{"id":648,"date":"2025-12-15T21:51:05","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T21:51:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sterlingcredentials.com\/HowTo\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=648"},"modified":"2025-12-15T21:51:05","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T21:51:05","slug":"testing-our-platform","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/sterlingcredentials.com\/HowTo\/howto\/testing-our-platform\/","title":{"rendered":"Testing Our Platform"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Create a free program account<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/emt.sterlingcredentials.com\/new-program\">Do it here or<\/a> if you already have an account,<a href=\"https:\/\/emt.sterlingcredentials.com\/login\"> login here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/sterlingcredentials.com\/HowTo\/howto\/how-do-i-add-faculty\/\" data-type=\"ht_kb\" data-id=\"154\">User tool<\/a>, look up yourself, and ensure you have the roles of: <strong>Program Director, Clinical Director<\/strong> (to see student PCRs and test the scheduler), and <strong>Preceptor<\/strong> (to act as preceptor for the &#8220;student&#8221; you&#8217;re about to impersonate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The only preparatory thing you really need to do is to <a href=\"https:\/\/sterlingcredentials.com\/HowTo\/howto\/add-clinical-affiliates\/\" data-type=\"ht_kb\" data-id=\"134\">add at least one affiliate<\/a> where your &#8220;student&#8221; account can attend a clinical or field experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other preparatory things you might wish to do can be found here: <a href=\"https:\/\/sterlingcredentials.com\/HowTo\/howto\/new-program-what-do-i-need-to-do\/\">New Programs Start Here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Enroll as a student<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The VERY best way to quickly learn how we work.  First, use <strong>two browsers<\/strong> (Firefox, Chrome, Safari) <strong>or 2 devices<\/strong> to allow you to be logged in both as faculty and student at the same time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Next, use your <strong>personal email and a &#8220;movie phone number&#8221; <\/strong>(area code-555-xxxx) to <a href=\"https:\/\/sterlingcredentials.com\/HowTo\/howto\/how-do-we-onboard-new-students\/\" data-type=\"ht_kb\" data-id=\"156\">create a student account <\/a>for &#8220;(your first name) Student&#8221; (use your real first name, but use the last name of &#8220;Student&#8221; so you can easily keep your accounts separated) independent of your faculty account.  <a href=\"https:\/\/sterlingcredentials.com\/HowTo\/howto\/how-do-we-onboard-new-students\/\" data-type=\"ht_kb\" data-id=\"156\">Enroll it into our free Sample Paramedic Cohort.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Look at what you care about<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>See how students <a href=\"https:\/\/sterlingcredentials.com\/HowTo\/howto\/orientation-to-writing-patient-care-reports\/\" data-type=\"ht_kb\" data-id=\"371\">write a PCR<\/a>.  Use your faculty account as the &#8220;Preceptor&#8221; to <a href=\"https:\/\/sterlingcredentials.com\/HowTo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Preceptor-orientation-video-cover.png\" data-type=\"attachment\" data-id=\"311\">see it from the preceptor end.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maybe you want to see how <a href=\"https:\/\/sterlingcredentials.com\/HowTo\/howto\/how-to-record-lab-skills\/\">Peer-to-Peer lab skills evaluations <\/a>work?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Or you&#8217;d like to see how the credits transfer from the PCR to the SMC?  There are four less-than-10 minute videos to help (simply search &#8220;SMC&#8221; in this <a href=\"https:\/\/sterlingcredentials.com\/HowTo\/\">Knowledge Base<\/a> to find them), but this is the most important shortcut: <a href=\"https:\/\/sterlingcredentials.com\/HowTo\/howto\/smc-part-3-of-3-live-shifts\/\">SMC (Part 3 of 3)&#8211;Live Shifts<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">View faculty side<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Once a shift has been closed by your &#8220;student&#8221; account, you&#8217;ll be able to <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/H2dJ251SKug?si=p4GoJU60-jif1TE9\">grade it<\/a> from the faculty side in the role of <strong>Clinical Director.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If the &#8220;student&#8221; completes any lab skills, you can find those in the role of <strong>Program Director<\/strong>.  In this role, you can also investigate settings such as how long a shift is allowed to stay open until the autoclose function is deployed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">See it with REAL Data<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The system truly shines when full of real data.  <a href=\"https:\/\/calendly.com\/julianne911\/ems-program-booster\">Schedule with Julianne<\/a> to see how it looks with a bunch of student work in there!  You&#8217;ve now got a dedicated helper in your corner.  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