Play to become a surgeon: impact of Nintendo Wii training on laparoscopic skills

Video-games have become an integral part of the new multimedia culture. Several studies assessed video-gaming enhancement of spatial attention and eye-hand coordination. Considering the technical difficulty of laparoscopic procedures, legal issues and time limitations, the validation of appropriate...

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Published in:PloS one 2013-02, Vol.8 (2), p.e57372-e57372
Main Authors: Giannotti, Domenico, Patrizi, Gregorio, Di Rocco, Giorgio, Vestri, Anna Rita, Semproni, Camilla Proietti, Fiengo, Leslie, Pontone, Stefano, Palazzini, Giorgio, Redler, Adriano
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Biology
Cameras
Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic
Clinical Competence
Computer & video games
Computer Science
Computer simulation
Dentistry
Education, Medical
Endoscopy
Engineering
Eye
Female
Group dynamics
Hand eye coordination
Humans
Kolga
Laparoscopy
Laparoscopy - education
Legal issues
Legal medicine
Male
Medicine
Multimedia
Performance measurement
Physicians
Play and Playthings
Randomization
Simulators
Skills
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Studies
Surgeons
Surgery
Training
Video Games
Virtual reality
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Summary:Video-games have become an integral part of the new multimedia culture. Several studies assessed video-gaming enhancement of spatial attention and eye-hand coordination. Considering the technical difficulty of laparoscopic procedures, legal issues and time limitations, the validation of appropriate training even outside of the operating rooms is ongoing. We investigated the influence of a four-week structured Nintendo® Wii™ training on laparoscopic skills by analyzing performance metrics with a validated simulator (Lap Mentor™, Simbionix™). We performed a prospective randomized study on 42 post-graduate I-II year residents in General, Vascular and Endoscopic Surgery. All participants were tested on a validated laparoscopic simulator and then randomized to group 1 (Controls, no training with the Nintendo® Wii™), and group 2 (training with the Nintendo® Wii™) with 21 subjects in each group, according to a computer-generated list. After four weeks, all residents underwent a testing session on the laparoscopic simulator of the same tasks as in the first session. All 42 subjects in both groups improved significantly from session 1 to session 2. Compared to controls, the Wii group showed a significant improvement in performance (p
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0057372