PIE team projects:
VIRTUAL Cardiac Valves
We are in the process of developing 3D animated models of cardiac valves which can be viewed online as visual aids for teaching normal and abnormal cardiac function. More...
Cardiac Embryology
Embyronic development of the heart is difficult to understand. We have developed a web-based learning tool that helps users to understand the process. More...
Cardiac Anesthesiology
We are developing a website to supplement the Cardiac Anesthesiology Fellows' Manual. Current modules include a review of the factors that control blood pressure and a perioperative patient care simulation. More...
Control of Blood Pressure
The Cardiac Anesthesiology website Control of Blood Pressure module is an interactive online educational resource that covers the basic principles involved in the control of cardiac output and the maintainenance of blood pressure. More...
Technology
Technology is critical in the creation of our web-based interactive educational modules. It informs the science that underlies our work and enables us deliver our educational messages far and wide. More...
POPS
We have developed a web-based tool that allows residents and fellows to practice perioperative descision-making on virtual patients recovering from cardiac surgery. More...
VIRTUAL TEE
We are developing a web-based tool to help residents and fellows learn the standard views used in intraoperative multiplane transesophageal echocardiography and practice structure identification. More...
VIRTUAL Liver
This learning resource provides an in-depth, interactive, 3D look at the liver to help user’s gain greater understanding of the complex spatial relationships of the liver’s internal anatomy. More...
Fluid Management
We are developing a module to assist in understanding the principles of fluid management in treating hypovolemia. This will provide a visualization of the body’s fluid compartments and the changes produced by administering different fluids. More...
BMC Research Projects
Working with students from Biomedical Communications at the University of Toronto, we are helping the students to develop web-based interactive medical teaching tools. More...
VIRTUAL Patient
Online “virtual patients” expose students to a wider variety and a greater number of cases than they would otherwise encounter in clinical rotations. Feedback provided by the program improves skills in solving diagnostic problems. More...