Victory Technology Announces New Medical Education Site: MedCollege.com.SONOMA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 25, 1999-- MedCollege.com Goes Online With High Quality, Accredited accredited recognition by an appropriate authority that the performance of a particular institution has satisfied a prestated set of criteria. accredited herds cattle herds which have achieved a low level of reactors to, e.g. Continuing Education Courses for Emergency Medical Professionals Victory Technology, Inc., an industry innovator in technology-based distance learning, is extending the traditional boundaries of electronic commerce beyond sales, marketing and purchasing to include delivery of its products through the Internet with its announcement today of MedCollege -- a unique Internet site providing online EMS continue education of unparalleled quality. The site delivers true multimedia curriculum, through the use of original, high-quality 2D and 3D graphics, full-color textbook-quality layout, human-voice pronunciations, interactive exercises and online testing. The Continuing Education continuing education: see adult education. continuing education or adult education Any form of learning provided for adults. In the U.S. the University of Wisconsin was the first academic institution to offer such programs (1904). Coordinating Board for Emergency Medical Services An Emergency medical service (abbreviated to initialism "EMS" in many countries) is a service providing out-of-hospital acute care and transport to definitive care, to patients with illnesses and injuries which the patient believes constitutes a medical emergency. (CECBEMS CECBEMS Continuing Education Coordinating Board for Emergency Medical Services )(1) has accredited all MedCollege courses currently offered. MedCollege brings a new and vibrant presence to the EMS community. Through MedCollege, EMS professionals can increase their knowledge and stay updated on the issues that could ultimately mean the difference between life and death for any of us. "In as much as the Internet itself has changed the world, MedCollege will revolutionize the EMS community by providing the EMS educator with a teaching aid that has never before been available. MedCollege is designed to augment traditional training methods, freeing-up the EMS educator to focus on hands-on training," said John Stalcup, Ph.D., president and chief executive officer of Victory Technology. Gregg Margolis, associate director of the Education Center for Emergency Medicine and assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh, said, "Distance Education is one of the driving forces in the future of education and will have a profoundly positive influence on the growth of our profession. It will bring continuing education to your desktop when and where you need it most." For the first time in the history of EMS education, more than one million EMTs, paramedics and first responders in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. have a bona fide [Latin, In good faith.] Honest; genuine; actual; authentic; acting without the intention of defrauding. A bona fide purchaser is one who purchases property for a valuable consideration that is inducement for entering into a contract and without suspicion of being multimedia option for obtaining current information and maintaining life-saving skills. Mike Brown, a firefighter and EMT See Efficient markets theory. with the Glen Ellen Glen Ellen is the name of several places in the United States of America:
The burgeoning wave of technology-based education will transcend international borders, providing critical skills to others in need around the world. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Adolfo Cervantes, president of the Mexican Red Cross, "In San Miguel de Allende San Miguel de Allende is the seat of the municipality of Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico, a historic town founded in 1542 that has become an attractive tourist destination for wealthy Mexico City residents and has a large American and Canadian expatriate community comprised primarily , the people that comprise the Mexican chapter of the Red Cross are all volunteers, and as such must obtain and maintain their own knowledge and skills on their own time. Computer-based training See CBT. (application) Computer-Based Training - (CBT) Training (of humans) done by interaction with a computer. The programs and data used in CBT are known as "courseware." will make it possible for our volunteers to face each new crisis fully armed." Paul Hammond, managing director of Victory Technology said, "We intend to carve out to make or get by cutting, or as if by cutting; to cut out. - Shak. See also: Carve a strong position within the Internet distance learning industry. Our well-established instructional design principles, enhanced by a strong visual style, form the foundation of our proprietary software engine. With this model, we are able to bring just-in-time education to any profession, when and where they need it most." About MedCollege Courses Effective today, MedCollege offers the following courses: -0- -- Introduction to Emergency Management -- Successful Documentation for the EMS Provider -- Interacting with Children -- Pulse Oximetry -- Interfacility Transport of the Trauma Patient -- Interacting with Geriatric Patients -- Customer Service In EMS -- Lifting and Moving -- Falls in the Elderly -- Quality Improvement -- Respiratory Anatomy -- Airway Management -- Special Considerations in Airway Management -- Additional courses to be added monthly -0- Because state guidelines for the acceptable number of hours of Continuing Education earned online can vary, MedCollege is priced per course to provide maximum flexibility. Individuals can purchase MedCollege course hours as single units for $10, or multiple courses for as little as $8 per credit hour. Institutions and agencies that wish to purchase a block of courses can qualify for the Volume Purchase Program, providing substantial savings. With the Volume Purchase Program comes the Online Administrative Manager (OAM (Operations Administration Maintenance) Refers to managing and maintaining a network or network device. The P in "OAM&P" adds "provisioning" to the list, which is a telephone company term for setting up a service. ) -- an administrative tool provided at no extra charge that offers customizable reports for the EMS educator. With Victory's OAM service, administrators receive up-to-the-minute, online customer-defined reporting of their organizations' activities, including courses taken per student, grades and number of courses remaining. About Victory Technology Victory Technology, Inc., based in Sonoma, is an industry innovator in the delivery of technology-based distance learning, providing the first multimedia EMS curriculum and certification on the Internet through its training Web site, MedCollege. Since 1995, Victory has led the industry by successfully producing courseware titles for the medical and healthcare markets on CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). . Some of these titles include MedEMT(TM)-Emergency Medical Training, MedWorks(TM)-Anatomy and Physiology, MedTerms(TM)-Illustrated (medical terminology), MedWords(TM)-Audio/Visual Dictionary, plus MedArt(TM)-EMS and MedArt(TM)-Anatomy & Physiology. Each of these products provides a self-paced, multi-sensory learning experience for students, a consistent teaching "assistant" for instructors and a convenient and engaging method of review or re-certification for professionals. For more information about Victory Technology, Inc., visit our Web site at www.victorytech.com. (1) CECBEMS is an organization established to develop and implement policies to standardize the review and approval of EMS continuing education activities. The sponsoring organizations of CECBEMS are the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians e·mer·gen·cy medical technician n. Abbr. EMT A person trained and certified to appraise and initiate the administration of emergency care for victims of trauma or acute illness before or during transportation of victims to a health care , the American College of Emergency Physicians The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) is the largest organization of emergency physicians in the United States. It was founded in 1968 and is now headquartered in Dallas,Texas. , National Association of Emergency Medical Services Physicians, National Association of State EmergencyMedical Services Directors, National Council of State Emergency Medical Services Training Coordinators and National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians. Note to Editors: Victory Technology, MedCollege, MedCollege.com, MedTerms, MedWorks, MedEMT, MedArt-EMS and MedArt-Anatomy & Physiology are registered or trademarks of Victory Technology, Inc in the U.S. and internationally. Any other trademarks included in this release are registered to their respective companies. |
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