The stethoscope may be an icon of the medical profession. But as a tool of the trade, many veteran physicians fear it is becoming a useless prop of doctorhood. As physicians rely on more accurate ...

Many teaching hospitals use simulation mannequins for this kind of practice, but aside from the tens of thousands of dollars they cost, they tend to be complex machines that require setup by a ...

Craig Nuttall, a nursing professor at Brigham Young University in Provo, says he also works in an emergency room when he's not teaching, and he has found that using a regular stethoscope is almost ...

And, now, teaching stethoscopes are also available when two people can simultaneously listen to the sounds of the heart and lungs. One can get a stethoscope with a single tube or a double tube, ...

The schools were given a free box that included medical teaching materials such as a stethoscope, sponges with blunt needles to practice suturing, pulse oximeters and supporting worksheets, as well as ...

While stethoscopes can transmit the same germs as unclean hands, none of the doctors in a recent study bothered to clean them between patients. And that was the case even after an educational ...

"Stethoscopes are used repeatedly throughout the day and become contaminated after each patient exposure, ... and attending physicians at a tertiary care academic teaching hospital.