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The Effectiveness of Digital Stethoscopes with Speaker Enabled Simultaneous Listening Versus Traditional Stethoscopes in Medical Education Students Auscultation Skills: A Randomized Control Trial

The Effectiveness of Digital Stethoscopes with Speaker Enabled Simultaneous Listening Versus Traditional Stethoscopes in Medical Education Students Auscultation Skills: A Randomized Control Trial

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Source
TCTR
Registry ID
TCTR20260115004
Enrollment
150
Registered
2026-01-15
Start date
2024-02-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-08-03

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

this study is conducted in healthy medical student volunteers auscultation skill, medical student, digital stethoscope, simultaneous listening

Interventions

the intervention group were assigned to use the digital stethoscopes with speaker-enabled simultaneous listening,the control group were assigned to use traditional stethoscopes
Experimental Other,No Intervention Other
Digital stethoscope,Traditional stethoscope

Sponsors

Chakri Naruebodindra Medical Institute
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. second-year medical students, 2. completed the anatomy and physiology coursework related to cardiovascular and respiratory systems, 3. no prior experience with normal or abnormal heart and lung sounds, 4. willing to participate in the study

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Participants who have withdrawn their consents

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
test scores before teachinig session (pretest) and after teaching session (posttest) pretest, postest and progression scores

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
teaching duration after finish teaching session time duration,Participants satisfacton and perceptions after finished all session A likert-scale questionnaire

Countries

Thailand

Contacts

Public ContactTienake Trisauvapak

Mahidol university

tienake.tri@gmail.com028396000

Outcome results

None listed

Source: TCTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Aug 10, 2026