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Computer Simulations

APS Archive of Teaching Resources (verified for scientific accuracy)
Michael Davis
   Convective/Osmotic Water Movement (Starling Lab)
   Double-Pulse Voltage-Clamp Experiments (Voltage Clamp Protocols & Analysis)
   Electrochemical Equilibrium (Nernst) Lab
   Pressure-Volume Computer Model
   Synapse Physiology Model
   Water-Electrolyte Disturbances (Darrow-Yannet)
Family Practice.com
   HeartLab
   Patient Cases
Harold Modell

   Mass and Heat Flow
   Simulations in Physiology: The Respiratory System
Carl Rothe
   Cardiovascular Interactions CVI Project
Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen
   The Renal Pelvis
A. P. Shepherd
   Capillary Pressure
  

Other Simulations
MedEdPORTAL
AAMC

Diseases, Disorders and Related Topics
Karolinska Institutet University Library


Users and Comments
Des Moines University
   We use 2 laboratories: an ECG recognition lab in which students in small groups obtain an ECG of themselves and analyze the pattern. The other is an ECG dysrhythmia lab with computer-generated abnormal ECG presented and discussed.
Edward P. Finnerty

East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine

Robert G. Carroll

Indiana University School of Medicine at Lafayette
   PowerLab used as computer-driven laboratory
Arthur D. Rosen

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
William Guggino


Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans
   Interactive Electrocardiography ECG. (CD-ROM). Scheidt S, Meyers JH, Netter FH: Moorestown, NJ, Ciba Medical Education and Publications (Novartis), 1996.
   A.D.A.M. Interactive Physiology, 7 modules. All seven Interactive Physiology modules — Cardiovascular System, Muscular System, Respiratory System, Nervous System I and II, Urinary System, Fluids, Electrolytes, and Acid-Base Balance; Endocrine.
   SimBioSys Physiology Labs. Version 2, Critical Concepts.
   Cellular Mechanisms in Cardiac Physiology. Andromeda Interactive. Two-disc set.
   Acid Base Disorders
   Physiological Origins of Heart Sounds and Murmurs.
Michael G. Levitzky

Medical College of Wisconsin
Jean Francois Liard and Gerald B. Spurr


Morehouse School of Medicine
   ECG and spirometer computer-driven laboratories
Adel Elmoselhi

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Thomas A. Pressley


Tulane University Medical School
Norman Kreisman


University of Alabama at Birmingham
Heart Sounds

Acid Base Tutorial
Hippocrates Project
Visible Human Project
Virtual Hospital
Marcas M. Bamman

University of Nebraska College of Medicine
Kurtis G. Cornish

University of Texas Medical School at Houston
Norman W. Weisbrodt

University of Virginia Health Sciences Center
Howard C. Kutchai

Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine (Medical College of Virginia)
   Biopac used in computer-driven laboratories
Linda Costanzo



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