An electronic stethoscope that doubles as a virtual patient [by simulating patients' heart sounds] dramatically improved the accuracy of medical residents in identifying heart sounds, according to a study presented today at the American College of Cardiology.
Research has revealed an alarmingly low 21 percent accuracy rate among medical residents using a stethoscope to discern abnormal heart sounds. To address this handicap, ...Michael Barrett, M.D., clinical associate professor of medicine and cardiologist at Temple University School of Medicine and Hospital, used an electronic stethoscope that plays back recorded heart sounds with a group of residents and asked them to listen repeatedly to each one.
Good to know, just in case the echo machine is getting serviced.
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