This article originally appeared in our November 2016 Newsletter by John Spencer, Customer Support Manager, Lead Medical Educator Cognitive, Psychomotor, and Affective are the three domains of learning that we must evaluate as instructors. The cognitive domain focuses on knowledge and is easily evaluated using quizzes and tests. The psychomotor domain focuses on the use […]
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NEW FEATURE: Ability to Customize Preceptor Training in Platinum Planner!
Platinum Educational Group realizes that Schools often need the ability to customize or create their own training from within Platinum Planner. That is why we are currently working on a new feature for Schools to be able to customize their own Preceptor Training! In addition, Schools and Teachers will be able to review, auto-grade the […]
Platinum Attendance Tracking
Platinum Attendance Tracking is an opt-in feature that allows instructors to keep track of student attendance in Platinum Planner, EMSTesting and Platinum Tests. School Administrators can customize the attendance tracking notifications that students will see on their dashboard and what the instructor can view. If you are an EMS, Nursing, or Allied Health training program […]
NEW FEATURE: Enhanced Control for Shared Sites
Many of our valued customers have asked for the ability to change locations and times for Shared Site opportunities in Platinum Planner. This feature works well for students in shared sites that don’t know where they will be assigned to for the day until they show up to the opportunity. This feature is scheduled to […]
The Unknown Patient: As Opposed to the Textbook Patient
This article was published in the December 2016 newsletter by Doug Smith, CEO, Medical Educator We often hear feedback from the students indicating what they are being exposed to on a question is different than what is in their textbook. Many times they have been conditioned through school and publisher textbooks that the text is […]
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 […]
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 […]