Assessing the effects of manual dexterity and playing computer games on catheter–wire manipulation for inexperienced operators

Alsafi, Zaid; Hameed, Yasir; Amin, Parthiv; Shamsad, Sabina; Raja, Usman; Alsafi, Ali; Hamady, Mohamad

doi:10.1016/j.crad.2017.03.019

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“…The Mental Rotations Test was found to correlate with the endovascular fluoroscopy task times, suggesting that visuospatial skills are important for this task. A previous study reported significant associations between student videogame experience and manual dexterity, and their ability to complete a simulated renal artery cannulation task . A second study found correlations between standard visuospatial tests (Card Rotations, Paper Folding, and Perspective Taking) and performance with virtual angled laparoscopy .…”

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confidence: 93%

“…A previous study reported significant associations between student videogame experience and manual dexterity, and their ability to complete a simulated renal artery cannulation task. 4 A second study found correlations between standard visuospatial tests (Card Rotations, Paper Folding, and Perspective Taking) and performance with virtual angled laparoscopy. 34 Taken with our study, this would suggest that visuospatial ability is important when veterinary students are learning new tasks where they direct instruments in a three-dimensional environment by watching a two-dimensional video screen.…”

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confidence: 97%

“…Many professional disciplines require in depth practical training before performance is deemed acceptable for operation in the field. Radiology requires a combination of visuospatial, visuomotor, and psychomotor skills to develop competency . Thus, the ability to visualize and interpret the location of objects in space (ie, visuospatial skills) and the ability to make precise, coordinated hand movements to manipulate objects (i.e, manual dexterity) have become essential in the training of radiologists …”

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confidence: 99%

“…Skills acquired with simulators may lead to improved performance in live‐patient procedures . Previous studies in human medicine have used simulators to assess the possibility of predicting ultrasound, endovascular, and laparoscopic surgical performance by testing innate visuospatial and psychomotor aptitude . Should such a relationship exist in veterinary students, the extent of training that is required for each individual may vary.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Visuospatial skills are better predictors than dexterity for basic ultrasonographic and fluoroscopic skills in veterinary students

Walker

MacCormick

Kilkenny

et al. 2018

Vet Radiology Ultrasound

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Radiological skills including ultrasonography and fluoroscopy, require a combination of manual dexterity and visuospatial skill to develop competency. The ability to detect veterinary students with an interest in radiology but who are deficient in these skills, may permit more individual adaptations to training programs, allowing for students training in radiology to achieve maximal potential. The objective of this cohort study was to investigate whether innate dexterity and visuospatial skill could be used to predict performance of basic ultrasound and fluoroscopic skills in veterinary students. Fifty veterinary students from the Ontario Veterinary College completed three tests of visuospatial ability, two tests of manual dexterity, a three-dimensional mouse task, an ultrasound skill-testing task, and a fluoroscopic skill-testing task. Students who reported chopstick use completed the non-dominant hand ultrasound task significantly faster than students who did not (P = 0.001). There was a significant positive association between scores on the Mental Rotations Test and time to complete the non-dominant hand ultrasound task (P = 0.011) and fluoroscopy task (P = 0.029). No variables were associated with time to complete the dominant hand ultrasound task. The results of this study suggest that visuospatial skill, as assessed by the Mental Rotations Test, is a better predictor of baseline ultrasound and endovascular fluoroscopy skill than dexterity, with the exception of reported chopstick use, in veterinary students. Visuospatial skills can be developed and may be useful to include in the veterinary curriculum for students that are deficient, or students entering a field such as diagnostic imaging.

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confidence: 99%

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confidence: 99%

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Visuospatial skills are better predictors than dexterity for basic ultrasonographic and fluoroscopic skills in veterinary students

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Kilkenny

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Vet Radiology Ultrasound

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“…Video game skill was subsequently evaluated by performance on 3 VGs. Games were selected to examine interactions that may parallel aspects of practicing IR, validation in previous investigations, 5,26 and by having a single measurable variable representative of performance-either time to completion or number of targets hit.…”

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Do Video Games Predict an Early Advanced Capacity to Learn Interventional Radiology Skills?

Busch

Fehr

Rohr

et al. 2021

Journal of Medical Education and Curricular Development

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Purpose: To elucidate the relationship between video game (VG) play and interventional radiology (IR) technical skills in medical students. Materials and Methods: Twenty medical students recruited at our institution’s IR symposium completed a survey to ascertain demographics and prior VG experience, then participated in a 3-part trial of skills assessing IR and VG skill and visuospatial aptitude (VSA). IR skill was evaluated via an endovascular simulation task, VG skill by performance on three separate VGs, and VSA using the Cube Comparison test. Regression analysis was tested the strength of relationship between IR skill and VG experience, VG skill, and VSA, respectively, and participants were stratified by IR skill to top and bottom halves for survey-response comparison. Results: There was no correlation between either VG skill or visuospatial aptitude and IR skill (r = −0.22, p = 0.35; and r = 0.14, p = 0.57). Greater number of years playing VGs correlated with superior IR skill (Spearman’s rho=-0.45, p<0.05). Students who selected IR as their specialty of interest had extensive VG experience, playing for > 15 years (n = 4, 80%), at least 10 hours per week at their peak (n = 3, 60%), and reported being either “skilled” or “highly skilled” at VGs (n = 3, 60%). Conclusions: In our study, though limited by power, number of years playing VGs correlated positively with IR skills in medical students. Prior VG experience may predict an early advanced capacity to learn IR skills and an interest in the specialty.

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Re: Assessing the effects of manual dexterity and playing computer games on catheter-wire manipulation for inexperienced operators

George

2018

Clinical Radiology

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Assessing the effects of manual dexterity and playing computer games on catheter–wire manipulation for inexperienced operators

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Visuospatial skills are better predictors than dexterity for basic ultrasonographic and fluoroscopic skills in veterinary students

Visuospatial skills are better predictors than dexterity for basic ultrasonographic and fluoroscopic skills in veterinary students

Do Video Games Predict an Early Advanced Capacity to Learn Interventional Radiology Skills?

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