From gaming to surgery: the influence of digital natives on robotic skills development
Dominik Imre Szabó, András Vereczkei, András Papp · 2024
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Description
Surgeons raised on game controllers might take to robotic consoles faster, or the advantage might be a myth. Dominik Szabó, András Vereczkei, and András Papp test the idea in a 2024 study with thirty volunteers across three generations, from Generation Alpha to Generation X. None had touched robotic surgery before.
After two practice rounds, everyone performed a wrist articulation task on the Da Vinci training simulator while metrics were recorded. Performance trended downward with age but not significantly. One precision measure did split the groups, with Generation Z making fewest glass-movement errors. Hours of gaming or smartphone use showed no correlation with performance, though two-thumb typing oddly did. The authors conclude digital childhood alone does not mint robotic surgeons.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Dominik Imre Szabó, András Vereczkei, András Papp |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 23 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |