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Martin Allison has worked with the healthcare industry since
1995. He began his career as a Microsoft certified
instructor teaching Microsoft Office and client
proprietary software solutions to fortune 500 and 1000
companies. In 1997, Martin became an Adobe Certified
Instructor, and earned his Project Management
Certification through Productivity Point International, a
division of
Knowledge Universe, Inc.
In 1998, Martin earned his Microsoft
Certified Network Engineer
Instructor certification, and promoted
to lead project manager for
Productivity Point Internationals,
Atlanta office. He studied adult learning theory and earned his
training development certification, and his Certified Internet Webmaster Instructor certification in 1999. Knowledge Universe liquidated their
Productivity Point division in 2000, and closed 135 offices including the
Atlanta location.
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In 2001, Kennesaw State Universities'
Cyber Crimes Task Force
asked Martin and his wife to develop a
training course for parents and educators on the dangers children
face from internet child predators. Martin worked closely
with Cobb County detectives, investigators and other
subject matter experts. After September 11, funding was cut to the
project, but Martin and his wife continued speaking at
Cobb County PTA functions and elementary schools on the
dangers of the Internet to children.
In February 2002,
Optio Software
hired Martin
as a developer/trainer. He
developed instructor led training, webinars, and computer
based training on forms automation for hospital electronic
medical records. In 2004, Martin joined the research and
development team. He was responsible for developing the
computer based training for the new Medex electronic medical
records product line including; the design of the application user
interface, graphics, buttons, logos, help menus, wiki and
more. In June of 2007, Bottom Line Technologies purchased
Optio Software, and the research and development division closed.
In September of 2007, Martin joined the
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
technical training team as a full-time
consultant/developer for the Learning Services division. His
responsibilities include the development of the Business
Acumen for Managers training course, Taleo, and Epic
Systems training. Since March of 2009, Martin has worked
exclusively on the development of the new
ADDIE based
training template for Children's Healthcare. Dr Carol
Barnum of
Southern Polytechnic University's Usability Center conducted the
usability testing on the new template for Children’s
Healthcare. Pilot testing for the first course created with the
new template began in October of 2010, and went live to the whole
organization in December.
Currently, Martin is developing the design standards documentation
and guidelines for new developers coming on-board at
Children’s. The goal is to train new developers how to design
stand-alone modular activities that can be re-used, and quickly
inserted into new training courses to shorten development
times and costs. Modular activities will allow Children's
Healthcare to build an extensive activities library that all
developers can utilize when designing future training
courses, and keep a consistent look and feel in every training
course.
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'Man's mind stretched to a new idea never goes
back to its original dimensions.'
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jnr
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