EMS Has Been Selected to Provide Its Clinical Skills Training and Evaluation Application at The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston.

Business Editors/Health & Medical Writers

WEST CHESTER, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 16, 2002

CSTE Solutions By EMS Will Provide UTMB With the Ability to Automate,

Control and Manage the Scheduling, Training, and Testing of Medical

Students with Increased Efficiency for Data Gathering, Improved

Quality Assurance, and Detailed Reporting Capabilities.

Enterprise Messaging Services, Inc. (EMS), a leading provider of turnkey products and solutions in the area of Clinical Skills Training and Evaluation (CSTE), has been selected to implement its unique CSTE solution to automate, control and manage the complete clinical skills assessment process at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) at Galveston. The application automates the scheduling of students, standardized patients, and faculty for teaching, training or testing sessions. Clinical encounters between medical students and standardized patients are electronically captured and stored in a central database, providing immediate scoring and reporting capability.

"The on-site CSTE training has been excellent and well received by our course and clerkship representatives, including program directors and coordinators, network analysts and SP program staff, said Judy Thornton, senior medical educator and director of the Standardized Patient Program at UTMB. " Comprehensive materials and documentation have been professionally presented to each of our many department users. The application is easy to learn and comes with exceptional professional support services. All of our users, including standardized patients and faculty, are excited about having the new application streamline and standardize their tasks," she added.

By maintaining individual student performance history, the application will allow UTMB to track student progress by identifying individual strengths and areas for improvement. At the same time, it will compile statistical data for research. This comprehensive software provides the UTMB Standardized Patient Program staff, responsible for administering SP training and testing, the opportunity to operate with increased efficiency. It also allows evaluative data gathering with immediate access to information for reporting and statistical analysis.

Founded in 1993, EMS is a technology company that specializes in providing advanced medical education solutions, consulting services, application development, and project management services. In addition, EMS also provides a Digital Video and Audio Recording solution that fully integrates with the CSTE application to provide recording capabilities for the SP and student encounter.

Established in 1891, UTMB is a leading academic health center with more than 2,800 students and residents and more than 2,400 faculty. The 84-acre campus includes four schools, two institutes for advanced study, a major network of hospitals and clinics that provide a full range of primary and specialized medical care, an affiliated Shriners Burns Hospital and numerous research facilities. UTMB is a component of the University of Texas System.