title: [Educational usefulness of lung auscultation training with an auscultation simulator].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We examined the educational usefulness of lung auscultation training with an auscultation simulator "Mr. Lung".
  
  
  METHODS
  Auscultation training was conducted for fifth-year students of the Medical Department of the University of Miyazaki, and consisted of a lecture by a pulmonologist (Board Certified Member of the Japanese Respiratory Society) and skill training using Mr. Lung for a total of 90 min. We compared the percentages of students who correctly identified 4 adventitious sounds before and after training. We also investigated the responses to a self-report questionnaire on self-evaluation after training, auscultation experiences before training, and opinions regarding medical education with the simulator.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The subjects' correct answer rate before training was 40% or less and that for the correct identification of rhonchi was the lowest (5%). The correct answer rate, which was not influenced by previous experience of auscultation, significantly increased after training (80% or more). In the self-report questionnaire, about 90% of the students answered that the ability to identify lung sounds by auscultation was necessary for all doctors and that the simulator was effective for acquiring this skill.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The auscultation simulator may be useful for medical students not only to enhance auscultatory skills but also to realize the importance of auscultation in clinical examination.
authors: Division of Neurology, Respirology, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Miyazaki Medical College, University of Miyazaki.
authors: Yasuji
authors: Y
authors: Arimura
authors: Hiroyuki
authors: H
authors: Komatsu
authors: Shigehisa
authors: S
authors: Yanagi
authors: Nobuhiro
authors: N
authors: Matsumoto
authors: Akihiko
authors: A
authors: Okayama
authors: Katsuhiro
authors: K
authors: Hayashi
authors: Masamitsu
authors: M
authors: Nakazato
mesh_terms: D001314:Auscultation; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate; D008168:Lung / Q000502:physiology*; D008954:Models, Biological