Music Training Enhances Surgical Skills
A study published in the ANZ Journal of Surgery found that medical students with musical instrument training completed surgical tasks 25 seconds faster than their peers. This suggests that early musical training can help students master surgical skills more quickly.
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Sources · 7 independent
KQED FM
“a musical instrument when younger tend to master surgical skills more quickly.”
WAMU 88.5 DC
“students were able to complete surgical tasks, 25 seconds faster, which means 10% quicker than their peers.”
WBUR Boston
“musical instrument training has helped our students to acquire surgical skills, quick cut and better.”
KQED FM
“we found that students with previous musical instrument training achieve 0.5 marks out of 10 higher than their peers, which means 6% higher score than their peers.”
WAMU 88.5 DC
“surgical tasks, 25 seconds faster, which means 10% quicker than their peers.”
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