The students who decided to receive some aid to access PhysioNet were included in a list. They received the following messages by e-mail (one per week):
They were encouraged to:
It was suggested that they sent the curves to themselves by e-mail; ps-format was discussed.
(Note: It could seem that the article of Circulation is too difficult to pregraduate students. I think it is not the case)
The global structure of the files (data, header, annotations) in PhysioNet was slightly explained. The students were encouraged to:
This is the core of the seminar: Undertanding that the signals are, in certain sense numbers. To emphasize this, it was suggested that they draw some part of the curves by using a spreadsheet.
Once the digital signal was understood, the students were encouraged to
Since in most cases students have access to computers using Microsoft Windows, it seems the most direct way to access to the ideas of PhysioNet. Other alternatives seem less appropriate in this context.