Comparison of Two Educational Interventions on Pediatric Resident Auscultation Skills

Pediatrics

Volumn 113, Issue 5 I, 2004, Pages 1331-1335

  Mahnke, C Becket ^a,b   Nowalk, Andrew ^a   Hofkosh, Dena ^a   Zuberbuhler, James R ^a   Law, Yuk M ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b TRIPLER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Auscultation; Computer based learning; Educational intervention; Murmurs

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY CARE UNIT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EVALUATION; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART AUSCULTATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MURMUR; HEART SOUND; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; TEACHING;

CARDIOLOGY; CHILD; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; HEART AUSCULTATION; HEART MURMURS; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; PEDIATRICS; TEACHING;

EID: 2342597783     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.113.5.1331     Document Type: Article

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