Teaching cardiac auscultation: Effectiveness of a patient-centered teaching conference on improving cardiac auscultatory skills

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 80, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1443-1448

  March, S Kimara ^a   Bedynek Jr , Julius L ^b   Chizner, Michael A ^c  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EVALUATION; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART AUSCULTATION; HEART MURMUR; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART SOUND; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL STUDENT; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PEDIATRICIAN; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; RESIDENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SKILL; SYSTOLIC HEART MURMUR; TEACHING; TELECOMMUNICATION; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 27644440350     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/80.11.1443     Document Type: Article

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