Johnson O'Conner Apptitude Test and Surgery

[Patassa]

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Null and void.

 

[Winged Scapula]

I've never heard of them (not particularly important, but it should indicate to you that their results aren't especially wide reaching).

You don't need anymore than average 3D/spatial skills to be a surgeon. Please don't discount a particular career based on these results. After all, becoming a surgeon is more than just technical skill.

The conventional wisdom holds here: apply to medical school and when you find something that interests you (it may not be surgery), pursue it.


On that note, moving to Pre-med forum.

 

[QuinnTheEskimo]

I've never heard of them (not particularly important, but it should indicate to you that their results aren't especially wide reaching).

You don't need anymore than average 3D/spatial skills to be a surgeon. Please don't discount a particular career based on these results. After all, becoming a surgeon is more than just technical skill.

The conventional wisdom holds here: apply to medical school and when you find something that interests you (it may not be surgery), pursue it.


On that note, moving to Pre-med forum.

Has there ever been a study that looks at the relationship of 3d/spatial skills, along with natural manual dexterity, to surgical outcomes? That would be interesting.

 

[Patassa]

The conventional wisdom holds here: apply to medical school and when you find something that interests you (it may not be surgery), pursue it.


On that note, moving to Pre-med forum.

Easy with the trigger finger, I'm matriculating in August.

Maybe you can go ahead and delete this now? I was looking for input from surgeons, not pre-meds.

 

[Winged Scapula]

Easy with the trigger finger, I'm matriculating in August.

Maybe you can go ahead and delete this now? I was looking for input from surgeons, not pre-meds.

Despite your polite request above, I am following SDN policy. Questions from pre-meds belong in the pre-med forums, regardless of when you are matriculating.

Surgeons, like myself, can and DO come to the pre-med forums to answer questions. You received an answer from an attending surgeon with several years of experience.

 

[Winged Scapula]

Has there ever been a study that looks at the relationship of 3d/spatial skills, along with natural manual dexterity, to surgical outcomes? That would be interesting.

I'm not aware of any in regard to surgical outcomes (but that only means I haven't done the lit search) but there are heaps of applied psychology and physiology studies in surgeons measuring spatial abilities, especially with laparoscopic trainers.

 

[Patassa]

You don't need anymore than average 3D/spatial skills to be a surgeon. Please don't discount a particular career based on these results. After all, becoming a surgeon is more than just technical skill.

Thank you for your input, this is what I needed to know.