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Optometry Solution Overview

As the leading web and PDA-based healthcare education solution, E*ValueTM brings Colleges of Optometry the most comprehensive, user-friendly and customizable solution available.

Colleges use E*ValueTM to help maintain accreditation, support program assessment and improvement efforts and reduce the time spent on daily administrative tasks. All students, educators and administrative staff will have a unique login and password allowing each person a unique view of the system based on their role.

Core E*ValueTM components include:

Performance Evaluations & Surveys    Scheduling, Time Tracking & Attendance
PxDx Case LoggerTM    Program Biographic Databases
MyFolioTM Electronic Portfolio    Immunizations & Certification Reminders
Curriculum Management    Outcomes & Performance Reporting
Optimization Scheduling    PDA Applications


Performance Evaluations & Surveys Systems

With traditional paper-based systems, evaluation management can be extremely time-consuming and problematic. E*ValueTM allows programs to disseminate their evaluations and assessments in electronic format, eliminating lost forms and piles of paperwork to review.

Automated notifications and follow-up reminders are sent for incomplete or missing evaluations. This feature saves time and increases compliance rates, especially for programs with multiple sites.

Colleges of Optometry using E*ValueTM can implement our form samples, or create their own on the web using the Evaluations Builder component. If you want help, we'll convert your existing paper evaluations to web format for you as part of our standard support service. Link evaluations to your schedule, and E*ValueTM does the rest for you.

Since 1996, E*ValueTM has been used to ask well over 126 million evaluation questions.

Evaluation Component Features:
  • Course, Rotation & Site Evaluations
  • Student, Instructor & Peer Evaluations
  • Graduate Exit & Alumni Surveys
  • Clinical Performance Evaluations
  • Low Score Notifications
  • Performance, Outcomes & Trends Reporting
  • Student Grades, Scores & Ranking Reports
Evaluation Component Benefits:
  • Maintain Accreditation
  • Increase Compliance Rates
  • Eliminate Lost Evaluations
  • Reports Delivered Automatically
  • Eliminate Manual Data Collection
PxDx Case LoggerTM

With the PxDx Case LoggerTM component of E*ValueTM users can quickly track real or simulated patient encounters, clinical experiences and lab events.

Program Directors and administrators can customize PxDx Case LoggerTM to fit the needs of their program/track using the easy “wysiwyg” (what-you-see-is-what-you-get) formatting interface.

Preceptors review, sign-off and assign privileges to students on the web or PDA, and manage clinical reports, logs, counts & privileges as students log clinical experiences in real-time. PDA devices are not required to use the PxDx Case LoggerTM , but Palm and Pocket PC applications are included at no additional charge.

PxDx Case LoggerTM Features:
  • Real & Simulated Patient Encounters
  • Clinical Experience Tracking
  • Graphs, Tallies, Logs & Statistical Reports
  • Supervisor Sign-Offs
  • Easy Do-It-Yourself Customization
  • PDA Software Included
PxDx Case LoggerTM Benefits:
  • Track Clinical Events On-the-spot
  • Set Procedure Completion Benchmarks
  • Reduce Data Compilation Efforts
  • Obtain Reports & Feedback in Real-time
MyFolioTM Electronic Portfolio

Students and faculty can create and manage their own portfolio on the web using standard templates, or by customizing data fields to their liking. Users also have the ability to merge E*ValueTM reports, and upload documents, research files and experiences into the portfolio. MyFolioTM makes it simple to manage professional collections of work through content sharing, self-monitoring, evidence-of-progress and comments.

With MyFolioTM, students have a complete web-based collection of their training experience to pass on to potential employers.

MyFolioTM Features:
  • Clinical Experience History
  • Supervisor Validation & Sign-Off
  • Formative Comments & Feedback
  • Easy Text Editor & Formatting
  • Custom Field & Layout Design
  • Exam Scores, CVs & Education History
MyFolioTM Benefits:
  • Manage Progress
  • Import Performance Reports
  • Upload and Store Documents & Samples
  • Download MyFolioTM Content
Curriculum Management

Store, manage and release curriculum documents securely on the web. Attach documents, syllabus, goals & objectives to each course or rotation, and have them automatically emailed to each student before the rotation begins. Documents can also be posted on the customizable E*ValueTM homepage.

Curriculum Mapping Features:
  • Create and Assign Curricula to Groups of Users
  • Find Areas of Deficiency and Redundancy
  • Compare Learning Plans to Outcomes
  • Make Documentation Widely Available to Diverse Groups of Users
  • Create Detailed Reports that Support Site Reviews
Curriculum Mapping Benefits:
  • Assess Areas of Deficiency and Redundancy
  • Compare Actual Learning to Learning Plans
  • Conduct Document Searches Based on Standard Terms
Optimizing Scheduling

E*ValueTM Schedule Optimization is an optional add-on component to the E*ValueTM suite that takes lottery or randomization scheduling to the next level.

Unlike general education course scheduling, the rotation scheduling of healthcare education settings is complicated by numerous off-site locations, various time frames and experiences. With E*ValueTM, your program can define the parameters of an activity (location, time, maximum number of students), gather the needs and preferences of the students and faculty, and assign the most ideal activities for each. Optimization Scheduling eliminates the need to manually create schedules for courses, clinical labs and rotating students.

Optimization Schedule Features:
  • Programs and Schools Set Their Specific Requirements
  • Educators Indicate Which Courses They Can Teach, and When
  • Educators Define How Many Students They Can Teach
  • Students Input Preferences for Courses/Sites/Educators
  • Students Utilize a Preference Token System for Dynamic Rating
  • "Wildcards" are Available for Broad Preferences
Optimization Schedule Benefits:
  • Students & Educators Receive Optimal Rotation Schedules
  • Know Student Whereabouts at All Times
  • Eliminate Geographically Dispersed Rotation Problems
Scheduling, Time Tracking & Attendance

E*ValueTM schedules and time logs help programs track geographically dispersed clinical activities and generate detailed statistical reports in real-time. Track courses, rotations, lectures, labs, groups, and attendance. Also link objectives, attach documents, track trainee attendance and monitor faculty CE credits. Use the E*ValueTM block and rotation schedule to track resident and faculty whereabouts, and to automate the release of evaluations on dates of your choice.

College & Program Biographic Databases

Track important student, faculty and alumni biographical information with up to 250 customized fields. Generate Excel, Word or HTML reports from any of the biographical fields.

Immunizations & Certification Management

Track immunization records and certifications, and receive automatic email reminders before they expire.

Administrative Benefits:
  • Improve Program-wide Communications
  • Reduce Costs & Paper
  • Create Efficiencies
  • Attain Institutional Objectives
  • Optimize Institutional Reporting
Outcomes & Performance Reporting

With customizable reporting capabilities, users can quickly generate useful reports to fit almost any need.

Report Types Include:
  • Outcomes Reports
  • Clinical Experience Logs
  • Procedure & Diagnosis Counts
  • Patient Mix Reports
  • Rankings Reports
  • Schedule & Time Reports
  • Curriculum Reports
  • HTML, Excel, PDF, Word Format

  • Student & Faculty Reports
  • Alumni Reports
  • Course & Rotation Reports
  • Site Evaluation Reports
  • Time Trend Reports
  • Biographic Data Reports
  • Attendance Reports
  • Auto-Delivered Reports
PDA Applications

With included PDA Applications for Palm OS and Windows/PPC devices, users can quickly document their daily clinical activities. While handheld devices are not required to successfully use E*ValueTM, they offer a nice alternative for trainees that want to collect information, but do not have access to the Internet at classroom or clinical sites.