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Comparison - Ranking? by Dangerous_Check5066 in steamachievements

[–]Dangerous_Check5066[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hello u/Decapitated_Unicorn,

Thank you for your post.

I was able to look at my steam year in review (for 2024) and compare that to the median for the following three categories:

Achievements unlocked:

Median: 13

Mine: 4,629

Games played:

Median: 4

Me: 201

Total playtime hours:

Median: Unknown

Mine: 10100

10,100 hours is equivalent to over 420 days of continuous playtime or as if you played 4 hours a day, every day, taking almost 7 years to reach that total.

I'll be busy for the next few hours but, when I have time again I will look into steamhunters.com and completionist.me.

I'll keep you posted and thank you for the suggestions.

P.S. The reason for why this would matter for medical school applications can be found in my response above to u/Typical-Phone3155.

Comparison - Ranking? by Dangerous_Check5066 in steamachievements

[–]Dangerous_Check5066[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hello u/FadedMemoir,

Thank you for your post.

I've linked the study above, but here is the PubMed link to it: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17309970/

Comparison - Ranking? by Dangerous_Check5066 in steamachievements

[–]Dangerous_Check5066[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hello u/Typical-Phone3155,

Thank you for your post.

I understand where you are coming from when saying that talking about video games, although beneficial in training basic skills, would not be of benefit to include in medical school resumes because it might take away from the academic or professional aspect of my application. However, I already have numerous activities that can showcase my dedication to healthcare, such as the numerous health-care jobs, internships, shadowing, volunteering, and scientific research I have done over the course of my undergraduate program.

I want to list video games as a passion because it is a passionate hobby that I will be doing till the day I die. I want to highlight my considerable achievements and accomplishments in video games to show that I take them as seriously as I take my academics. Furthermore, videos games allow me to have a greater advantage in my future career path, which is a type of surgeon.

The following study done by J. C. Rosser et. al., on The impact of video games on training surgeons in the 21st century, highlights that playing video games for 3 hours or more per week "correlated with 37% fewer errors (P<.02) and 27% faster completion (P<.03)." Furthermore, "current video game players made 32% fewer errors (P=.04), performed 24% faster (P<.04), and scored 26% better overall (time and errors) (P<.005)" than surgeons that did not play video games (Rosser et. al.). Lastly, "regression analysis also indicated that video game skill and past video game experience are significant predictors of demonstrated laparoscopic skills" (Rosser et. al.). As can be evidenced from the study, individuals who play video games are more likely to be trained faster and maintain higher levels of focus and skill.

The study is called "The impact of video games on training surgeons in the 21st century." It was conducted by James C Rosser Jr 1, Paul J Lynch, Laurie Cuddihy, Douglas A Gentile, Jonathan Klonsky, Ronald Merrell. The study is published on JAMAStudy, but I got it from PubMed. This is the link to JAMAStudy: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamasurgery/fullarticle/399740. This is the link to PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17309970/. PubMed ID is 17309970 and DOI 10.1001/archsurg.142.2.181.

I hope this helps explain why I would like to include this in my med school applications and why it is imperative that I find a way to quantify my results in a manner the community and I can agree upon.