Surgical Precision: One doctor's quest to show how video games can save lives

<p>Dr. James "Butch" Rosser was a pioneer in minimally invasive surgery in the 1990s. When he credited his surgical skills to video games, people dismissed him. The prevailing narrative was that kids who played video games became killers, not doctors. So Butch set out on quest: to show how video games can help make better doctors.</p> <p><strong>Show notes:</strong> <ul> <li>The impact of video games on training surgeons in the 21st century (<a href="https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamasurgery/fullarticle/399740#27476034">JAMA Surgery</a>)</li> <li>Study: High-School Video Gamers Match Physicians at Robotic-Surgery Simulation (<a href="https://slate.com/technology/2012/11/teenage-video-game-players-match-physicians-at-robotic-surgery-simulation-study.html">Slate</a>)</li> <li>We Have to Operate, but Let's Play First (<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/24/technology/circuits/we-have-to-operate-but-lets-play-first.html">The New York Times</a>)</li> <li>He’s really on his ...