Training for PlayStation medics
A training system has been developed for doctors raised on computer
games on consoles like PlayStation.
Two broadband virtual-learning packages have been designed by
York-based firm Medcom to help newly qualified doctors learn basic
skills and surgical procedures. Doctors can watch the procedures in 3D
and look up notes to help them prepare for exams or for a real-life
operation.
The Royal College of Surgeons said it hoped the programme would be a
“useful adjunct” to training. Changes to the hours trainee doctors are
allowed to work mean there can be less time to practice techniques so
hospitals and tutors are looking at supplementary ways of passing on
information.
The package outlining foundation skills, which is being recommended
by the RCS, demonstrates procedures such as lumbar punctures.
The RCS has approved it as part of the foundation training programme
undertaken by trainee doctors in the first two years following medical
school.
“These packages will help ensure that the PlayStation generation of
doctors and surgeons are as confident with their instruments as they are
with their consoles”, said Medcom’s Warren Hobden.
Source: bjhc&im March 2007
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