Evaluation of iPax at a hands-on session of the Japan Society of Early Mobilization (1)
In a hands-on session of the Japan Society of Early Mobilization (June 24, 2023), iPax was used.
Mr. Tomoya Kuroda, who served as a lecturer, gave us his impressions of iPax, so we will introduce it below.
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The lecture was very well received. Thank you very much.
We asked the participants to actually listen to the sound and confirm the difference between normal and abnormal sounds and the difference in sound depending on the part.Due to the sound equipment at the venue, we had a problem with not being able to make loud noises, but since it was a seminar with a small number of people, we were able to finish without any major problems.
Q: How did you feel about the iPax you used this time from the instructor’s point of view?
Please tell us about the advantages and disadvantages compared to conventional teaching materials and mannequin simulators.
A: With iPax, you can hear the sound of the part where you move the stethoscope on the screen, so it was very realistic and popular. It was difficult to hear the breath sounds in the part where I wanted to hear the sound (middle precordial lobe), and it was sometimes difficult whether it was our clumsiness or a problem with the system.
Comment from Telemedica:
In iPax, alveolar breath sounds are set near the middle precordial lobe. This sound is difficult to hear because it has a lower pitch and volume than tracheal breath sounds and bronchial breath sounds. When outputting the iPax auscultation sound played on a computer to the venue, the sound will be louder if it is output to speakers that support deep bass through an amplifier. Or use Kikuzo to share auscultatory sounds without the need for a large sound system.
(The following is a reference photo when I used Kikuzo in another seminar). I would appreciate it if you could refer to it.
(Photo 1) Distribute the sound using 5 Kikuzo units (using a commercially available distributor)
(Photo 2) Outputting iPax images to a large monitor and listening to the sound on the distributed Kikuzo
(Photo 3) One PC monitor and one Kikuzo set each
If you ask the participants to solve the quiz, use this setting to give feedback.
