The Ventriloscope® as an innovative tool for assessing clinical examination skills: Appraisal of a novel method of simulating auscultatory findings

Medical Teacher

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Verma, Anju ^a   Bhatt, Himanshu ^b   Booton, Paul ^a   Kneebone, Roger ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Brentfield Medical Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSCULTATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

AUSCULTATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; LONDON; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 79959517371     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0142159X.2011.579200     Document Type: Article

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