Try before you buy. Download these free demonstration programs from College of DuPage. This way you can see the content of each one and decide if it meets your educational needs.
All files are in a compressed format. You need an application such as WinZip or PKunzip to decompress these applications. Follow these directions for downloading our demos. Printing out these directions will help with the downloading process. The files must be downloaded to your hard disk, unzipped, and the program installed before you can run the demonstration programs. The demonstration programs only run on intel-based computers.
Demos
ChartSmart II
Conflict Resolution
Domestic Violence
Medication Maestro
TLC Medical Center
The PhysWhiz Series:
The Accessory Organs of the GI System
The Cardiac System
The Endocrine System
The Gastrointestinal System
The Immune System
The Renal System
The Respiratory System
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The PhysWhiz II Demo
By request we have created a demonstration program to show our customers
"What PhysWhiz: II Is All About and How to Use it". There will
be many programs in this series and this is a general overview of the
capabilities it offers. You can play the streaming video of the disc here
or request your own free copy by clicking on the link or calling 800-290-4474
based on your
connection speed:
Dialup (56k)
Cable/DSL
LAN
Helps students learn the principles and concepts underlying effective and appropriate patient documentation. (1998)
cs2demo.zip (3,178 KB)
A multimedia program that uses a blend of text, graphics and video to teach current theory underlying the process of resolving conflict. (1999)
cr_demo.zip (105,423 KB)
A multimedia program that uses a blend of text, graphics and video to teach support for victims of domestic violence.
Note: If you are downloading these larger demos using a very fast internet connection, such as a T1 or a T3 line, or DSL or cable modem, you should experience no difficulties, although the download may take a considerably long time. If you have an internet connection that uses a regular phone line, the demos will take a long time to download and you may encounter lost-connection difficulties. If your connection is a phone line, you may prefer to call 800-290-4474 and have the demo mailed to you.
After you have unzipped the files, the program must be installed on the hard disk of your computer using the setup.exe program included in the zip file.
domestic.zip (143,124 KB)
Helps students learn the skills necessary for administering intravenous medications safely to patients. (1999)
ivdemo.zip (5,122 KB)
Helps healthcare students and professionals become familiar and comfortable with the use of computers in the clinical setting. (1998)
tlcdemo.zip (2,240 KB)
Covers the physiology of organs associated with the GI System: the liver, the gallbladder and the exocrine pancreas. (1997)
ademo.zip (946 KB)
Covers the physiology of the heart including the cardiac muscles, electrical conduction system and the coronary circulation. (1995)
cdemo.zip (711 KB)
Discusses the locations, functions and hormone secretions of the endocrine glands and explains major physiological concepts underlying endocrine activity in the human body. (1995)
edemo.zip (1,253 KB)
Focuses on the physiological processes of ingestion, digestion, absorption and elimination. (1995)
gdemo.zip (958 KB)
Covers all of the important concepts related to the body's defenses. (1993)
idemo.zip (861 KB)
Discusses the structures and functions of the kidney and the processes related to urine formation. (1996)
rndemo.zip (920 KB)
Discusses the structures and functions of upper and lower respiratory tracts and related complex physiological processes. (1997)
rpdemo.zip (959 KB)
To unzip the Windows-based programs, ChartSmart II, TLC Medical Center and Medication Maestro: Giving Intraveneous Medications, you will need to use WinZip which can be downloaded at http://www.winzip.com. For all other programs, follow the directions below.
- You will need to download the demo files to your hard
disk. Create a folder on your hard disk to hold the demo files (e.g.,
Demos).
You can do this while still online if you:
Minimize your online program, such as AOL, by clicking on the minimize
button in the upper right corner of your screen.
Click on My Computer.
Click on one of your hard drives, such as C.
Click on file.
Click on new.
Click on folder.
Change or rename the folder to an appropriate title, such as Demos.
Maximize your online program.
- Click on the demo on this page that you would like
to download and direct the files to the folder you have created.
- When you are ready to install the programs, the files
must be unzipped using pkunzip.exe. If you do not have a pkunzip.exe
file, you may download the file from the PKware web site at http://www.pkware.com.
When you download the file, you can also direct it into the folder you
have created.
- This pkunzip.exe is a DOS file and you will need to
be in the MS-DOS mode to unzip the files.You can do this in the following
way:
Click on the MS-DOS prompt.
Go to the folder that you created.
Type pkunzip (program).zip — In place of the word "program"
type the name of the zip file that you wish to unzip, such as pkunzip
chartdem.zip.
- After the files are unzipped, return to Windows by
typing exit at the DOS Prompt.
- From the Windows Run command box, type and enter c:\(directory)\setup
to install the demo files (such as c:\Demos\setup). This will
install the demo in Windows along with its icon.
- To start the demo, click on the program's icon in
Windows.
- If you are having difficulty downloading the demo software, free demos are available via the mail.
