Before I started working in AAA game development I spent a few years working in the field of virtual training simulators for laparoscopic surgery. In that cont

Before I started working in AAA game development I spent a few years working in the field of virtual training simulators for laparoscopic surgery. In that context there were several similar studies. We mainly focused on those performed in order to validate skill transfer from our own training simulation to the operating room.[1][2][3] However, there were also studies which showed that doctors who had spent a lot of time playing video games in their spare time performed better in the operating room, as well.[4] [1] Skills acquired on LapSim transfer into the operating room, Gunnar Ahlberg et al., The American Journal of Surgery, 2007:193, p797 [2] Novice performance level bypassed by VR simulation training, Christian Rifbjerg Larsen et al., British Medical Journal, 2009:338, p1802 [3] VR laparoscopic training outperforms traditional curriculum, Vanessa Palter et al., Annals of Surgery, 2013:257, p 224 [4] The impact of video games on training surgeons in the 21st century, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17309970 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17309970