Assessment/Admissions Testing in EMSTesting is a series of assessments students take to measure their knowledge in certain areas. The Instructor can look at the results of the assessment test to determine their students’ knowledge while in an EMS certification program. EMSTesting offers an EMT-P Math Assessment, a Learning Style Assessment, a Paramedic Entry Assessment, a […]
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PEG Single Sign-In Feature is now live
Platinum Educational Group is pleased to announce to our customers its upcoming single sign-in feature for all our products! This change will occur on the morning of Sunday, July 3rd, 2016. The single sign-in feature will allow you to have access to all of Platinum Educational Group’s products with one email and password. Once you […]
The Importance of Computer Adaptive Testing and Actually Training Like You Fight!
This article was written for our July 2016 Newsletter by By John Spencer, Medical Educator Take a moment and think about all of the trainings that you have personally attended over the years. Do you remember them all or just some of them? Odds are that you can remember some of them because something memorable […]
PEG’s EMSTesting Validity
This article was published in our July 2016 Newsletter and was written by Doug Smith, Medical Educator, CEO There is a marketing campaign from our competitor going around suggesting that there is only one solution out there for providing valid tests for EMS providers. Let me be very clear that this is NOT the case. […]
Congratulations to Lenoir Community College!
Platinum Educational Group would like to congratulate Lenoir Community College for it’s EMS program ranking third in the Country! They received an incredible write up from EMSWorld and BestColleges.com. http://www.emsworld.com/news/12218587/lenoir-community-college-ems-program-ranked-third-in-the-country http://www.bestcolleges.com/features/best-online-emt-programs/ […]
The Importance of Being Able to Modify Your Tests and Scenarios in EMS Education
his article was published in our May 2016 Newsletter, by the John Spencer, Medical Educator Should you be able to modify your tests and scenarios? The answer to this question is yes, absolutely you should! Let’s take a look at why. Having the ability to modify tests allows for flexibility in the course schedule. Consider […]
What is PlatinumTests.com?
Many of you have noticed a new platform addition entitled PlatinumTests. This new web based mobile friendly site provides us a platform to provide valid and reliable testing for a myriad of different healthcare industries. We are excited about this new venture to take testing to another level! Currently, PlatinumTests houses our NCLEX-RN® study prep […]
Why should my EMS Program use Final Exams offered by EMSTesting?
Are you still creating final exams for your EMS programs? Are you still writing your own items, creating spreadsheets and reports for validation? WHY? It takes a great deal of time and effort to invest in building a defendable final exam that will be a reliable indicator of your students’ success at the National Registry. […]
Q: My students have been reporting to me that they cannot take their tests when I activate Platinum Secure Testing. Is there any advice that I can offer them to help them gain access to their tests?
A: Platinum Secure Testing is a secure testing browser designed to allow students to take online tests, but prevent them from accessing other websites while they test or running certain applications like Messenger, Skype, or other communication applications. As it does require that students close these other applications before Platinum Secure Testing will allow them […]
Getting the most out of Platinum’s Computer Adaptive Testing experience (CAT)
Almost a decade ago we launched our computer adaptive testing software to prepare students for this new method of taking high stakes exams like the National Registry of EMT’s and the NCLEX for nursing. I can vividly remember the building process with our educators and IT experts around a table mapping it all out. Armed […]