Elsevier is Meeting Today's Medical Students' Needs With Online, Mobile and Print Tools
22 Fevereiro 2010 - 7:37AM
PR Newswire (US)
PHILADEPHIA, February 22, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- - Company
Celebrates Medical Education Innovation at AMSA's 60th Anniversary
Convention Elsevier, the leading publisher of scientific, technical
and medical information, today announced it is celebrating medical
education innovation at the American Medical Student Association's
(AMSA) 60th Annual Convention
(http://www.amsa.org/AMSA/Homepage/Events/Convention.aspx), March
11-14, 2010, at the Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim, California.
"Elsevier is committed to supporting the 'passion, professionalism
(and) pride' of up-and-coming physicians through a full range of
online, print and mobile resources, including USMLE Consult,
Student Consult and our new 3-D virtual reality product
InteractElsevier," says Randy Charles, Managing Director for
Elsevier Health Sciences Global Clinical Reference Group. "No
matter what the preferences of today's medical students, Elsevier
has the resources to meet their learning styles, study schedules
and budgets." Among the resources that Elsevier will showcase at
AMSA are: - Student Consult (http://www.studentconsult.com/), which
provides full-text, online access to top medical education titles
such as the new edition of Netter's Atlas of Human Anatomy, along
with additional study tools like image banks, questions,
animations, and a virtual microscope - USMLE Consult
(http://www.usmleconsult.com/), which offers USMLE test preparation
guidance, simulations, review plans and remediation -
InteractElsevier (http://www.interactelsevier.com/), which explores
human anatomy and virtual dissection through 3-D virtual reality
technology - Mobile applications
(http://www.us.elsevierhealth.com/app) such as Netter's Anatomy
Flash Cards The first 1,000 AMSA student attendees who visit the
Elsevier booth (#18-19) will receive a complimentary three-month
subscription to USMLE Consult
(http://www.usmleconsult.com/usmle-step-one/usmle-step-one.cfm)
Step 1 Question Bank Review Plan, with content from respected
Elsevier resources such as Gray's Anatomy and officially reviewed
and approved by Edward Goljan, M.D., Professor and Chairman of
Pathology, Oklahoma State University, College of Osteopathic
Medicine. Dr. Goljan, who calls Elsevier "the undisputed leader in
medical education" and a "premier health sciences information
source," will meet attendees at the Elsevier booth and sign copies
of his popular book, Rapid Review Pathology
(http://www.us.elsevierhealth.com/product.jsp?lid=1&iid=0&sid=958&isbn=
9780323068628). He will also headline an Elsevier-sponsored
session, USMLE - Prepping with Dr. Goljan and the Rapid Review
Series, on Friday, March 12, from 2-2:50 p.m. (Due to the length of
this URL, it may be necessary to copy and paste this hyperlink into
your Internet browser's URL address field. Remove the space if one
exists.) About Elsevier Elsevier is a world-leading publisher of
scientific, technical and medical information products and
services. The company works in partnership with the global science
and health communities to publish more than 2,000 journals,
including The Lancet (http://www.thelancet.com/) and Cell
(http://www.cell.com/), and close to 20,000 book titles, including
major reference works from Mosby and Saunders. Elsevier's online
solutions include ScienceDirect (http://www.sciencedirect.com/),
Scopus (http://www.scopus.com/), Reaxys (http://www.reaxys.com/),
MD Consult (http://www.mdconsult.com/) and Nursing Consult
(http://www.nursingconsult.com/), which enhance the productivity of
science and health professionals, and the SciVal suite
(http://www.scival.com/) and MEDai's Pinpoint Review
(http://www.medai.com/), which help research and health care
institutions deliver better outcomes more cost-effectively. A
global business headquartered in Amsterdam, Elsevier
(http://www.elsevier.com/) employs 7,000 people worldwide. The
company is part of Reed Elsevier Group PLC
(http://www.reedelsevier.com/), a world-leading publisher and
information provider, which is jointly owned by Reed Elsevier PLC
and Reed Elsevier NV. The ticker symbols are REN (Euronext
Amsterdam), REL (London Stock Exchange), RUK and ENL (New York
Stock Exchange). Contact: Tom Reller Vice President, Global
Corporate Relations +1-212-462-1912 DATASOURCE: Elsevier CONTACT:
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