Medical Education

The future of medical education lies in the use of comprehensive simulation and software packages during the initial training process. Interns and medical students already utilizes CD-ROMs included with their college textbooks to supplement their knowledge about the physiology of the body. The intuition and contextual skills that medical professionals needs during their daily lives cannot be simulated by most CD-ROMs. This gap between student needs and the realities of the medical world have been brought together by Cardionics.

The equipment offered by Cardionics advances medical education through accurate depictions of the human body. The company's software line features specific programs for identifying common problems in the cardiovascular and respiratory system. The UTMB Cardiac Auscultation Self-Teaching System is one offering by Cardionics that will help you teach future generations about cardiac auscultation.

Reinforce Lessons Learned Through Medical Education

This individually-operated system permits all usersto have an equal opportunity at a good medical education. The UTMB software generates pulses and heart sounds depending on the lesson utilized by the user. The network software includes the STS sound reproducer that allows users to place a stethoscope on a sound reproducer to hear simulated sounds. The STS system includes not only a Sound Reproducer, but also a Pulse Reproducer timed with the onset of systole. Determination of systole is a key element in cardiac auscultation. The only absolutely reliable method to make this determination is by palpation of the carotid pulse.

A student's medical education is enhanced by a core set of lessons offered with the UTMB STS system. There are installed lessons that test a user's ability to assess normal and abnormal variations on heart sounds, as well as murmurs and other abnormalities. Students are able to reinforce what they learn from the STS System by reading and completing an included textbook and worksheets.