Saunders Solutions for Vets Professional Skills Online-course Suite Wins a Prestigious 2010 Brandon Hall Excellence in Learning Award

LONDON, November 11, 2010 - Elsevier's Vet CPD Professional Skills online courses have won a
coveted Brandon Hall award for excellence as 'Best Custom Content'. The suite
of five 'How To…' case-study courses build on the innovative e-learning
approach established by the trailblazing 'How to Achieve Effective
Compliance' course, created by Elsevier and its developers in conjunction
with veterinary experts Caroline Jevring-Back and Mark Moran. It was
announced on 8 November that the suite won a Bronze Medal in the 2010 awards,
which are acknowledged and prized internationally.

The Saunders Solutions for Vets Professional and Clinical Skills
courses are practical, easily accessible CPD courses that use real-life
scenarios to help vets keep their skills up-to-date in order to give the best
possible care to their clients. All the courses are completely online so
offer unrivalled flexibility and convenience. Saunders Solutions for Vets
provides the entire practice team with a powerful set of tools for reprising
key information and connecting with current thinking, while enabling them to
meet their CPD needs along the way. For more information visit
www.saunderssolutions4vets.com

The Brandon Hall Excellence in Learning Awards are presented
annually by Brandon Hall Research, an organization dedicated to objectively
advising industry on optimal learning tools. The awards recognize the best in
innovative content, technology, and initiatives in workplace e-learning. Over
200 entries were evaluated by a panel of independent senior judges.

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health professionals, and the SciVal suite (www.scival.com) and
MEDai's Pinpoint Review (www.medai.com), which help research and
health care institutions deliver better outcomes more cost-effectively.

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