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CrashMan on 08 February 2008
brute said:
pakidan101 said:
pichu_pichu said:
So Marble Mania is a must buy game for Surgeons

Either that or Trauma Center.... 


while trauma center is an operating game i dont think it will really teach them how to operate(maybe)


I hope not.  I don't need a horribly ugly, hastily stitched up appendix scar...



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jimbo on 08 February 2008
CrashMan said:
brute said:
pakidan101 said:
pichu_pichu said:
So Marble Mania is a must buy game for Surgeons

Either that or Trauma Center.... 


while trauma center is an operating game i dont think it will really teach them how to operate(maybe)


I hope not.  I don't need a horribly ugly, hastily stitched up appendix scar...


Oh man lol! I have Trauma center and when you start you make nice neat stitches, but once you have to move faster and faster it turns into a ragged mess. Oh man still laughing.

famousringo on 08 February 2008
brute said:
pakidan101 said:
pichu_pichu said:
So Marble Mania is a must buy game for Surgeons

Either that or Trauma Center....


while trauma center is an operating game i dont think it will really teach them how to operate(maybe)


 Seems like the point is training them in manual dexterity, so Trauma Center might work very well in that regard.

 I'd like to see them do a followup study on what kinds of control are most effective practice for surgeons. I would think that pointer control would be better training, but Marble Mania is obviously a tilt control game.



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Stever89 on 08 February 2008

This might extend the time before the Wii fad dies.



superchunk on 08 February 2008

Holy crap I love it. Soon Wii's in every Hospital. Yeah PS3 can have folding @ home, while Wii's are actually improving surgeons. :)



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Random Person B on 08 February 2008

PS3 - cures cancer.
Wii - Success rates of surgery rise globally.
Analysts predict next video game generation shall abolish hunger and poverty. Millions saved.



Me on 09 February 2008
izaaz101 said:
kylohk said:
Another piece of final viral marketing from the American press.... literally!

 That's a pretty damn good line, lol. Now that's 2 consoles that are helping with science/medicine (wii and ps3). It's the 360's turn to step up.......unless I missed something.

I can see it now "MS 360's Red Ring of Death helps fight diseases in STD clinincs"

 



 


RDBRaptor on 09 February 2008
Random Person B said:
PS3 - cures cancer.
Wii - Success rates of surgery rise globally.
Analysts predict next video game generation shall abolish hunger and poverty. Millions saved.

Ha!  Isn't this great?  Video games are actually helping to improve our health system.  I love this gen.



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ZenfoldorVGI on 09 February 2008

Lol, I love Wii-positive stories.



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VonShigsy on 09 February 2008
mike_intellivision said:
Talk about Blue Ocean stragegy.

Nursing homes.
Rehab centers.
Medical schools.

No wonder the Wii comes in medical white.

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-- Actually, this is pretty amazing how many different uses and skill sets this system can improve. It certainly changes things with respect to the perceptions of game machines.
 A blood spattered Wii should be more realisting for surgeons. 

 



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