The effects of simple graphical and mental visualization of lung sounds in teaching lung auscultation during clinical clerkship: A preliminary study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The study aimed to evaluate visualization-based training's effects on lung auscultation during clinical clerkship (CC) in the Department of Respiratory Medicine on student skills and confidence.

Methods

The study period was December 2020-November 2021. Overall, 65 students attended a lecture on lung auscultation featuring a simulator (Mr. Lung™). Among them, 35 (visualization group) received additional training wherein they were asked to mentally visualize lung sounds using a graphical visualized lung sounds diagram as an example. All students answered questions on their self-efficacy regarding lung auscultation before and after four weeks of CC. They also took a lung auscultation test with the simulator at the beginning of CC (pre-test) and on the last day of t

SUBMITTER: Kuriyama A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10022769 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature