Nearly every U.S. medical school gives new students a white coat and a stethoscope. The act is part of a long tradition. But it is more than just symbolic. Medical schools still teach stethoscope skills. Doctors must be able to use them well to get their licenses. But the stethoscope, 200 years after its invention, is facing an uncertain future. New devices can help doctors find problems in the heart, lungs and other areas. They use ultrasound technology, artificial intelligence and smartphone apps. Dr. Eric Topol is a world-renowned heart doctor. He considers the stethoscope obsolete in other words, old and out of date. It “was OK for 200 years,” Topol said. But “we need to go beyond that. We can do better.”
Title: Will New Devices Replace the Stethoscope?
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3765/scope.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Will New Devices Replace the Stethoscope?' data-article-id='4246'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='8583'>Nearly every U.S. medical school gives new students a white coat and a stethoscope.</span> <span data-start-time='8583' data-end-time='12354'>The act is part of a long tradition.</span> <span data-start-time='12354' data-end-time='16521'>But it is more than just symbolic.</span> <span data-start-time='16521' data-end-time='21271'>Medical schools still teach stethoscope skills.</span> <span data-start-time='21271' data-end-time='27479'>Doctors must be able to use them well to get their licenses.</span> <span data-start-time='27479' data-end-time='36271'>But the stethoscope, 200 years after its invention, is facing an uncertain future.</span> <span data-start-time='36271' data-end-time='44208'>New devices can help doctors find problems in the heart, lungs and other areas.</span> <span data-start-time='44208' data-end-time='51750'>They use ultrasound technology, artificial intelligence and smartphone apps.</span> <span data-start-time='51750' data-end-time='56500'>Dr. Eric Topol is a world-renowned heart doctor.</span> <span data-start-time='56500' data-end-time='63854'>He considers the stethoscope obsolete in other words, old and out of date.</span> <span data-start-time='63854' data-end-time='68313'>It “was OK for 200 years,” Topol said.</span> <span data-start-time='68313' data-end-time='71167'>But “we need to go beyond that.</span> <span data-start-time='71167' data-end-time='73000'>We can do better.”</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3765/scope.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=13947 data-hint-location='36271' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3765/new_devices_can_help_doctors_find__blank_.wav'>New devices can help doctors find <span class='blank'>problems</span>.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='problems'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3765/the_heart.wav'><span>the heart</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3765/lungs.wav'><span>lungs</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3765/problems.wav'><span>problems</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3765/a_job.wav'><span>a job</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=13948 data-hint-location='27479' style='display:none;'><div class='question' 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