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courseware) for topics related to biotechnology, healthcare sciences,
and medical sciences? These should be providers of courseware targeted to professionals and/or corporations rather than the general public. I would expect GeneEd (www.geneed.com) and HealthStream (www.healthstream.com) to be included in this list.
The current status of my research is that I have found names of the main e-learning providers among a wide variety of sources as well as information about the industry, and am focusing on the biotechnology, healthcare sciences, and medical sciences sectors. I am very close to pinpointing the specific information you are seeking, and indeed have begun to compile the list, but since I am finding that the persons who can help to get to the last step are generally on vacation, this may take several more days, perhaps until the beginning of next week.
I shall therefore leave this open for now, while intending to come back to it as soon as I get through to contacts.
The only clarifications to ask you are whether the geograhical range should be the U.S. and whether you wish to focus on corporate providers such as the ones you note or on other public and private educational institutions as well?
Regards,
vitalmed
I was surprised at the limited courses offered for biotech professionals by the various training companies. I didn’t include university extension program results in my prior research for you because you seemed to specifically exclude them. I did some additional research to see what I could turn up for biotech professional training and I discovered that the postgraduate professional training for this industry seems to be provided by professional associations and university extension programs. I’ve included a sample, but I’m sure you can easily find additional ones yourself.
Thank you very much for your generous tip and I’d love to help you with future research projects.
czh
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biotech professional development courses
http://www.bio.com/newsfeatures/newsfeatures_events.jhtml
Calendar of meetings and events
http://www.cato.com/fyi/fyi.html
Cato Research's Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Development Meetings and Seminars Calendar
http://www.biocom.org/aboutus.asp
San Diego association Professional Development Courses
http://www.bhrc.ca/Train_education/
Biotechnology Human Resource Council
http://www.extension.ucsd.edu/Programs/pdfs_su00/bio_biotech_manufacturing.pdf UC San Diego – Certificate Programs
http://csdd.tufts.edu/Institute/InstituteBrochure.pdf
Tufts University Advanced Education and Training for Drug Development Professionals
This turned into a very interesting research project as the whole e-learning market place is volatile and continuing with the trend to consolidation that has been in progress over the past two years. Even defining the industry is open to quite a bit of interpretation. I’ve included a selection of articles to help with a review of the elements that need to be defined when thinking about e-learning.
The necessity for training/learning needs assessment and alignment of goals for learning outcomes are the same as with non-electronic course delivery. How to take advantage of the capabilities offered by technology are major considerations in e-learning. How to blend off-line and online techniques has to be addressed. Learning management systems and learning content management systems are necessary for e-learning implementation. Measuring competencies, developing knowledge systems and a new learning culture all come into play and have to be included in evaluating the ROI of e-learning. How this is accomplished varies greatly depending on how the course is developed, packaged, marketed and delivered.
The e-learning industry is very complicated. Content has to be developed and packaged for electronic delivery. Technologies keep growing and changing and offer a great variety of capabilities not only for content management and presentation but also for tracking a management systems. There are many overlapping partnerships in the industry for bringing together content providers, technology vendors, marketing and credentialing organizations. There is tremendous opportunity in this industry and there are few barriers to entry so there is a lot of activity in mergers and acquisitions. The articles I’ve included should help with making sense of the general e-learning market.
Healthcare e-learning solutions will usually cover four areas: regulatory, administrative, service, and clinical content. Many healthcare professionals need to keep up with their field not only to maintain competence but to earn Continuing Education Units that are required by their licensing organizations. Many healthcare, biotech, and other medical science professions are heavily regulated and employers must document that they have provided mandated training. E-learning companies aimed at the healthcare/medical science industries provide specialized offerings to meet these needs.
As the e-learning marketplace matures, the vertical markets get more clearly identified and services are developed to address their special needs.The smaller players drop out or are bought out. E-learning companies are now beginning to get competition from bigger consulting and technology companies who are now considering adding e-learning to their portfolio of enterprise-oriented capabilities.
I’ve listed the companies I’ve found, followed by the e-learning resources that I think you’ll find helpful. Finally, I’ve also included some general resources for e-learning. I trust that you will find this research helpful. Please don’t hesitate to ask for clarification on any of the material I’ve furnished.
