Study of Two Teaching Techniques to Teach Cardiac Auscultation to Physicians
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Heart Murmur
In brief
Our objective was to test two educational interventions for teaching cardiac auscultation: self-directed learning using portable audio files versus a single, massed multimedia lecture intervention similar to current best practice, to determine which would most effectively increase recognition of common cardiac sounds by physicians. The investigators hypothesized that doctors learning on their own time could better improve their skills.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT01596465
- Run by
- The Reading Hospital and Medical Center
- People needed
- 83
- Starts
- 2011-01-01
- Expected to finish
- 2012-10-09
- Last updated by the study team
- 2021-06-02
Who can join
Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- All non-cardiologist physicians from one institution were eligible for the study. Participants were 83 non-cardiologist physician volunteers (57 practicing physicians, 26 residents in training) from one Academic Independent Medical Center in the Northeastern United States enrolled between January 11, 2011 and February 25, 2011.
You may not qualify if…
- Cardiologists,
- Non-physicians.
Where it is running
- The Reading Hospital and Medical Center — West Reading, Pennsylvania, United States
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