The next level: video gaming, cognition and motivation in surgical simulator training.

A pilot evaluation of an educational program that offers visualizations of cervical spine injuries: medical students' self-efficacy increases by training.
Hedman L, Fahlstedt M, Schlickum M, Möller H, von Holst H, Felländer-Tsai L.
Inform Health Soc Care. 2014 Jan;39(1):33-46. doi: 10.3109/17538157.2013.834343. Epub 2013 Oct 9.

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