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Table 1 Cardiac diagnoses of seven patients who each participated for 1-3 days in the auscultation tests.

From: Training auscultatory skills: computer simulated heart sounds or additional bedside training? A randomized trial on third-year medical students

DAY

Test 1

Test 2

Test 3

Test 4

1

aortic stenosis

aortic regurgitation

pulmonary hypertension

mitral insufficiency

2

aortic stenosis

aortic regurgitation

mitral insufficiency plus aortic regurgitation

mitral insufficiency

3

aortic stenosis

aortic regurgitation

aortic stenosis

mitral insufficiency

  1. Patients 1 and 2 are identical all three days. Patient 4 is the same on days 1 and 2. Each student was exposed to four patients.