EBSCO Publishing Partners with the Canadian Medical Association to Provide Continuing Medical Education Credits via DynaMed

Ipswich, MA (PRWEB) May 05, 2011

EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO) has partnered with the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) to provide institutional access to Mainpro MI educational credits via DynaMed, an evidence-based reference resource. The integration of DynaMed with the Canadian Medical Association system enables physicians to use DynaMed for research and quickly and easily earn Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits.

Representing more than 74,000 of Canadas physicians, the Canadian Medical Association is the only association that offers automatic transfer of credits to The College of Family Physicians Canada (CFPC). DynaMed is a clinical reference tool created by physicians for physicians and other healthcare professionals for use primarily at the point-of-care. DynaMed contains clinically-organized summaries for more than 3,200 topics; the database is updated daily and can be integrated into electronic health records.

The new partnership with DynaMed enables the CMA to help physicians work towards obtaining their credits through a self-reflective look at their practice while earning continuing medical education credits. Institutional access provides a direct link from clinical summaries within DynaMed to their CMA account to submit searches and receive Mainpro MI educational credits

Stratton Lloyd, vice president of medical market development at EBSCO Publishing, says incorporating CME credits into DynaMed is an essential part of DynaMeds goal to provide clinicians with the best available evidence. DynaMed was created to serve the needs of healthcare professionals. Allowing users to incorporate education into their practice on a daily basis is a natural extension of the DynaMed mission. Institutional access to DynaMed provides clinicians in Canada with a streamlined way to access continuing medical education within the clinical workflow.

CMA members may access DynaMed at http://www.cma.ca/clinicalresources/dynamed. Institutions currently subscribing to DynaMed may have the new CMA CME feature turned on within their subscription at no additional charge. Additional information about DynaMed is available at: http://www.ebscohost.com/dynamed.

About EBSCO Publishing

EBSCO Publishing is the worlds premier database aggregator, offering a suite of more than 300 full-text and secondary research databases. Through a library of tens of thousands of full-text journals, magazines, books, monographs, reports and various other publication types from renowned publishers, EBSCO serves the content needs of all medical professionals (doctors, nurses, medical librarians, social workers, hospital administrators, etc.). The companys product lines include proprietary databases such as CINAHL

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West Simsbury, CT (PRWEB) October 20, 2006

http://www.webaward.org - The Web Marketing Association is pleased to announce the Best Application Service Provider (ASP) Web Site Winner as part of the 10th annual international WebAward Competition, the Internets premier website award competition.

An application service provider (ASP) is a business that provides computer-based services to customers over a network, said William Rice, President of the Web Marketing Association. ASPs are a product of the Internet age and their Web sites are not only their sales brochure, but often the gateway to the services they offer to their customers.

Application Service Provider websites represent a highly competitive industry within the WebAward competition. Each website is judged on the same seven criteria including:

Pearsons Suite of preK-12 Programs for College and Career-Readiness Showcased at International Reading Association Conference

Orlando, FL (PRWEB) May 09, 2011

At the annual conference of the International Reading Association, the education services and technology company Pearson is showcasing a full suite of reading, writing, and language arts offerings to ensure that preK-12 students will be college and career-ready.

The programs address the vital areas of the Common Core State Standards research-based curriculum with embedded intervention, assessment, data management, professional development for teachers and administrators, digital learning, and school improvement:

Opening the World of Learning, or OWL (preK) A pre-Kindergarten program that integrates rigorous digital and print instructional materials for the nations youngest learners. OWL incorporates mathematics and science along with reading and language development and other critical skills throughout its lessons.
Reading Street (grades K-6) - Aligned to the Common Core, Reading Street is a comprehensive program for College and Career Readiness, featuring precise monitoring, and robust digital content.
My Sidewalks (grades 1-5) An intensive intervention program that accelerates the reading development of struggling students. The program aligns instruction perfectly with Reading Street, but can be implemented with any core classroom reading program.
Good Habits, Great Readers (grades K-5) A balanced literacy, reading and writing curriculum fully aligned to the Common Core that offers differentiated instruction focused on developing proficient readers.
Calle de la Lectura (grades K-6) - A comprehensive, research-based Spanish reading and language arts program series that accelerates all learners toward transfer with a sustained focus on comprehension skills and strategies, concept and language development, and writing for a variety of formats and purposes.
Quick Reads (grades K-5) - Through a unique combination of text and consistent instructional routine, this validated program will build capacity for increasingly complex text.
Developmental Reading Assessment2+ or DRA2+ (grades K-8) A research-based formative assessment of literacy designed to inform reading instruction and identify student reading levels, now with progress Monitoring.
Prentice Hall Literature (grades 6-12) - Prentice Hall Literature engages todays students through a comprehensive print and digital program that tackles the reading, writing, speaking and listening, and language skills outlined in the new Common Core State Standards.
Writing Coach (grades 6-12) - The interactive writing program gives immediate feedback to ensure students -- whether they are on-level, advanced, struggling learners, or English language learners -- grow into independent writers. The tool looks at students work in progress, one paragraph at a time, and analyzes the ideas, topic support, and organization in their essays.
Literacy Navigator (grades 4-10) Literacy Navigator is a supplemental, intervention program that aligns to the Common Core State Standards and helps students develop the reading comprehension skills they need to for college and career success.
OnTarget! OnTarget! provides teachers with online instructional reading resources designed to personalize learning, connect to reading assessment data and save time. Resources are available in English and Spanish.
WriteToLearn (grades 6-12) - Pearsons web-based tool for building writing and reading comprehension that helps students develop essay-writing and summarization skills.
Pearson Virtual Learning powered by Florida Virtual School (grades 6-12) Interactive, online courses that are aligned to the Common Core State Standards span all subject areas including advanced placement. For example, Conspiracy Code MindBender is a full high school course of intensive reading that is set on a gaming platform designed to test new literacies and higher-order thinking skills.

