Q: Is there a way that Platinum Planner can send out automated emails to clinical sites that show them what clinical shifts students are on?

A: Yes. As a School Administrator, if you go to “Courses/Classes/Sites” in the red toolbar, you can select “Manage Calendar Emails”. The “Active” tab will display all of the current and ongoing scheduled emails you have set up, while “Flagged” will show any scheduled calendar emails you have deactivated and are no longer sending. To […]

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NEW FEATURE: Upcoming opportunities for preceptors sync with their devices calendar

The Platinum Planner Mobile App for the Preceptor role now has the ability to display upcoming opportunities in their devices calendar! To use this feature, go to the Settings menu item. Important! The app will give you a prompt asking “Planner” Would Like to Access Your Calendar” choose OK so that the app can sync […]

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2017 Student Scholarships for EMS, Nursing, and Allied Health Programs!

Platinum Educational Group understands the struggles and obstacles that are presented to students obtaining higher education in the healthcare industries. In 2015, Platinum Educational Group launched its inaugural scholarships program geared at EMS students. In 2016, the company has expanded its product line to include Nursing and Allied health fields. Platinum is proud to continue […]

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The Difficult Task of Allied Health Educators: Preparing Students for the Real World

This article was originally posted in our February 2017 Newsletter, by Tom Gottschalk, COO, Medical Educator Allied health educators are some of the most gifted people, and I feel privileged to know some of them. They are tasked to teach new inexperienced students the skills required to work in an ever-changing health care environment, often […]

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Q: As a student, what do I do if my Course or Class isn’t listed?

A: When students are attempting to submit enrollment into a course or class in our programs, what is listed for them to choose from are the current and upcoming courses or classes created by your institutions. If your Course or Class is not listed it may just be that it hasn’t been created yet, the […]

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Q: In Platinum Planner, does the preceptor training offered by Platinum grade itself automatically, or do the Instructors/Administrators need to grade each Preceptors test manually?

A: While Preceptor tests needed to be manually graded in the past, the Platinum Development team have made a major overhaul for Preceptor training (See More Here). In addition to the ability to customize Preceptor training to fit your organization’s needs, when a Preceptor completes the default Preceptor test now, the test is graded automatically […]

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Evaluation of the Elusive Affective Domain

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 View our Global Forms as a School Admin in Platinum Planner!

Platinum Educational Group has had requests from our current customers to allow School Administrators to view our Global Forms before they choose to use them. This new feature is now live! Sign in with your School Administrator account, then go to Options > Manage Forms. There is a new Global tab. In the Global tab […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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