Video gaming in children improves performance on a virtual reality trainer but does not yet make a laparoscopic surgeon

Surgical Innovation

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 160-170

  Rosenthal, Rachel ^a   Geuss, Steffen ^b   Dell Kuster, Salome ^a,c   Schäfer, Juliane ^c   Hahnloser, Dieter ^d   Demartines, Nicolas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

business of surgery; simulation; surgical education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NORMAL HUMAN; RECREATION; RESIDENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SKILL; SURGEON; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ADULT; CHILD; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 79960016432     PISSN: 15533506     EISSN: 15533514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1553350610392064     Document Type: Article

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