Digital devices for teaching cardiac auscultation - a randomized pilot study

Background: Competent cardiac auscultation is a declining skill. Digital stethoscopes and hand-held echocardiography (HHE) are modern devices which may improve the accuracy of heart murmur recognition and diagnosis. Their incremental value compared to conventional examination has not been evaluated...

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Main Authors: Malcolm E. Legget, MeiYen Toh, Andries Meintjes, Sarah Fitzsimons, Greg Gamble, Robert N. Doughty
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2018-01-01
Series:Medical Education Online
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10872981.2018.1524688