BMC medical education
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BMC medical education · Jan 2005
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative StudyCardiac auscultation training of medical students: a comparison of electronic sensor-based and acoustic stethoscopes.
To determine whether the use of an electronic, sensor based stethoscope affects the cardiac auscultation skills of undergraduate medical students. ⋯ Whether an electronic or a conventional stethoscope was used during training and testing did not affect the students' performance on a cardiac auscultation test.