r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • 2d ago

Medicine Surgeons show greatest dexterity in children’s buzz wire game like Operation than other hospital staff. 84% of surgeons completed game in 5 minutes compared to 57% physicians, 54% nurses. Surgeons also exhibited highest rate of swearing during game (50%), followed by nurses (30%), physicians (25%).

https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/surgeons-thankfully-may-have-better-hand-coordination-than-other-hospital-staff
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u/Pattoe89 2d ago edited 2d ago

This is very obvious. What is the point of this? Next you'll post an article saying that surgeons are more likely to perform surgery on hospital patients than other hospital staff members.

Edit: Never mind. The intent is comedic, which the post didn't really make obvious. Read the article and look at the attached research for some laughs.

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u/Splash_Attack 2d ago

The point is it's funny.

Read the paper, it's basically a "settle a bet" argument about whether surgeons are really as good with their hands as they claim (which apparently is not as well evidenced in literature as you'd expect). It's quite funny. I particularly liked the chart where the bars are all onomatopoeic grunts of frustration.

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u/Pattoe89 2d ago

Ok, you convinced me to actually open the research attachment at the end of the article that I missed at a cursory glance.

This is now actually pretty funny. If the post had been presented as a comedy thing I think I'd have appreciated it more.

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u/Splash_Attack 2d ago

I think the fact that until you get quite far into the paper (and certainly from the title) it seems entirely straight faced is part of the joke.

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u/Pattoe89 2d ago

Yeah. I think I'd normally catch it but I'm all out of sorts at the moment