Simulations

I have been hearing more and more about online simulations and how extensive they are becoming along with how realistic. Take the Nintendo Wii game Trauma Center for example. For those of you who have never seen or heard of it before, it is a game where the player acts as a surgeon. They use both the Wii controller and the nunchuck to perform "operations." Not too long after the game was introduced, medical researchers and specialists announced that they will be implementing simulations like this to prepare surgeons for surgery. I found this to be incredibly interesting. Imangine a nationally ranked surgeon in a break room playing Trauma Center before opening up his/her next patient. Simulations such as the Wii game is going to be implemented in these hospitals to prepare these surgeons before going into the operating room. I am not saying that they are using them to teach the surgeons how to perform these operations, but just getting into a mental mind set and practice right before they operate. Do you think you would feel safer goind under the knife held by a surgeon who practiced on the Wii, using the same game your 13 year old nephew plays on a daily basis after school.