Game-based training improves the surgeon's situational awareness in the operation room: a randomized controlled trial.
Maurits GraaflandWillem A BemelmanMarlies P SchijvenPublished in: Surgical endoscopy (2017)
Surgical residents, who play for only 1 h on a custom-made serious game, respond significantly better to equipment-related problems during surgery than residents trained by a standard training curriculum. These results imply that entertaining serious games can indeed be considered for use in official training for surgeons and other medical specialists.