PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - A Woywodt
AU  - A Herrmann
AU  - J T Kielstein
AU  - H Haller
AU  - M Haubitz
AU  - H Purnhagen
TI  - A novel multimedia tool to improve bedside teaching of cardiac auscultation
AID  - 10.1136/pgmj.2003.014944
DP  - 2004 Jun 01
TA  - Postgraduate Medical Journal
PG  - 355--357
VI  - 80
IP  - 944
4099  - http://pmj.bmj.com/content/80/944/355.short
4100  - http://pmj.bmj.com/content/80/944/355.full
SO  - Postgrad Med J2004 Jun 01; 80
AB  - Training in cardiac auscultation is a core element of undergraduate teaching but recent studies have documented a remarkable decline in auscultatory skills. Therefore there is an interest in new ways to teach cardiac auscultation. In analogy to phonocardiography, an electronic system for simultaneous auscultation and visualisation of murmurs was sought. For this purpose, an electronic stethoscope was linked to a laptop computer and software created to visualise auscultatory findings. In a preliminary trial in undergraduate students, this approach greatly facilitated teaching. Amalgamating traditional phonocardiography with a multimedia approach, this system represents a novel tool for bedside teaching of cardiac auscultation.