Auscultation is one of the high clinical skills needed in order to make an accurate clinical diagnosis without being heavily dependent on high-tech instruments nor causing extreme stress to a patient. It is impossible to encounter every type of heart disease in a short period of time. A patient becomes stressed when he/she is examined for an excessive period of time by a beginner or medical students. This e-learning program "Auscultation" contains various cardiac sounds in 26 different types of heart diseases. You can master the auscultation skills by listening to these sounds repeatedly at your own pace. * You will be able to examine physical findings contained in Cardiolgy Patient Simulator "K".   The fundamental skills in auscultation for a clinical diagnosis, are explained step by step.   You will be listening to different cardiac sounds recorded directly from patients with 26 different types of heart diseases. This site is brought to you by Nippon Boehringer Ingelheim Co., Ltd. In cooperation with Kyotokagaku Co., Ltd. Produced by the Japanese Educational Clinical Cardiology Society. Copyright (c) 2005 Japanese Educational Clinical Cardiology Society. All rights reserved. Unauthorized use prohibited.