RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 A novel multimedia tool to improve bedside teaching of cardiac auscultation
JF Postgraduate Medical Journal
JO Postgrad Med J
FD The Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine
SP 355
OP 357
DO 10.1136/pgmj.2003.014944
VO 80
IS 944
A1 A Woywodt
A1 A Herrmann
A1 J T Kielstein
A1 H Haller
A1 M Haubitz
A1 H Purnhagen
YR 2004
UL http://pmj.bmj.com/content/80/944/355.abstract
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.