Enhancing Respiratory Auscultation Skills Among Medical Students: Digital Stethoscopes in Medical Education

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

84

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

August 1, 2023

Primary Completion Date

January 31, 2024

Study Completion Date

January 31, 2024

Conditions
AuscultationBreathing SoundAsthmaPneumoniaPleural Effusion
Interventions
DEVICE

Digital stethoscope use

In this interventional study, 84 medical students were randomly allocated to an intervention group utilizing a novel digital stethoscope curriculum or a control group receiving traditional instruction. The intervention leveraged digital stethoscopes, enabling visualization and analysis of recorded breath sounds. Pre- and post-assessments evaluated respiratory

Trial Locations (1)

402

Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

Ministry of Education, Taiwan

OTHER_GOV

lead

Chung Shan Medical University

OTHER