Training auscultatory skills: Computer simulated heart sounds or additional bedside training? A randomized trial on third-year medical students

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Sverdrup, Øystein ^a   Jensen, Torstein ^b   Solheim, Svein ^c   Gjesdal, Knut ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b Lovisenberg Deacon Hospital   (Norway)

^c ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL MEDICINE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; HEART AUSCULTATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORWAY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARD;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL MEDICINE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEART AUSCULTATION; HUMANS; NORWAY; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 76849102442     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-10-3     Document Type: Article

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