Guidry News
A new study suggests that teenage gamers perform better than medical residents in robotic surgery simulations. Dr. Sami Kilic, lead author and UTMB professor, said, “The inspiration for this study first developed when I saw my son, an avid video game player, take the reins of a robotic surgery simulator at a medical convention. With no formal training, he was immediately at ease with the technology and the type of movements required to operate the robot. As we see students with enhanced visual-spatial experience and hand-eye coordination that are a result of the technologically-savvy world they are immersed in, we should rethink how best to teach this generation.” The news has received widespread coverage, appearing in
Slate,
Huffington Post,
NBC News.com,
ECN Magazine,
Science Daily,
Science Newsline and numerous international media outlets, including UK
Wired and
International Business Times, French
GameBlog and
French Tribune, Swedish
Feber, Czech
iDNES, Portuguese
TecMundo, Dutch
Tweakers, Malaysian
Insider, Greek
Insomnia, Polish
Polygamia. The news also appears in the
Top News Arab Emirates, the
Bangkok Post, Australia’s
Kotaku and the
Jornal do Brasil.