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Part of a series of multimedia surgical teaching tools edited by Dr. Rosser, of Yale University School of Medicine, this provides interactive, hands-on training in inguinal hernia repair from a laparoscopic perspective. Detailed video/still images of anatomical structures familiarise the user with the stepped procedures of each stage of operation, while Room Set-up demonstrates the correct orientation of surgical/visualisation equipment and surgical personnel. The Procedure section walks users through all phases of the operation, also allowing jumps to another phase out of sequence for independent review.

ActivEpi is a complete a multimedia presentation on CD-ROM of the material found in an introductory epidemiology course. Created by David G. Kleinbaum, a very successful textbook author and internationally reknown teacher of epidemiology and biostatistics, ActivEpi includes 15 lessons and over 50 hours of content. ActivEpi can be used in a variety of teaching formats: distance learning, self-paced learning on-campus courses, and short courses. Also, virtually all of the textual material on the ActivEpi CD-ROM is included in the ActivEpi Companion Textbook, which is also available for purchase from Springer. The ActivEpi CD uses: A full array of media (e.g., video, animation, audio) to motivate, explain, visualize and apply epidemiological concepts; Narrated Expositions to teach the concepts using high-quality audio synchronized with text, pictures and animations; Quizzes to provide self-evaluation of basic terms and concepts; Data Desk to provide practice applying the methods learned to real data; Navigational Tools such as a dynamic table of contents, index and glossary, to allow easy-to-use methods for working through the content; Web Links to augment the material on the CD with complementary content authored by others.

Part of a series of multimedia surgical teaching tools edited by Dr. Rosser, of Yale University School of Medicine, this provides interactive, hands-on training in cholecystectomy from a laparoscopic perspective. Detailed video/still images of anatomical structures familiarise the user with the stepped procedures of each stage of operation, while Room Set-up demonstrates the correct orientation of surgical/visualisation equipment and surgical personnel. The Procedure section walks users through all phases of the operation, also allowing jumps to another phase out of sequence for independent review.

This CD-ROM converts the information contained in the world's best-known and most trusted diagnostic guide into a true expert system for radiology. Radiologists can instantly correlate radiographic findings with over 15,000 possible diagnoses, arranged in order of probability. Exploiting modern computer technology, even minimal information can lead to an authoritative list of possible diagnoses - with just a few mouse clicks. Special features of this electronic version include over 1,000 radiographic images, a user-friendly interface, hypertext links, keyword searches, instant cross-referencing of gamuts and automatic reporting functions - making the programme a powerful and unique aid for differential diagnosis using 1,100 gamuts. The comfortable clipboard function allows lists of differentials and references to be added to radiology reports, effortlessly.