by Roshni Kulkarni, MD, and Usha Reddy, MD
Note: you can stop the animations in the middle by holding the right mouse button down. If you release it the animations continue rolling. Students have used this to predict the next step in the cascade.
The animations are like a book. The front page is the animation and the second page is a word document on information. Click the INDEX button to navigate through the various chapters.
Here are additional websites on which the animations are available for viewing.
1. http://www.hemostasiscme.org ( go to tools and cell-based coagulation-can order a free copy of cell based coagulation)
2. www.reddymed.com (site of Dr. Reddy who developed the animations- she has other animations on diabetes cox-2 inhibitors etc.)
3. National Hemophilia Foundation www.hemophilia.org . Cell based coagulation is under Researchers and Healthcare providers drop down menu. VWD animations are under Project Red Flag, under PRF resources. (only the VWD is available on the project red flag) Direct Link: http://www.projectredflag.org/resources/vwd_animation.htm
Note: Sometimes you may need to download the free Macromedia Shockwave player on to your computer (It is like adobe acrobat to view pdf files). Please go to: http://get.adobe.com/shockwave/ and follow instructions. Alternatively you can type “download free macromedia shockwave" on any search engine such as Google or Yahoo and it will lead you to the website.
ANY FEEDBACK IS WELCOME!!!
Roshni Kulkarni, MD
Usha Reddy, MD