U.S. Centers for Disease Control Taps Knowledge Factor’s Confidence-Based Learning™ to Ensure Mastery in the Handling of Infectious Diseases

Program for CDC Staff and U.S. Infectious Disease Healthcare Professionals Addresses SARS, Avian Influenza and Other Infectious Diseases: Knowledge Factor, the leader in Confidence-Based Learning™, today announced it has been selected by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control to educate CDC staff and U.S. healthcare professionals about prevention and treatment of emerging and potentially infectious disease threats. The program will utilize Knowledge Factor’s patented Confidence-Based Learning System™ (CBL System™) to ensure and document that professionals achieve 100 percent mastery of all learning objectives and educational content.

Denver, CO (HRMarketer/PRWeb) September 12, 2006 -- Knowledge Factor, the leader in Confidence-Based Learning™, today announced it has been selected by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control to educate CDC staff and U.S. healthcare professionals about prevention and treatment of emerging and potentially infectious disease threats. The program will utilize Knowledge Factor’s patented Confidence-Based Learning System™ (CBL System™) to ensure and document that professionals achieve 100 percent mastery of all learning objectives and educational content.

The CDC courses are specially designed to reduce or eliminate medical errors that could result in a national medical disaster. The agency selected Confidence-Based Learning because of its sole focus on delivering mastery to professionals. The patented CBL System accurately measures the knowledge quality of professionals, isolating confidently-held misinformation and doubt, and quickly and effectively remediates knowledge and confidence gaps until professionals have total mastery of their discipline. By doing so, the CBL System reduces the risk of mistakes, significantly reduces training time, and produces professionals who can put correct, confidently-held knowledge into action. Because the CBL System is an online application, the CDC’s training is available to people anywhere in the world at any time.

The CDC cannot afford misinformation with critical information such as avian flu, SARS or other biological threats. Within the field of medicine, confidently-held misinformation can spread like a virus. It is critical that we identify and fix this misinformation and implement a process that ensures that healthcare professionals master critical knowledge and communicate it confidently.

“The CDC wanted to quickly prove effective transfer of knowledge, and the CBL System is the obvious solution,” said Doug Pousma, MD, MBA, and President of Metrixx, a company that markets Knowledge Factor to the continuing medical education community. “The CDC cannot afford misinformation with critical information such as avian flu, SARS or other biological threats. Within the field of medicine, confidently-held misinformation can spread like a virus. It is critical that we identify and fix this misinformation and implement a process that ensures that healthcare professionals master critical knowledge and communicate it confidently.”

The program, which will begin to roll out this fall, is designed to increase knowledge of:

• The current threat of potentially serious or rapidly spreading, emerging infectious disease threats (e.g., SARS, influenza, multi-drug-resistant organisms);

• The prevention of potentially serious or rapidly spreading infections from these same sources;

• The selection and use of personal protective equipment to prevent contact with potentially infectious material;

• Appropriate and effective administrative, engineering, work practice, and environmental measures to prevent transmission of infectious agents, and

“When dealing with pandemics, healthcare crises and other potentially harmful global health issues, accurate information and quick and effective education is essential” said Mark Dreher, Chief Executive Officer of Knowledge Factor. “Ensuring that our nation’s healthcare workers have complete mastery over what they need to know – and can properly educate the public – is our ultimate goal.”

Knowledge Factor, Inc.
Founded in 2000, Knowledge Factor has gained national acclaim for its unique ability to take learners in corporate or educational settings to a state of total mastery – confidently-held, correct knowledge put into practice. Knowledge Factor is the leader in Confidence-Based Learning and owner of a patented process that measures and fixes both knowledge and confidence gaps among employees. The Company's CBL Systemtm measures competency, validates learning and provides rapid and targeted learning solutions to organizations and individuals that need to achieve mastery. For more information, go to www.knowledgefactor.com.

Metrixx, LLC
Founded in 2005, Metrixx is an independent physician-driven Continuing Medical Education learning assessment and outcomes company. Metrixx’ research and development brings the state-of-the-art technology and tools to CME, learning assessment, and physician performance assessment. For more information, go to www.metrixx.net.

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