private industry elder care founded fox farsight sept. 8 1997 1 fox learning systems 2003 headquarters pittsburgh pennsylvania products e learning video production website www.foxlearningsystems.com fox learning systems is an american e learning and multimedia training company . contents 1 founding 2 studies 3 training 4 references 5 external links founding edit debra fox is a former news anchor for wtae tv the pittsburgh abc affiliate . she founded fox learning systems after witnessing the training problems plaguing the long term care industry . 2 if you do training well enough people will learn said fox in an interview with seton hill university s e magnify journal . 3 she has won numerous awards for her work with fox learning systems . she also publishes a blog related to the elder care industry 4 5 6 studies edit fox learning systems has conducted and participated in numerous studies related to psychiatric learning and elder care . the national institute of health as well as the national institute of mental health has awarded grants to fox learning systems to study a variety of aspects in the eldercare field . 7 for example in 2002 the national institute of health awarded 566 000 to fox learning systems for two research grants . 8 in 2002 fox learning systems conducted a 6 month randomized experiment comparing computer based and lecture based learning for nursing home staff education . this study was conducted to find if interactive multimedia training would be feasible for compliance training in nursing homes . 9 in 2003 fox learning systems provided the educational component of a study to improve quality of care and quality of life in nursing homes . pressure ulcers were dramatically reduced . in addition using the animation the nursing staff learned to identify early stage pressure ulcers in different skin tones . prior to this study african american nursing home residents with one pressure ulcer were likely to have multiple ulcers whereas this was not the case for caucasian residents . after the education no one white or black had more than a single pressure ulcer . 10 in 2004 fox learning systems conducted a study based on the hamilton depression rating scale to see if actors could effectively portray depressed patients . their findings have been published in the american journal of psychiatry . 11 through this study fox learning system launched accupsych.com a learning system that can be used to train research raters . 12 in 2005 drs. eric lenze of washington university in st. louis and colleagues conducted a study to determine if stroke victims could identify their own risk factors for stroke after completing inpatient physical rehabilitation . surprisingly the majority of patients were unaware of their own risk factors and therefore were not in a position to change any lifestyle patterns that would reduce risk of a subsequent stroke . dr. lenze and his colleagues approached fox learning systems inc with the challenge of developing an adaptive learning educational tool that stroke victims would be able to use with the computer compensating for specific neurological deficits . 13 14 in 2005 fox learning systems conducted an nih funded study dealing with electroconvulsive therapy . they produced an interactive video to simplify and provide patient information on ect . 15 in 2008 fox learning systems started phase two of their web based training for families of longterm care . this seeks to assess family satisfaction involvement complaints resident quality care and quality of life . 16 in 2008 fox learning systems started phase two of the nih funded do clinical rehabilitation education programs really improve stroke related knowledge . this is currently in the early stages of development with a time table of 3 years to completion . 17 training edit fox learning systems develops web based e learning training . the company has a focus on elder care but has created learning content for other medical related fields . fox learning systems bases its training through a hybrid of multimedia and video presentations . their programs are broken down into chapters after which a multimedia test is given and tracked on a learning management system . the tracking is reported to staff and managers to see if employees maintain the education and skills to remain compliant . references edit https www.corporations.state.pa.us corp soskb corp.asp 1692570 gannon joyce 2000 11 10 . former tv reporter now appears in training videos she produces . pittsburgh post gazette . young julie m. september 2004 . debra fox fox learning systems . making employee training stick . e magnify . retrieved 13 january 2015 . http www.askdebrafox.com list of 2004 recipients for 50 best women in business word document 1 american association for geriatric psychiatry recognizes outstanding leaders in the field nih research portfolio online reporting tool . retrieved 2008 11 18 . nih awards to all institutions by rank fiscal year 2002 . retrieved 13 january 2015 . jules rosen md benoit h. mulsant md marcia kollar msn csb kari b. kastango ms sati mazumdar phd debra fox ma mental health training for nursing home staff using computer based interactive video a 6 month randomized trial journal of the american medical directors association . volume 3 issue 5 pages 291 296 september 2002 2 rosen j. et al. ability incentives and management feedback organizational change to reduce pressure ulcers in a nursing home journal of the american medical directors association v7 i3 pp 141 146 march 2006 3 joan arehart treichel in medicine all the world may be a stage psychiatric news october 15 2004 volume 39 number 20 . 4 http accupsych.com index.cfm skidmore elizabeth r. phd otr l ; koenig kris l. mba ; munin michael c. md ; whyte ellen m. md ; o donnell lynn rn crrn ; penrod louis md ; lenze eric j. md do clinical rehabilitation education programs really improve stroke related knowledge american journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation . 87 8 637 641 august 2008 . 5 fox learning systems inc all nih grants fy2005 excel spreadsheet 6 report.nih.gov award trends instinfoexcel.cfm orgid 3747101 & year 2005 http www.agingtech.org item.aspx id 290 & ca 2 skidmore elizabeth r. phd otr l ; koenig kris l. mba ; munin michael c. md ; whyte ellen m. md ; o donnell lynn rn crrn ; penrod louis md ; lenze eric j. md do clinical rehabilitation education programs really improve stroke related knowledge american journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation . 87 8 637 641 august 2008 7 pittsburgh portal companies portal external links edit rite aid giving care for parents accupsych website elder care family center website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title fox learning systems & oldid 743626622 categories video production companiescompanies based in pittsburghhidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate 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