Wishing you success with your project.
czh
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E-LEARNING COMPANIES IN HEALTHCARE/MEDICAL/SCIENCE VERTICAL MARKET
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http://www.geneed.com
GeneEd develops and delivers Scientific E-Learning for the world's largest Life Science (pharmaceutical, instrument and medical device, and biotechnology) organizations. GeneEd is globally recognized as the leading provider of both Life Science e-learning curricula and client-proprietary Scientific E-Learning. GeneEd partners with a variety of e-learning companies and course vendors (Docent, Click2Learn, Biospace, GeoLearning etc.) to distribute its courses.
http://www.healthstream.com
HealthStream, Inc. (Nasdaq: HSTM), offers accredited educational and training content for health care professionals in many different types of settings (health care organizations, pharmaceutical companies, medical device firms, etc.) with a wide range of responsibilities and professional specialties. They partner with many training vendors and other organizations to provide access to their course offerings.
http://www.elearning.worldmedic.com/about.html
WorldMedic offers a catalog of courses and a learning management system for the healthcare industry. It includes learning materials for nurses, physicians and non-clinical employees.
http://www.medsn.com/medsn/index.htm
Medsn creates customized, interactive training modules for sales force training for the pharmaceutical, medical device and biotech industries.
http://www.pwpl.com/healthcare/
PRIMEDIA Workplace Learning's Healthcare Group provides for content, delivery and training administration in an integrated solution, accessible from any desktop.
http://www.cecity.com/execsumm.htm
CECity provides neutral platforms and integrated solutions that automate the delivery, tracking and record-keeping of online continuing medical education and training. …
http://www.kellyscientific.com/internet/ksr/job_seeker/elearning?cat=Job%20Seekers Kelly Scientific Resources provides an interactive, multimedia, online training campus to train a scientific workforce.
http://www.adam.com
A.D.A.M., Inc. (Nasdaq: ADAM) is a leading publisher of interactive, visually engaging health and medical information materials for healthcare organizations, medical professionals, consumers and students. A.D.A.M. products contain physician-reviewed text, graphics produced in-house by medically-trained illustrators, and multimedia interactivity to create health information solutions that offer a unique "visual learning" experience in both the healthcare and education markets.
http://www.cmeweb.com/
Thomson American Health Consultants, Inc. offer a large catalog of Continuing Medical Education courses.
http://www.newmediamedicine.com/elearning/elearninghome.htm
New Media Medicine collects and develops mobile and e-learning resources for doctors, students and medical professionals.
http://www.hcmarketplace.com/Listings.cfm?topic=PT_OL
Healthcare Marketplace – Online Learning topics covering accreditation, clinical trials, compliance, credentialing, etc.
http://www.e-medhosting.com/new/site/about/overview
E-MedHosting.com Inc., a Montreal-based company, is specialized in the development and production of high-quality information programs related to online continuing medical education activities, and sales force training programs geared principally to research-based pharmaceutical companies and other healthcare institutions.
http://www.praxis-learningnetworks.com/lifesciences.asp?m=3
Praxis Learning Networks offers specialized expertise for the life sciences industry in content creation and course delivery. They partner with Integic, Docent, and Trainersoft.
http://www.integic.com/aboutus/release.cfm?num=67
Integic has a growing client-base in targeted vertical industries including healthcare and life sciences. Tailored to the needs of life sciences organizations operating in an environment where compliance must be monitored and demonstrated, CRF WorkManager e-Learning provides a training backbone to high volume clinical trials.
http://www.epharmalearning.com
ePharmaLearning is dedicated to improve the drug development process by enhancing the communication and knowledge sharing among all stake holders in the drug development value chain.
http://www.healthgate.com
HealthGate Data Corp. (OTCBB: HGAT) is a provider and electronic publisher of healthcare information products that are offered by more than 600 hospitals in the US medical institutions to their patients and customers. Some of HealthGate’s products and publications are used by the medical community.
http://www.carelearning.com/
careLearning educational resources are made available to healthcare professionals by state hospital associations throughout the United States to assist their members with maintaining professional standing and continuing education.
http://www.digitalmed.com/
http://www.smartforce.com/corp/marketing/about_sf/press_releases_01/april18_digimed.htm DigitalMed provides training for nurses and other healthcare employees that covers both clinical and general topics. The company also has a partnership with SmartForce/Skillsoft to develop products for the healthcare industry.
http://www.vitesselearning.com/about_overview.shtml
VitesseLearning provides online learning for life science companies to help with product launches, sales training, management development, employee orientation and general industry training.
http://www.corexcel.com/
Corexel offers a large variety of courses and educational products and services for the pharmaceutical & healthcare industries.
http://www.icaxon.com/media/aboutica.html
I.C. Axon Inc. is an eLearning solutions provider to the healthcare industry. They combine eLearning systems and content for an integrated product offering.
http://www.audio-digest.org/cgi-bin/htmlos/03136.2.3365164404519726034/cmeu_home CME Unlimited (California Medical Association) is dedicated to being a one-stop provider of CME products to physicians worldwide.
http://imc.gsm.com/siteinfo/browse_sitemap.htm
Integrated Medical Curriculum developed by Gold Standard Multimedia, IMC is a website offering major courses taught in medical school.
http://www.dynamic-online.com/home/
An Interactive E-Learning Experience for HealthCare Professionals
The Dynamic Group provides continuing education and on-going training to secure contact hours for professional certification and to enhance your skills in this competitive world. They partner with IntraLearn Software. http://healthcare.intralearn.com/home/Certilearncourselibrary.pdf
IntraLearn Software Corp. is a provider of shrink-wrapped e-Learning products.
http://www.eduneering.com/
EduNeering, Inc. is the leading provider of online compliance learning solutions for regulated businesses.. They offer a library of 350 courses. The company serves pharmaceutical, medical device, biologics, and food industries energy, chemical, and manufactured product industries health care services providers other related risk management organizations, such as managed health care.
