Training basic laparoscopic skills using a custom-made video game

Video games are accepted and used for a wide variety of applications. In the medical world, research on the positive effects of playing games on basic laparoscopic skills is rapidly increasing. Although these benefits have been proven several times, no institution actually uses video games for surgi...

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Autores principales: Goris, Jetse, Jalink, Maarten B., ten Cate Hoedemaker, Henk O.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Bohn Stafleu van Loghum 2014
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Short Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4152466/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24408736
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40037-013-0106-8
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description Video games are accepted and used for a wide variety of applications. In the medical world, research on the positive effects of playing games on basic laparoscopic skills is rapidly increasing. Although these benefits have been proven several times, no institution actually uses video games for surgical training. This Short Communication describes some of the theoretical backgrounds, development and underlying educational foundations of a specifically designed video game and custom-made hardware that takes advantage of the positive effects of games on basic laparoscopic skills.
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spelling pubmed-41524662014-09-04 Training basic laparoscopic skills using a custom-made video game Goris, Jetse Jalink, Maarten B. ten Cate Hoedemaker, Henk O. Perspect Med Educ Short Communication Video games are accepted and used for a wide variety of applications. In the medical world, research on the positive effects of playing games on basic laparoscopic skills is rapidly increasing. Although these benefits have been proven several times, no institution actually uses video games for surgical training. This Short Communication describes some of the theoretical backgrounds, development and underlying educational foundations of a specifically designed video game and custom-made hardware that takes advantage of the positive effects of games on basic laparoscopic skills. Bohn Stafleu van Loghum 2014-01-10 2014-09 /pmc/articles/PMC4152466/ /pubmed/24408736 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40037-013-0106-8 Text en © The Author(s) 2014 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits any use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and the source are credited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4152466/
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