Comparison Study of the Nintendo Wii Versus Playstation2 in Enhancing Laparoscopic Skills

Beth Israel Lahey Health

Status and phase: Completed; Early Phase 1

Conditions: Laparoscopy Skills

Treatments: Other: Nintendo Wii; Other: Playstation 2

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01483677

023-10

Details and patient eligibility

About

The investigators believe that subjects who practice on the Nintendo Wii will improve their laparoscopic skills more than those who practice on the Playstation2.

Full description

Video game experience, whether past or current, have correlated with better laparoscopy skills. Those studies were conducted using traditional game controllers. The relatively new Nintendo Wii uses a novel set of mechanics which allows for more realistic representation of player generated movements. We aim to study if the unique mechanics of the Wii can improve laparoscopy skills better than a traditional video game (Playstation 2).

Enrollment: 42 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 21+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Medical Student, Resident or Attending physician at the Beth Israel Medical center.

Exclusion criteria

• None

Trial design

42 participants in 2 patient groups

Nintendo Wii

Experimental group

Description:

Subjects in this arm of the study play a game (Boomblox) on the Nintendo Wii for 30 minutes.

Treatment:

Other: Nintendo Wii

Playstation2

Active Comparator group

Description:

Subjects in this arm of the study play a game (Time Crisis 2) on the Playstation 2 for 30 minutes.

Treatment:

Other: Playstation 2