I thought you had good detail, yet could have been written with a bit more organization. The vidoes are neat, seeing all the amazing things that happens in the body. You covered the main components and did a good job on relating back to A&P!! Good work

Joel,
You did a great job on your website reviews. It seemed that you were very thourogh in your reasearch, and really took an interest in the topic. The best part of your website reviews was the videos.It helps out a lot when you can actually see everything that is going on inside of the body.The worst part about the videos was that it was hard to get a really good look at what was going on. The other major website was also helpful, it was good to know the basic about this rare disease.It alson helped that you let us knw what were the good and bad things about the site, this helped us utilize the time.

The only thing that you are missing is the “concise title” giving your opinion of the websites that you are reviewing. Other than that, I do not think you’re missing any of the other major aspects.
 I think that the best feature of your minor website is where you describe the best and worst features of the site. You were very thorough and you picked the right features to focus on, in my opinion, especially about the fact that, in order to compare the videos, you have to open separate browsers for each video. For your major website, I thought that you also did an excellent job. I think that you did a better job of linking the major website back to A&P better than for the minor website, although you did mention it. I just feel that for your major site you went into better detail.

Joel, you did a great job of showing the details that were required of website reviews, such as who is posting the site and the best and worst features of your major and minor websites. I don’t think either is missing any of this information.
 I think the best features of your minor website reviews are where you state the best and worst features, you went into great detail on this topic. I think you did a good job at relating your topic to a & p class, but I think it might need some further explanation and detail.
 For your major website, I think you did a really good job at explaining the condition and how it relates to class. I couldn’t really see anything that needs improving or that was missing.

The minor websites I am reviewing are from YouTube. The links are:
Sleeve Gastrectomy Situs Inversus Totalis Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JRH1Vcfhx8
Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy with Narration Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFV-73XjspY
I chose these websites because I wanted to make a comparison of a standard anatomy versus a situs inversus anatomy through these visual aides.
YouTube is posting these websites. It is a media site that is informative particularly in the Sleeve Gastrectomy surgery. In the video with narration it gives you exact details of what is happening in the surgery. It shows a person who is considering this surgery what exactly the doctor will be doing in their body. The situs inversus video shows the same surgery but the organs are in opposite positions.
These websites relates to a & p because it deals with the visceral organs during early development of an embryo. These happen to show adult organs in the standard position and reversed position. The organs that are shown in these videos are the stomach, spleen, and liver.
The two best features of these websites are good visual aides and one video has narration. These are great visual aides since most people will not have a chance to see the inside of a body. The narration video is very helpful in the fact that the surgeon is giving exact details of what exactly he is doing and what organ he is working on. The worst features are one video does not have narration and to do a comparison you had to open up two different browsers. The video without narration is complicating because you have no idea what organ the surgeon is working on. Opening two different browsers might have caused the computer to be slow. For those who have weak stomachs for blood might not have enjoyed the surgeries.
It has been Joel Herrera's pleasure showing you a standard anatomy and a situs inversus anatomy.

Edited by author 11-19-2007 11:47 PM
The website I am reviewing is HealthAtoZ. The link to this page is http://www.healthatoz.com/healthatoz/Atoz/.../situs_inversus.jsp I liked this website because it is an encyclopedia and it describes Situs Inversus in terms we can understand. It gives the facts of about this topic, and it is an easy website to navigate.
HealthAtoZ is posting the website. It is an encyclopedia website and they are giving the facts about what is happening in the bodies of people who have organs that are arranged opposite of what we know as normal, heart on the left, liver and spleen on right. It gives the definition and description of situs inversus. It informs the readers of the causes and symptoms and how it is diagnosed. It also informs the readers that there is no treatment but should there be a defect to an organ it should be handled by the appropriate doctor. I like that they also mention there is a great prognosis for those who have situs inversus. There is also references to articles and organizations.
This website relates back to anatomy and physiology because it deals with visceral organs during early development of embryo. In most embryos the mesoderm forms asymmetrical arrangement of the organs within the chest and abdomen. In situs inversus the tube like structure that forms the heart loops toward the left which determines the left and right axis, and also where the other organs should be positioned. For the most part people who have situs inversus usually do not have complications. If they have any defects it is in the heart, but of course there is always possibilities of other underlying diagnosis.
The two best features of this website is that it is easy to navigate and easy to understand. It does not overwhelm you with pop-ups or repetitive information. I like how it does not give you twenty thousand different links in the text, but it does give some resources at the end of the page. It gives you terms that even a schmoe joe off the street that does not have any medical background can understand. The two worst features are it does not provide any visuals and other problems to be considered. In the website www.emedicine.com/radio/topic639.htm it provides CT Scan and schematic drawings to illustrate the standard anatomy vs. situs inversus. This site also gives other problems to be considered for example Kartagerner syndrome, Heterotaxy, Left isomerism, right isomerism, situs solitus, and transposition of the great vessels.
It has been Joel Herrera's pleasure informing you about Situs Inversus.

Joel,
Great job on choosing a fascinating topic, justifying for this semester and finding some great websites. Believe it or not, I think you are the first person who has taken to us some online videos--and they are fascinating--I would definitely choose these two for one of your reviews. I would consider them "minor" or lesser sites so you might also want to review the emedicine or healthatoz website. Your peers have done a great job providing feedback on some site details and I have nothing to add. Thanks for your peer feedback,
LF

Choose topic: 10 points
Find four websites: 20 points
Peer reviews: 10 points

Allison Donahue Web Site Review

Site #1- This site was really cool. I didn’t have a clue what the disease was until I read through all of the information. This was a good website because it is an encyclopedia. It has all of the information that you could want to know about the disease. The only thing that I would have liked to have seen was the resources for those who have the disease.

Site #2- This website was very interesting. One of the things that I liked most was being able to see the X-Rays and CT Scans on actual patients. There was a lot of medical terminology but through this class we are able to sift through all of the medical jargon. Good choice.

Site #3- This site was definitely different than all of the others. I like it because you actually get to see this disease close up. I didn’t care for the video, it was a little hard to understand everything that was taking place in the surgery, but overall I was satisfied.

Site #4- This site was okay in my opinion. I didn’t know whether he was a professional talking or joe shoe off of the street. It is cool that there are archives for the public to research the material but I would have not put a lot of scientific faith into the material.

Site #1: This is a very well-documented website with a lot of information covering the medical problem. It has a lot of credibility to it, and it is tied to two prestigious organizations. The only problem that I saw with this website is that it has not been updated in a year, which may or may not pose a problem.
 Site #2: I felt that this website went more in-depth on the condition than the previous one. There is more information, and the x-rays presented to show what a person with situs inversus were very helpful to put it into perspective. There is a lot of information to deal with on this particular website, but if someone is very interested in learning about situs inversus then there is no problem. I did not see any major problems with this website, except that it has not been updated since 2003.
 Site #3: This is a very interesting way of giving a visual of what your topic is about. The first video was very interesting, but it did get a bit graphic in terms of the surgery and was kind of gross in spots. Where it does not have any narration, I did find it hard to follow because I was not sure what I was seeing. However, with the second video, it does have narration, which makes it a lot easier for me to figure out what was going on in the first video while watching this second video. Again, the surgery is given in detail and gets to be a little gross to watch, but overall this is a very informative video.
 Site #4: Reading the comments posted by other people for this website was fascinating. These first-hand accounts give more details without being too scientific. As an information website on situs inversus itself, I’m not sure how well it works, but the accounts given by the people who have dextrocardia and/or situs inversus, or who know someone with either, are extremely interesting and also heart-wrenching as well. There are a lot of different accounts from people all over the world. Again, I am not sure how factually-based this site is and whether or not the information can be trusted as it is a blog, but the information seems to be okay.

