Doctor training system uses X-Box technology in Irish-led breakthrough

GAMING technology used in popular Playstation and X-Box games is being used to train surgeons.

Doctor training system uses X-Box technology in Irish-led breakthrough

The hi-tech training simulator — the first of its kind in the world — has been devised by a European research team led by Irish consultant, Professor George Shorten.

The system recreates the same tensions and sensations felt by a doctor as if they were inserting a needle into a patient to administer a spinal anaesthetic.

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