Abstract
For years there has been concern among medical educators that cardiac auscultation is an important clinical skill that is being lost.1,2 In one study3 the median rate of identification of 12 cardiac events was only 20% for medical students and 19% for medical residents. Studies of primary care physicians have found that proficiency in cardiac auscultation is less than 40%.4,5 These deficiencies in cardiac auscultation are especially important because internists are now being tested on their ability to recognize abnormal cardiac sounds during their board recertification process.
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