Platinum Educational Group worked with CoAEMSP to bring you a new report to help during accreditation. The CoAEMSP Course Progress Report (3c2) *BETA*, tracks the number of times students successfully perform competencies required in their Course, then by Gender, Age, Hours, Global Clinical Skills and/or Custom School Skills. Custom School Skills are marked in the […]
Q: When setting up the “Hours Requirements” for a course in Platinum Planner, what is the difference in between “EMS” and “EMS Field Internship?”
A: “EMS” hours are traditionally ambulance hours that occur during the students’ normal clinical rotation. This is considered “Field Experience” by CoAEMSP, which they define as: “Planned, scheduled, educational student time spent on an EMS unit, which may include observation and skill development, but which does not include field internship (capstone) team leading and does […]
Culling the Herd: Changing our Industry One Classroom at a Time
This article originally appeared in our November 2016 Newsletter by John Spencer, Customer Support Manager, Lead Medical Educator EMS professionals are those that people call when they are sick, injured, or in need of some type of help. They are granted intimate access into people’s homes and lives. People trust them to see them when […]
New Preceptor Verification for Instructors in Platinum Planner!
If a student adds a new preceptor to their documentation, the student’s documentation can no longer be accepted until the preceptor is verified by their instructor. When an instructor is reviewing the student’s documentation they will have the option to verify the preceptor (shown above). Once the Instructor has verified the preceptor by clicking on […]
New Features Added to the Class Test Results for Instructors in EMSTesting!
EMSTesting has improved student results for completed tests! Instructors, just go to your completed tests and click the “Test Results” button to view! The Individual Student Results area of the page shows student results individually. Instructors now have the ability to Re-grade Tests, Retake Tests, Toggle Grade Visibility and Export Answers! Regrade Test Button This […]
Additional Enhancements to the Class Test Results Page
Adding the ability to exclude a question after it has been taken. Also adding the ability to select questions and push them into a new Group Test or into a new Static Test. […]
Improved UI for Students Documenting Opportunities
Working on enhancing one of the first sections of platinum planner written. These enhancements will make it easier for students to document their opportunities. […]
Addition of Preceptor Role to the Platinum Planner Mobile App
Platinum Educational Group is proud to release Version 2.0 of the Platinum Planner mobile app for the Google Play store and Apple Store. We have addressed syncing issues that may of occured for some users in the past. If syncing has not been addressed for you, please contact us and let us know by contacting […]
Group Testing with EMSTesting & PlatinumTests: A Classroom Application
This article was published in the September 2016 newsletter by Tom Gottschalk, COO, Medical Educator How many times have you heard that you must attach emotion to the learning process in your classroom? We know that emotion helps to move new information from temporary storage to long term memory and we try to incorporate activities, […]
Preceptors (Trained versus Verified)
This article was published in the September 2016 newsletter by Doug Smith, CEO, Medical Educator Preceptors play a critical role in the education and training of our students. From the hospital to the pre-hospital setting where students are provided with the opportunity to perform skills under the watchful eye of an experienced clinician where the […]