HSE INTERACTIVE MODULES

DEMONSTRATED BY DR. MICHAEL PARKER

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Demo I: Ventilation and Anaerobic Threshold

 (4:59) In this demonstration, Dr. Parker takes viewers through a module that explores the physiology of a person who is exercising...
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Demo II: Normal Cardiac Cycle

 (8:28) In this demonstration, Dr. Parker shows a sophisticated module that brings together various important concepts that are a part of the cardiac cycle...
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Demo III: Change in Velocity - The Airways as Roads

 (3:44) Dr. Parker chose this module to demonstrate how he sometimes draws on analogies when designing his animated diagrams...
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Demo IV: The Fick Principle

 (3:42) What to do with a complex mathematical equation that doesn't easily lend itself to visual clarification?...
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Demo V: Flow - Volume Plot

 (6:17) This interactive diagram shows how adding an element of time to an otherwise static plot can help students better comprehend an oft-used clinical tool...
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Demo VI: Effect of Input / Output on Body Fluid Compartments

 (5:56) For this interactive module, Dr. Parker has developed a real-time simulation that allows students to explore how the contents of IV fluids distribute in a patient's body...
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Demo VII: Single Alveolus in Context of Normal Lung

 (6:41) Here, Dr. Parker demonstrates a simulation that helps students contemplate an alveolus in a normal lung, which in turn is one of the keys to understanding respiratory pathophysiology...
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Demo VIII: Respiratory Changes in Pregnancy

 (2:40) One way to help illuminate respiratory physiology is a discussion of how breathing changes during pregnancy...
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Demo IX: Rib Motion During Breathing

 (5:11) For this interactive diagram, Dr. Parker created a visual aid for a common medical analogy: one that compares the rib cage during breathing to a bucket handle...
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