Auscultation of the heart: a trial of classroom teaching versus computer-based independent learning.
Med Educ
; 32(4): 357-61, 1998 Jul.
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| ID: mdl-9743795
ABSTRACT
Declining skills in auscultation of the heart prompted an evaluation of teaching methods for medical students. A comparison of classroom teaching and computer-aided independent learning of auscultation was carried out with two groups of approximately 20 second-year medical students. Both groups used approximately 20 recorded normal and abnormal heart sounds and murmurs, chosen to illustrate learning issues. For the classroom group a cardiologist presented each case through multiple stethophones and led the discussion. The individual study group used a new CD-ROM collection of cases and recordings in quiz format, with a hypertext link to a comprehensive text on auscultation and additional recordings. Students were tested with 16 multiple choice and 5 open questions on eight selected recordings, and evaluated the teaching by questionnaire. The classroom-taught students scored higher on open questions than the CD-ROM-taught group, but in general performance by both groups was satisfactory and equivalent. Students of both groups repeatedly had difficulty classifying regurgitant and ejection murmurs and identifying characteristics of the second heart sound. Both CD-ROM and classroom teaching methods were highly rated by students but most students preferred a combination.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Cardiologia
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Instrução por Computador
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Educação de Graduação em Medicina
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Auscultação Cardíaca
Tipo de estudo:
Evaluation_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Med Educ
Ano de publicação:
1998
Tipo de documento:
Article