For Immediate Release

Beckman Coulter, Inc. Supports Physician Educator in Launching Immune System Curriculum during National Medical Laboratory Professionals Week
     
Glen Mills, Pa., (April 24, 2007) -- Dr. Phillip Silverstein of Inner World Discovery will conduct a workshop with clinical lab professionals at St. Joseph Medical Center located in Bern Township, Pa. to capture their feedback on a soon to be released multimedia curriculum: “Inner World Discovery Part 1 - The Immune System /HIV.”

Since 2005, Silverstein has been making Inner World Discovery presentations to high schools on the human immune system and how it relates to HIV. Presentations have been made on-site as well as through live videoconferencing capabilities. Through this experience, Inner World Discovery has developed an attention grabbing multimedia CD-ROM along with a companion guide book designed for use by high school science educators nationally and internationally.      

The workshop will be held Wednesday, April 25 during National Medical Laboratory Professionals Week at St. Joseph Medical Center in Bern Township, Pa.  Workshop attendees will receive the beta version of the curriculum courtesy of Beckman Coulter, Inc. and Inner World Discovery.

Health Education Curriculum: Inner World Discovery Part 1 - The Immune System/HIV

“Not only is this curriculum informative, but it is really fun to watch especially for all of us who have had to work and sweat over thousands of pages of dry text in all our careers.  This presentation is a breath of fresh air,” says Deborah Motika, Licensed Medical Technologist and Chemistry Director at St. Joseph Laboratory, who has already previewed these materials.

“I plan to use this as a resource tool in my educational activities as well,” says Motika who is also a science educator in the Berks County schools.

The Corporate Giving Program at Beckman Coulter, Inc. provided financial support to Inner World Discovery, which was instrumental in the development of the “Inner World Discovery Part 1 - The Immune System /HIV” curriculum.

”This education program will not only provide an excellent review of the immune system as it relates to the Human Immunodeficiency Virus immunology but will also profile and illuminate what Bill Gates has termed  the greatest medical disaster ever to hit this planet. This is not only good science education to our nation’s high schools but also good information targeted to an audience that would most benefit.  We are happy to support this programming”, says Cathy Dougherty, Group Manager, Worldwide VIP Customer and Community Relations at Beckman Coulter, Inc.

Based in Fullerton, Calif., Beckman Coulter, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of biomedical testing instrument systems, tests and supplies that simplify and automate laboratory processes to enhance health care around the world.  Through its Corporate Giving Program, Beckman Coulter, Inc. invests in projects designed to stimulate interest in clinical laboratory medicine to the nation’s high school students.

The clinical laboratory professionals at St. Joseph Medical Center are part of the award-winning clinical laboratory that provides quality service to St. Joseph Medical Center.

Other Inner World Discovery presentations are available at MAGPI member institutions online using real time interactive videoconferencing.  MAGPI (www.magpi.net ) is a division of Information Systems and Computing at The University of Pennsylvania.  

Silverstein worked closely with an advisory board of medical and educational professionals at the University of Pennsylvania and has received support from Beckman Coulter, Inc. to create this curriculum.

Silverstein can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it or at 484-840-1782.  Website address is www.innerworlddiscovery.com .


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Dr. Phillip Silverstein
Inner World Discovery

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