On August 13th, 2017 Platinum Educational Group released it’s Unified Course/Class feature. Along with this feature, we also now offer the ability to integrate your School or Course with Corporate Screening for student background screening. If you are unfamiliar with Corporate Screening, we have provided some information below on the company, the services they offer […]
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2017 EMS, Nursing, & Allied Health Student Scholarships Recap and Awardee Announcement!
Platinum would like to thank all the students that took the time and effort to apply for our student scholarships. There were so many great essays to choose from! But, in the end, three students rose above and were rewarded. The 2017 scholarship awardees are: EMS: Ethel Ventura, When Seconds Count Program, MA Nursing: Peggy […]
NEW FEATURE: Unified Courses/Class Creation between all PEG Products!
By the Dev Team Platinum Educational Group is pleased to announce the launch of one of its most requested features, the ability to create courses in EMSTesting and PlatinumTests! Now that we have courses in all of our products we thought we would make it easier by merging all course creation capabilities into a single […]
NEW FEATURE: Easier Enrollment Process for Students!
As of August 13th, 2017 we have updated the student enrollment process to be simpler and easier to use. Please view the video below for students enrolling into new courses and classes! We have also updated our PlatinumEd Student User Guide! As always we are here to help! If you have any questions or concerns, […]
How do I add classes in EMSTesting/PlatinumTests?
As of August 6, 2017, the ability to create classes has been removed from the Instructor role and added to the School Administrator role as part of the Unified Course/Class creation between all Platinum Educational Group products. To add a class as a School Administrator, go to your course listing on the my.platinumed dashboard and […]
The Truth in Validity
The subject of testing validity comes up quite a bit in the EMS education industry. It’s a topic of tremendous importance because it descends from honesty and integrity. These are ideals held important to us in the EMS Education field. It is particularly significant to Platinum Educational Group, as it is the backbone of our […]
Self-Motivation: How Can I Teach it to My Students?
This article was originally posted in our July 2017 Newsletter, by Tom Gottschalk, COO, Medical Educator When I began doing my research for this month’s article, I opened the old google machine and asked it about self-motivation. This is what it spat out. “Wake up with determination, and go to bed with satisfaction.” “It is […]
Why can’t I get feedback on Platinum CAT exams? (Ah, but you can!)
This article was originally posted in our July 2017 Newsletter, by Doug Smith, CEO, Medical Educator Students often mention that on the CAT exams they do not receive any feedback. We demonstrated in the past (Sept. 2014 ) that we do provide a tremendous amount of constructive feedback to the students regarding weak and strong […]
Q: My student purchased an access code for the wrong provider level from the bookstore (or online vender). Can they still use that to pay their course enrollment fee, or do they need to return it and exchange it for the correct one?
A: The answer used to be that students had to return the access code to whoever they purchased it from, as access codes have different values based on the provider level, and based on whether it is an EMSTesting.com access code or a Platinum Planner access code. There was not a way for a student […]
Truth Telling in Healthcare
This article was originally posted in our April 2017 Newsletter, by Tom Gottschalk, COO, Medical Educator As an EMS instructor/coordinator I can honestly say that the task of taking new candidates from civilian life to qualified EMS providers is an enormous undertaking. Whether we are training an academy of Emergency Medical Responders for police work […]