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Fig. 2 | BMC Medical Education

Fig. 2

From: A prospective study on the efficacy of patient simulation in heart and lung auscultation

Fig. 2

Example of the paper that students had to complete. This is a paper that has been completed by one of the students of the EXP group in their fifth year. Students had to identify and graphically represent three consecutive heart sounds/murmurs and to identify five consecutive lung sounds. Red ticks indicate the diagnoses and graphic representations that were judged correct. Blue crosses indicate the diagnoses and/or graphic representations that were judged incorrect. Reading it clockwise, auscultazione polmone is for pulmonary auscultation, studente is for student, tutore is for tutor, crepitti grossolani is for coarse crackles, crepitii fini is for fine crackles, sibili e fischi is for wheezes, ronchi is for ronchi, sfregamenti pleurici is for pleural rubs. Auscultazione cardiaca is for cardiac auscultation, cognome e nome is for name and surname, caso is for case, sdoppiamento is for II sound split, aorta is for aortic area, polmonare is for pulmonic area, PS3 is for Erb’s point, tricuspidale is for tricuspid area, mitrale is for mitral area, insufficienza mitralica is for mitral regurgitation, and stenosi aortica is for aortic stenosis

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