| Product Name: |
The Cardiovascular System |
| Level: |
First Year Tertiary / Second Year Tertiary |
| Platform: |
Macintosh® / PC - Windows® |
| Supplied Information: |
A revolution in medical education on CD-ROM, The Cardiovascular System is a multi-title teaching resource which fully expolits the latest multimedia technology enabling users to interact with and explore complex clinical and scientific concepts in a group setting or individually. This program will prove invaluable for pre-clinical and clinical medical students, hospital clinicians, cardiac nurses and training departments of pharmaceutical and medical device companies.
The series includes: detailed interactive tutorials with commentary; realtime animation; video of case histories and surgical procedures; full colour clinical imagery and artwork; self-assessment quizzes; electronic notepad; hotlinked glossary; recommended reading list; annually updated medical references; databases of cardiovascular drugs used in the treatment of cardiovascular disorders.
Disc one contains voiceover tutorials and the full Resource Bank. Disc two holds the colour atlas of anatomical and clinical imagery and artwork in high resolution for use as an educational resource.
Tutorials and quizzes covers: surface anatomy; the pericardium; cardiac architecture; the four chambers; mitral and tricuspid valves; pulmonary and aortic valves; coronary arteries and veins; electrical conducting systems; fetal circulation. |
| Possible Use: |
This product is suitable for First Year Tertiary / Second Year Tertiary courses for use by students without supervision. |
| Price: |
$695 |
| Developer/s: |
Andromeda Interactive Medical Science Division, email: andromeda@cix.compulink.co.uk |
| Review: |
This two disc package on the cardiovascular system is aimed at the undergraduate student who needs an introduction to the anatomy of the human heart and blood vessels. There is little physiology dealt with and no mention of blood vessels other than those directly connected to the heart. However within these parameters this package provides a very good introduction to the heart. Within the program the user is able to access a very comprehensive glossary, a help screen, a script bank and an image bank. These last two facilities contain the text and figures from the tutorial, and can be printed. Once the tutorial is started the user can chose from a number of areas of cardiovascular anatomy (e.g. surface anatomy, the pericardium, fetal circulation) and can then view the text of the tutorial, run the tutorial or do a quiz. The tutorial consists of a series of very good diagrams/animations with a voice-over (headphones would be a must in a classroom situation). The voice-over was clear although slightly fast and labels ëpopped upí and images changed as the tutorial proceeded. This part of the package is very flexible - the user can review sections, choose the order of topics in the tutorial or quit at any point. The only criticism I have is that the photomicrographs (only a small number) were of poor quality and insufficiently labelled. Also there was no indication of which parts of the tutorial you had already viewed. Quizzing takes the form of true/false, multiple choice and fill-in the word exercises with incorrect responses resulting in the user being asked if they wish to review the tutorial on that topic.
This tutorial could be easily used by students with little or no staff input. The user can also save their place in the program and then return at another time. The second disc in this package contains an image bank of all the diagrams used in disc 1. While the images are quite simple, the quality and clarity of the images could be of use to lecturers in lecture preparation. Overall this is a very good package. |
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Dr Jenny Wilkinson, University of Sydney |
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| Supplier: |
MathStat Software, PO Box 786, Mulgrave, Vic 3170 |
|
mathsta@ibm.net |
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http://www.mathstat.com.au/ |
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phone: (03) 9562 2766 |
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fax: (03) 9561 5524 |
| Date Record Last Modified: |
6/1/97 |
