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Dear All
I have an enquiry about software that is used for teaching
PK to undergraduate and postgraduate students. Based on an
email that was circulated on this list about a year ago the
following programs were mentioned:
SAAM II
RIDO
PK Solutions
PCCAL
MAXSIM J
BOOMER
[http://www.boomer.org/ ;-) - db]
ModelMaker 4
USC*PACK
I have a few questions:
1. Are there any other programs that anyone has used
specifically for teaching (rather than primarily for
modelling etc)?
2. Any web sites where a Demo and manual/or description of
any of the above list or any others can be downloaded?
3. Any comments (good or bad) that anyone may have about
any of these - or other - programs (wrt to teaching)? For
this last enquiry it might be preferable to email me
directly: sduffull.at.pharmacy.uq.edu.au
Thanks for you help.
Kind regards
Steve
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Stephen Duffull
School of Pharmacy
University of Queensland
Brisbane, QLD 4072
Australia
Ph +61 7 3365 8808
Fax +61 7 3365 1688
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Hello Everyone,
Few months ago there was a similar discussion on the list about
software's for teaching. And apart from the ones you have mentioned i
had added one more to the list-STELLA for Systems Thinking and
Experimental Learning Laboratory with Animation.
This software is a commercial one developed by High Performance Systems,
Inc.(http://www.hps-inc.com/). We have used this software to teach basic
pharmacokinetics to third year students here at Rutgers University , NJ.
Although i have not used many PK software's -so it would be unfair for
me to compare it with any of the others listed, in my opinion it is a
very good software for teaching simple modeling. Especially, STELLA
lends itself to model building even without prior knowledge of
differential equations involved with PK modeling. It has predefined
components which one can pick up from the tool bar and create models for
one/two compartments, elimination, dosage regimens etc. For more, visit
the web site.
Hope this helps.
Sincerely,
Pankaj
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All,
Pharsight's WinNonlin is widely regarded as the industry
standard for doing Pk-Pd modeling. The WinNonlin software
comes with detailed examples, tutorial and documentation.
Please visit the Pharsight website for more information
on our modeling products:
http://www.pharsight.com/
Pharsight has many universities and institutions as its
Academic Centers of Excellence, which enables them access to
Pharsight's tools and technology. Pharsight also offers very
attractive pricing for academia. Again, please contact:
support.aaa.pharsight.com
for more information.
sincerely,
--
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Product Manager, Pharsight Modeling Products
Pharsight Corporation
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USA
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Dear Steve,
here is some updated contact information for the software you mentioned:
SAAM II http://www.saam.com
RIDO http://www.ecpm.ch/html/pg_rido.html
PK Solutions http://www.summitpk.com/pksolutions/pksolutions.htm
PCCAL http://www.coacs.com/PCCAL/
MAXSIM J J. Gabrielson and S. Isaksson, Uppsala, Sweden
BOOMER http://www.boomer.org/
ModelMaker 4 http://www.modelkinetix.com/
USC*PACK http://www.usc.edu/hsc/lab_apk/index.html
STELLA http://www.hps-inc.com/
I would also add to the list:
ADAPT II http://bmsr.usc.edu/
WinNonLin & WinNonMix http://www.pharsight.com/
Quite a few of these sites include free demo versions. I would also like
to add that these packages perform different tasks (simulation only,
simulation & fitting, single-subject regression analysis, parametric and
nonparametric population analysis) and with different modeling
philosophies (geared exclusively to PK/PD systems or allowing for very
general differential equation models, DOS-based or with Windows GUI) and
so your choice of tool will depend on what you exactly want to teach.
Hope this helps,
Paolo
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Paolo Vicini, Ph.D.
Resource Facility for Population Kinetics FOR COURIER SHIPMENTS USE:
Department of Bioengineering, Box 352255 Room 241 AERL Building
University of Washington University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195-2255 Seattle, WA 98195-2255
Phone (206)685-2009
Fax (206)543-3081
http://depts.washington.edu/bioe/people/corefaculty/vicini.html
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Steve,
In response to your second query:
A demo copy of PK Solutions as well as a useful listing of 75
pharmacokinetic equations used by the software (excised from the User
Guide) can be obtained from the web site at:
http://www.SummitPK.com
Regards,
David
David S. Farrier, Ph.D.
Summit Research Services
1374 Hillcrest Drive
Ashland, OH 44805 USA
Tel/Fax: (419)-289-9207
Email: DFarrier.aaa.SummitPK.com
Web Site: www.SummitPK.com
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Two sites for excellent free software that have potential for enhancing a
kinetics course on the undergraduate level are:
http://www.cop.ufl.edu/safezone/pat/pha5127/
http://www.aut.ee.ethz.ch/~keller/pharmacalc.html
Art Straughn
Memphis
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Steve,
I use the following to teach PK (and PD) to undergraduate and graduate
students:
Excel
ModelMaker (www.modelkinetix.com)
WinNonLin (www.pharsight.com)
NONMEM
Nick
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Nick Holford, Dept Pharmacology & Clinical Pharmacology
University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand
email:n.holford.-a-.auckland.ac.nz tel:+64(9)373-7599x6730 fax:373-7556
http://www.phm.auckland.ac.nz/Staff/NHolford/nholford.htm
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