Does video gaming affect orthopaedic skills acquisition? A prospective cohort-study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Previous studies have suggested that there is a positive correlation between the extent of video gaming and efficiency of surgical skill acquisition on laparoscopic and endovascular surgical simulators amongst trainees. However, the link between video gaming and orthopaedic trauma simulation remains unexamined, in particular dynamic hip screw (DHS) stimulation.

Objective

To assess effect of prior video gaming experience on virtual-reality (VR) haptic-enabled DHS simulator performance.

Methods

38 medical students, naïve to VR surgical simulation, were recruited and stratified relative to their video gaming exposure. Group 1 (n = 19, video-gamers) were defined as those who play more than one hour per day in the last calendar year. Group 2 (n = 19, non-gamer

SUBMITTER: Khatri C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4198251 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature