Why Medicine?
Medical students and clinicians already use equations — they calculate drug dosing, read ECG waveforms, and interpret fluid dynamics in blood flow. But the equations live on paper, separate from intuition. Our approach: make those equations interactive, so a pharmacology student can drag a half-life slider and watch the drug concentration curve reshape in real time.
We consulted with three physiology lecturers while building this category. They told us what concepts their students struggled with most. The simulations below are targeted directly at those hard spots.
New Simulations
Rehabilitation Physics
Physical therapy involves mechanics — joint moments, muscle torque, ground reaction forces. Our rehabilitation-focused simulations let physiotherapy students explore these forces interactively, before ever touching a patient.
- Joint load analysis — how body position affects knee and hip joint forces during functional movements
- Muscle force simulation — length-tension and force-velocity relationships made visual
- Gait cycle model — step through the phases of normal walking, see ground reaction force vectors, compare pathological gait patterns
Note on accuracy: These simulations are educational tools, not clinical decision-support systems. They simplify physiology to make it teachable. Always verify clinical decisions against peer-reviewed literature and institutional protocols.
Who Is This For?
We've been careful about target audience. The medicine simulations are designed for:
- Pre-clinical medical students — building intuition before equations become overwhelming
- Physiotherapy and nursing students — mechanics applied to clinical scenarios
- Educators — interactive demonstrations for classroom or lecture use
- Curious people without a medical background — labelled to warn when prior knowledge helps
All simulations in this category carry a difficulty badge (Introductory / Intermediate / Advanced) and a prerequisites section listing what background knowledge helps.
What's Next
Coming additions to the Medicine category include: respiratory mechanics (lung compliance and resistance), optics of the eye (corneal curvature and focal length), and a pharmacodynamics simulator showing dose-response curves and receptor occupancy. If you're a clinician or educator and have a specific concept you'd like simulated, please get in touch — we've already built two simulations this way.