Pearsons full spectrum of proven professional development is available for review, including information on Common Core State Standards educator workshops; the Sheltered Instructional Operations Protocol (SIOP

Web Marketing Association WebAwards Names 2006 Best Government Web Site

West Simsbury, CT (PRWEB) October 20, 2006 -

The Web Marketing Association is pleased to announce the Best Government Web Site Winner as part of the 10th annual international WebAward Competition (http://www.webaward.org), the Internets premier website award competition.

Government websites play an important role in disseminating information to citizens, said William Rice, President of the Web Marketing Association. Because government websites contain so much content, they need to strive to incorporate more innovation and interactivity into their designs. This will help achieve the overall goal of providing information while easing users search for specific information.

Government websites represent a highly competitive industry within the WebAward competition. Each website is judged on the same seven criteria including:

American Statistical Association Urges Support of Statistical Literacy Bill

Alexandria, VA (PRWEB) May 10, 2011

The American Statistical Association (ASA), the nations preeminent statistical society, urges members of the House of Representatives to support the Statistics Teaching, Aptitude and Training Act of 2011 (STAT Act of 2011), which was introduced today by Congressman Dave Loebsack (D-Iowa). ASA also is urging its members, as well as all statisticians and mathematicians, to contact their Congressional representatives about supporting this critical bill, which is designed to ensure that current and future generations of students will have the statistical skills to cope in an increasingly data-centric world.

The ASA commends Congressman Loebsack for his leadership in promoting statistical literacy, said Robert Rodriguez, ASA president-elect. K-12 statistics education is essential for equipping students with the workforce skills and critical thinking necessary in our data-driven society.

ASA also released the text of a letter to Mr. Loebsack supporting the STAT Act of 2011. The letter is signed by the heads of seven organizations, including ASA, Alliance for Excellent Education, National Association of Secondary School Principals, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Mathematical Association of America, and American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges. The letter states, statistical literacy complements and enhances math and science education Because statistics is the understanding and analysis of data, it improves scientific ability. Finally, statistics heavy use of mathematics reinforces students math and numeracy skills. The letter adds, being statistically literate means being armed with the skills necessary to understand and interpret data and weigh risks and rewards to make decisions in the presence of uncertainty. (The letter is available at http://www.amstat.org/outreach/pdfs/STATAct2011Support.pdf.)

The STAT Act of 2011, a copy of which is at http://www.amstat.org/outreach/statliteracy/pdfs/STAT_Act2011.pdf, has five parts. The Findings section includes information on the bills benefits for a more competitive and better prepared workforce and more effective citizenship. Chapter A specifies the requirements for a state statistical literacy plan and a state statistical literacy advisory panel. Chapter B states the rules for how an eligible partnership a local educational agency (LEA) partnering another LEA, a teaching training department or professional development center of an institution of higher education, or a federal, state or regional statistical agency can apply for a professional development grant. Chapter C outlines guidance for grants to do one of the following: develop and implement state statistics curriculum frameworks or policy approaches to advancing statistics education; disseminating effective statistic education programs; or studies of statistics education assessment. Chapter D defines statistical literacy and authorizes appropriation.

ASA is conducting a grassroots campaign to gather co-sponsors for the bill and to gain support for a counterpart bill to be introduced in the Senate. Interested parties can join the grassroots campaign at http://www.amstat.org/outreach/statliteracy/index.cfm.

About the American Statistical Association

Headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia, the American Statistical Association is the worlds largest community of statisticians and the second oldest continuously operating professional society in the United States. For 170 years, the ASA has supported excellence in the development, application, and dissemination of statistical science through meetings, publications, membership services, education, accreditation, and advocacy. Its members serve in industry, government, and academia in more than 90 countries, advancing research and promoting sound statistical practice to inform public policy and improve human welfare. For additional information about the American Statistical Association, please visit the ASA web site at http://www.amstat.org or call 703.684.1221.

For more information:

Rosanne Desmone

703.799.8165

703.946.3820 (mobile)

rdesmone(at)mtvernonpr(dot)com

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