30 surgical Novices where matched randomly into 2 groups that for 5 weeks would play 2 different video games. One group would the 1st person shooter Half Life and the other group played the game chess-master. They played these games to increase there capability with the two endoscopic surgical simulators (MIST-VR and GI Mentor II). The group that played Half Life had increased there ability's with both endoscopic surgical simulators. The other group that played chess-masters only increased on the MIST-VR. This showing that videos that have higher visual-spatially challenging video games like Half Life might be a predictive factor for the outcome in surgical simulation.
Schlickum, Marcus, et al. "Systematic Video Game Training in Surgical Novices Improves Performance in Virtual Reality Endoscopic Surgical Simulators: A Prospective Randomized Study." World Journal of Surgery 33.11 (2009): 2360-2367. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Web. 16 Oct. 2009.
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That's so cool! I like to think that playing Zoo Tycoon will help me be a better zookeeper some day, but I doubt it works like that.
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