iPods have made substantial inroads into institutions of higher education over the last couple of years, not just as entertainment devices, but as education tools.

While this has occasionally caused some problems in the eyes of instructors (like students skipping lectures, opting instead for the podcast version), TIME.com brings an interesting article today about the iPod being used to train medical students to use a stethescope by allowing them to listen closely and repeatedly to sounds identifying various heart conditions.