Nintendo Wii Improves Surgeons' Skills
Dr. Kanav Kohel and Dr. Marshall Smith of the Banner Good Samaritan Medical Centre in Phoenix, Arizona asked eight surgical residents to put in an hour playing games on the Wii before performing surgery with a training tool that simulates a patient's body in 3D. Scores of those residents that warmed up with the Wii were 48% better than those who didn't.
Some games were more useful than others. Hudson Soft's Kororinpa Marble Mania (Wii), which requires more precise movements of the Wii remote, was noted by researchers as having a greater impact than games that prompt faster, broader movements like Nintendo's Wii Sports.
Researchers are developing specially designed software for the Wii to better meet the needs of doctors looking to tune their skills at home—Atlus' Trauma Center series apparently doesn't fit the bill.
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replyTrauma Center is awesome on the DS. I havn't tried it on the Wii because I shudder at the thought of having to make precise movements with the wiimote.
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It takes some adjustment, but once you get used to it, it's a dream. The ability to switch instruments using the nunchuk while keeping the cursor where you need it to be ups the speed dramatically -- you know the first GUILT battle in Under the Knife? It's a goddamn cakewalk in Second Opinion.
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Yeah for whatever reason its difficult to draw the star on the Wii version.
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You just have to do it in one rapid motion, it took me forever to figure that out
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It's great. The new one with wifi boards and coop and pretty cool too.
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