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The article, “Your Surgeon’s Childhood Hobbies May Affect Your Health” from May 30, 2019 discussed a growing difficulty that medical schools and residency programs have noticed training future surgeons to develop the fine motor skills necessary to be successful. The theory is that smartphones and today's technology have prevented trainees from acquiring fine motor skills and dexterity from recreation and daily life in the way that previous generations did. Have you noticed this and, if so, do you think there are any remedies? The article is available at nytimes.com/2019/05/30/well/li...