Ventriloscope supports skills development & learned confidence
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Ventriloscope facilitates acquisition of cardiopulmonary knowledge and confidence
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Over the course of five years, Ventriloscope optimizes IPE/Team STEPPS training for 1475 students at University of Washington using a dyspnea case.
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The Ventriloscope® as an innovative tool for assessing clinical examination skills: Appraisal of a novel method of simulating auscultatory findings.
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Are Simulation Stethoscopes a Useful Adjunct for Emergency Medicine Residents Training on High-fidelity Mannequins?
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Physical Assessment Experience in a Problem-Based Learning Course
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Technology for enhancing chest auscultation in clinical simulation
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Summative OSCEs in undergraduate medical education
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The Ventriloscope: 'am I hearing things?'
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Simulation “Ventriloscope” puts a modern-day spin on teaching students to use a stethoscope
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Doctor Puts Heart Into Training Tool
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Lecat’s Ventriloscope® releases 2nd gen training stethoscope
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Teaching and Fostering Empathic Touch and Eye Gaze
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Enhancing Faculty Development and Student Clinical Learning Using Quality Simulation Through Innovative Technologies
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Assessment Skill Training with the Ventriloscope® and the Need for Emergency Intervention on Medical/Surgical Units
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Impact of Using a Ventriloscope on Psychometrics, Cognitive Load and Performance on an OSCE Station
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Pediatric Nursing Care Clinical Simulation Scenarioes for Prelicensure Students
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Lecat’s Ventriloscope® Releases New and Improved Stethoscope for Training and Assessing Auscultation and Blood Pressure
May 10, 2018