Some electronics assembly plants use such a test to screen new hires.
Tweezer dexterity improves with practice. Hands are more precise than vision. Looking through a microscope, you can position something within a thousandth of an inch with tweezers. This is familiar to anyone who's placed surface mount parts on a board by hand.
I was really expecting to see it was the classic “Operation“ game when I first saw mention in the paper.
The buzzwire game used for example has a wand on a flexible wire with the wire attached towards one side of the base and not the center. Does this create bias? Hard to say, but it might.
See pictures of the Buzzwire used in the test at https://www.johnlewis.com/john-lewis-buzzwire-game/p4349607
Yes, the main goal of a surgical site is to avoid swearing
> our findings are not applicable to children younger than 4 years for whom the buzz wire game’s small parts may represent a choking hazard, although these individuals are unlikely to be currently employed in secondary care.
Now, that's a point. I'd avoid a 0-3 toddler if i could choose so before some surgery.
> Implementation of a surgical swear jar initiative should be considered for future fundraising events.
from which it is clear that suppression of swearing by the surgeons is very much not the intended goal.
