iPods help docs improve stethoscope skill

Via EurekAlert:

During a single 90-minute session, 149 general internists listened 400 times to five common heart murmurs including aortic stenosis, aortic regurgitation, mitral stenosis, mitral regurgitation and innocent systolic murmur. Previous studies have found the average rate of correct heart sound identification in physicians is 40 percent. After the session, the average improved to 80 percent.

http://www.temple.edu/temple_times/1-26-06/normal.mp3

http://www.temple.edu/temple_times/1-26-06/murmur.mp3

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