EMS Selected to Provide a Digital Audio & Video Recording Solution at The University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine.Business Editors/Health & Medical Writers WEST CHESTER West Chester, borough (1990 pop. 18,041), seat of Chester co., SE Pa., W of Philadelphia; inc. 1799. Primarily residential, West Chester was long the trade and processing center for an agricultural region that is now mainly suburbs. , Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 3, 2002 EMS' Digital Audio and Video Solution (DAVS DAVS Deployment Asset Visibility System (United States Army - Forces Command) ) will provide the Pritzker School of Medicine The Pritzker School of Medicine is the M.D. granting unit of the Biological Sciences Division of the University of Chicago. It is located on the University's main campus in the Hyde Park portion of Chicago proper, and matriculated its first class in 1927. , a higher level of quality and efficiency in viewing and distributing digital video recordings for the Clinical Performance Center (CPC (1) (Central Processing Complex) An IBM mainframe that has two or more central processors (CPs) that share memory. It is the collection of processors, memory and I/O subsystems manufactured with a single serial number, typically all contained in one cabinet. ) EMS, a leading solutions provider of Medical Education Software, has been selected to implement its comprehensive Digital Audio and Video System (DAVS) to automate, control and manage the complete digital video recording and indexing of clinical skills interaction between medical students and the standardized (trained) patients. The solution is unique as it provides the University of Chicago's Clinical Performance Center (CPC) with the ability to complement its existing analog recording Analog (or analogue) recording is a technique used to store audio or video signals for later playback. The first successful demonstration of analog recording for audio was by Thomas Alva Edison. The first analogs of moving pictures were those of the Lumiere Brothers. environment with digital video recording and distribution of digital video media to any desktop via LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. or WAN. The digital video recording can be used by the CPC for teaching, training, as well as remedial work with students. "The DAVS solution will provide live viewing of any interaction between standardized patient standardized patient Teaching patient, see there (SP) and students from any desktop on the campus, thus allowing the faculty to provide immediate feedback to the student and SP, improving quality of education and training of medical students" said Anurag Singh, President of EMS. In addition, DAVS provides synchronized audio/video playback for any session, case, room, student or SP. EMS provides advanced medical education solutions, consulting services, application development, and project management services. EMS solutions include its Clinical Skills Training & Evaluation (CSTE CSTE Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists CSTE Certified Software Test Engineer CSTE Centre for the Study of Teacher Education (University of British Columbia, Vancouver) ) application for automating, managing, scoring and reporting for clinical skills assessment. CSTE can be integrated with DAVS to provide additional functionality and automation. The University of Chicago celebrated its centennial in 1992 and at that point began its second century with the same passion for excellence in teaching and research that has been its outstanding characteristic since its founding. The graduates of the Pritzker School of Medicine have made significant contributions in their chosen fields. Its mission is to insure that those who follow will continue this tradition of excellence. The University of Chicago will remain in the forefront in the education of tomorrow's leading physicians, scholars, and teachers. |
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