http://www.healthatoz.com/healthatoz/Atoz/.../situs_inversus.jsp
This was a really cool site. Man I had know idea what this diseased was until I read all your information. It’s pretty sad, how awful to be born with this. Health A to Z offers many different types of reading material and treatment options, however having Situs inversus it doesn’t leave you with many options for treatment. The site overall was great for most of the treatments plans out there not much on personal stories though.

http://www.emedicine.com/radio/topic639.htm
Great site it had a lot of good background knowledge and offer many different types of reading material. It had a neat section on the Path-physiology of Situs inversus.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JRH1Vcfhx8
Oh my gosh!! Strong work man. Who doesn’t like (You Tube) nice videos. This was my favorite site very cool, to be able to watch an actual video of the surgery was just awesome, this was so neat. Way to think outside the box…

http://www.bookofjoe.com/2004/12/behindthemedspe_25.html
This was a different site, I had somewhat of a hard time fowling this guys story. However it offered some personal touch on having this diseases. It was not one of my favorite and seem to just not have enough information. Sorry!

Health A to Z: Site #1

 This gave a very thorough explanation of everything from the general definition to diagnosis. It also provided associated periodicals and organizations. I didn’t like the fact that the article on this condition has not been updated in over a year.

Emedicine: Site #2

 This was also very in-depth, and I really like that they show x-rays of people with the condition. I didn’t like that it easy to get lost in the terminology on this website and this article has not been updated since 2003.


Youtube.com: Site #3
 
 I thought this was a very unique idea, to have everyone see the regular anatomy and then the anatomy of someone with Situs Inversus. The videos did gross me out a little bit though, and it was a little hard to tell what was what, but overall I found it interesting.


Book of Joe: Site #4

 I thought it was really interesting that it showed the chances of parents passing it onto their children. Also, it was interesting to read the comments of people who have the condition. I questioned how factual the information is since it came from a blog, but the blog owner the site says is an anesthesiologist, so I suppose it is factual.

Healthatoz website:

http://www.healthatoz.com/healthatoz/Atoz/.../situs_inversus.jsp

This website is posted by Healthatoz. I used this site because it's an encyclopedia and it describes Situs Inversus in terms we can understand. It covers everything from what it is, what causes the reversal of the organs, how it is diagnosed, and it also gives references of other informative sites pertaining to situs inversus.

Emedicine from WebMD website:

http://www.emedicine.com/radio/topic639.htm

This website is posted by Emedicine. I picked this website because it shows an article written by Annamaria Wilhelm, MD who works at Mayo Clinic. It's very informative about Situs Inversus. It lists related keywords that these people may or may not live with. It just depends on the person. I really like the fact that there are links that show you x-rays and ct scans of a person who has situs inversus.

You Tube website:

Sleeve Gastrectomy Situs Inversus Totalis Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JRH1Vcfhx8

Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy with Narration Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFV-73XjspY

This website is posted by YouTube. With these websites I want you to open up two different internet browsers so you can watch the videos simultaneously. So if you can copy and paste the links into separate browsers that would be most benefical. The site with the narration is a patient who has as we know a 'regular' anatomy of the organs. I just want you to notice how the stomach, liver, spleen is on the right side, and in the Situs inversus video the stomach, liver, spleen are on the left side. Unfortunately the situs inversus video doesn't have narration but with the help of the other video I hope you enjoy it.

Bookofjoe website:

http://www.bookofjoe.com/2004/12/behindthemedspe_25.html

I picked this website because it gives a brief overview of situs inversus and also dextrocardia which is the heart on the right side. More importantly if you scroll down to the comments there are people who write in to tell a brief story about living with this or knows somebody with this genetic disorder.

This topic is related to the development of an embryo, the tube-like structure that becomes the heart forms a loop toward the left, identifying the left/right axis along which the other organs should be positioned.

Joel, this should be a fascinating topic. Just a reminder that, since it mostly deals with visceral organs, you'll have to show how it relates to the embryology that we did at the start of the semester.
LF

Hey it's Joel Herrera and I have chosen the topic of Situs inversus. I'm fascinated how we think everybody is the same on the inside. We have the same organs, but it's not a guarantee the positions of the organs are the same.