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E-LEARNING MARKET TRENDS
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http://www.infotechtrends.com/elearning_analysis.htm
Cost Effectiveness Drives Corporate E-learning Market at 82.7% AGR
Growth projections through 2004.
http://www.metagroup.com/cgi-bin/inetcgi/jsp/metaSpectrum.do?fileName=LearnMgmtSysPlat18Feb02_mktOverview Learning Management System Platforms: Market Overview
This $750 million software market is growing 40%-45% annually. It is part of an overall $2.5 billion market also comprising content tools ($250 million), e-learning content ($500 million), and services ($1.0 billion).
http://www.onlinelearningmag.com/onlinelearning/magazine/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1237070 Online Learning, Jan 2002 v6 i1 p14(5)
Gorilla warfare: Big names from outside the training world are lining up to become the 800-pound gorilla in the e-learning market. Who will emerge with the biggest bunch of bananas? (Cover Story).
http://www.elearningforum.com/june2002/Beyond%20eLearning.htm
This presentation gives a brief overview of the development of e-learning and a prognosis for the future.
http://www.elearners.com/services/faq/q4.asp
e-Learning Market Research Reports
http://cyberatlas.internet.com/markets/education/article/0,,5951_914901,00.html E-Learning Market Expanding Beyond IT Training
November 2001
http://www.brandonhall.com/public/ticker/
Bryan Chapman's e-Learning Stock Tracker-- Year 2002
symposium.gartner.com/docs/symposium/itxpo_orlando_2002/ documentation/sym12_24b.ppt E-Learning/Collaboration Scenario: Leverage Your Infrastructure
http://home.click2learn.com/en/downloads/t_d_big_fish.pdf
T&D, Sept 2001 v55 i9 p33
Swimming With the Big Fish. (e-learning market)(Industry Overview)
http://www.learningcircuits.org/2002/dec2002/greenberg.htm
LMS and LCMS: What's the Difference?
http://www.learningcircuits.org/2002/dec2002/IDC_diagram.htm
This diagram published in the IDC report, The Learning Content Management System: A New E-Learning Market Segment Emerges illustrates how an LMS can launch courses developed by an LCMS and incorporate LCMS performance measurements into reports.
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HEALTHCARE VERTICAL
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http://www.devicelink.com/mx/archive/01/03/0103mx064.html
Leveraging E-Learning in the Medtech Industry
http://www.smartforce.com/corp/marketing/about_sf/press_releases_02/feb_25_02.htm SkillSoft – The e-learning solutions company
Universal Health Services Selects SmartForce e-Learning Solution
The relationship with Universal Health Services is another example of the success that SmartForce is experiencing with its entrance into the healthcare vertical.
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GENERAL E-LEARNING RESOURCES
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http://www.aace.org/pubs/ijel/default.htm
International Journal of E-Learning
http://www.learningcircuits.com/
American Society for Training & Development – ASTD’s Online Magazine All About E-Learning
http://www.elearningmag.com/elearning/
Enterprise Learning and Knowledge Management Strategies
This is a comprehensive portal site that covers the e-learning industry.
http://www.clomedia.com/about.asp
Chief Learning Officer focuses on solutions for enterprise productivity in the enterprise learning market.
http://www.eduventures.com/
Eduventures is an independent market research firm for the education economy and interprets education industry news, events, and trends.
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SEARCH STRATEGY
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e-learning market
healthcare vertical e-learning
My only suggestion is that while the e-learning organizations in your response are well-tailored to the healthcare professional and medical industries, the biotech market as a whole (agriculture, foods, industrial & environmental biotech) is not well-represented.
Your research was well worth the $200, however, and has given me a fantastic start to my own research of the e-learning markets I originally defined. A huge thank you.
maia-ga
vitalmed-ga
I have a start in garnering the relevant information, including investment analysis reports of the elearning field and references to others. Your examples of companies we expect to find in this industry is a good help in making sure the focus is on track.
One point of clarification is are you interested in the top 25 providers globally or in the U.S.?
I appreciate your patience as I continue to research this question for you.
vitalmed-ga
Thanks.
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