese have already done just that! http://www.gametab.com/images/ss/wii/6087/box-l.jp ... - nintapple, on 01/18/2008, -0/+2do we really need a resplurge of every Engadget article?
- CountryTime, on 01/18/2008, -1/+3i doubt the wii makes them better surgeons. it all stems from the fact that they can improve their hand-eye coordination. they could do the same thing dribbling a basketball.
- NeonFire, on 01/19/2008, -0/+2I think you've won the reward for the most random comment ever on Digg.
- Rileyper, on 01/19/2008, -0/+2Dr. Mario to the E.R. Stat
- sinurgy, on 01/18/2008, -0/+2You're obviously mistaken cause the Wii is the only one that builds hand eye coordination. It's not a novelty, it's a revolution!
- mywhitenoise, on 01/18/2008, -0/+2If it's half as good as Jenga, I'll take two!
- Gaulven, on 01/18/2008, -0/+2So they're better at *virtual* surgery on the Wii after warming up with other Wii games first.
Perhaps, for an hour before real surgery, surgeons should make a ship in a bottle or something like that. I wonder if that would have some beneficial effect. - ulmedas, on 01/18/2008, -1/+3Actually, it really help to get preliminary results in an effort to obtain funding for a proper study. That ***** isn't usually free.
- mywhitenoise, on 01/18/2008, -0/+2well I could see how Rock Band could make you a better drummer, in terms of keeping rhythm, it wont do much for coordination.
- SLockhart, on 01/18/2008, -0/+2How could the concept of using a Wii to fine tune your surgical skills be any older than the Wii itself.
- fani, on 01/18/2008, -0/+1Who comes up with this kind of moronic studies ? Just take a stick and fling it around till your arm hurts and your wrist starts developing carpal tunnel. Thats what the Wii controller effect is after all.
- misterFR33ZE, on 01/18/2008, -0/+1This isn't a new discovery. Didn't you guys see it on the news before, but with other videogames? Oh wait, you guys stay on digg all day....nevermind.
- Oogler, on 01/21/2008, -0/+1Ya whatever.
- MrColdheart, on 01/24/2008, -0/+1why do ppl keep resubmitting this story?
Im gonna wait a year and resubmit a bunch of old ass stories just like these ass clowns -
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