Table 1.
Ability of making the correct heart and lung diagnoses and correctly representing the heart sounds/murmurs
| HEART AUSCULTATION | ||||
| CNT (=49) | EXP (=58) | p value | ||
|
AORTIC STENOSIS (diagnosis) |
Correct | 38 | 49 | n.s. |
| Incorrect | 11 | 9 | ||
|
AORTIC STENOSIS (representation) |
Correct | 35 | 51 | p = 0.03 |
| Incorrect | 14 | 7 | ||
|
MITRAL REGURGITATION (diagnosis) |
Correct | 35 | 52 | p = 0.02 |
| Incorrect | 14 | 6 | ||
|
MIRAL REGURGITATION (representation) |
Correct | 33 | 50 | p = 0.02 |
| Incorrect | 16 | 8 | ||
|
II SOUND WIDE SPLIT (diagnosis) |
Correct | 39 | 52 | n.s |
| Incorrect | 10 | 6 | ||
|
II SOUND WIDE SPLIT (representation) |
Correct | 15 | 32 | p = 0.01 |
| Incorrect | 34 | 26 | ||
| LUNG AUSCULTATION | ||||
| CNT (=48) | EXP (=58) | p value | ||
|
WHEEZES (diagnosis) |
Correct | 44 | 53 | n.s |
| Incorrect | 4 | 5 | ||
|
RONCHI (diagnosis) |
Correct | 36 | 43 | n.s |
| Incorrect | 12 | 15 | ||
|
COARSE CRACKLES (diagnosis) |
Correct | 32 | 41 | n.s |
| Incorrect | 16 | 17 | ||
|
FINE CRACKLES (diagnosis) |
Correct | 28 | 43 | n.s |
| Incorrect | 20 | 15 | ||
|
PLEURAL RUBS (diagnosis) |
Correct | 30 | 37 | n.s |
| Incorrect | 18 | 21 | ||
The entries in boldface are the responses that were judged correct or that were significantly different between the groups