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, […]
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NEW FEATURE: Platinum Planner Student Clinical Opportunity Documentation Upgrade!
As of August 13th 2017, we have upgraded the Platinum Planner student clinical opportunity documentation section. To learn more about this update, view the video below! We have also updated our Platinum Planner Student User Guide! As always we are here to help! If you have any questions or concerns, please contact our Customer Support […]
Questions regarding CoAEMSP Appendix G updates for 2019?
Platinum’s customer support has had many inquiries regarding CoAEMSP changes that will be effective July 2019. We wanted to write this article to address any questions our customers may have and let them know that we are working directly with CoAEMSP to provide the latest information. As far as Platinum Educational Group’s role in implementing […]
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 […]
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 […]
Q: When creating classes in Platinum Planner for my Paramedic course, what is the difference between a “Clinical” class and a “Field Internship” class?
A: A “Clinical” class would be a class that is tracking student skill competencies in a hospital or clinical setting. This would also include ambulance time, or “Field Experience”, which CoAEMSP defines as: “Planned, scheduled, educational student time spent on an EMS unit, which may include observation and skill development, but which does not include […]
NEW FEATURE: Platinum Planner Mobile App 2.0 Release
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 have occurred for some users in the past. If syncing has not been addressed for you, please contact us and let us know by contacting […]
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 […]
Maximize Training Evaluation: Working Smarter Not Harder
This article was originally posted in our April 2017 Newsletter, by John Spencer, Customer Support Manager, Lead Medical Educator Psychomotor skill evaluations have been a part of EMS education for years, and historically these skills have all been evaluated by instructors and lab preceptors. Of course, only a veteran EMS instructor possesses the ability to […]
Addressing the Third Leading Cause of Death in the United States
This article was originally posted in our April 2017 Newsletter, by Doug Smith, CEO, Medical Educator What is the third leading cause of death in the US. Is it cardiovascular disease or cancer? No, those are numbers 1 and 2 respectively killing 614,348 and 591,699 in 2014 per the CDC. Is it COPD or accidents […]