MACH 2010 Course Home

Welcome to the Maternal and Child Health Analytic Training for the Year 2010 (MACH 2010) course home page. This page gives a brief description of the components of the MACH 2010 program and provides an overview of the basic features of our course site.

Coursework Overview
The MACH 2010 course is broken into seven graded modules each addressing a different topic in maternal and child health. To simplify navigation all the MACH modules are similarly structured. New MACH 2010 modules are released roughly once a month with breaks prior to the two scheduled conferences. While you may visit the Home Page of any released module you must not open any module materials, complete any tests or submit evaluations until you have finished with all the previous modules. For a complete overview of the MACH 2010 course please consult our Help Area pages on this topic.

Navigating in MACH 2010
You'll notice that the left hand side of this page, and every other MACH 2010 page, bears a list of links which you may use to move around within the course. The list is divided into two sections by a horizontal line. The top half of the list appears on every page and gives you access to all the general course functions. The bottom half of the list, which changes from page to page, gives you access to the course subsections. For more information on the parts of our site and navigating within the MACH 2010 course please see our Help Area page on this topic.

Submitting Assignments and Tests
In MACH 2010 you'll be graded on two kinds of work: assignments and tests. Tests are automatically sent to the correct recipient when you click the SUBMIT button at the bottom of the test page. Assignments, however, must be emailed to your instructor for grading. Detailed instructions for completing and submitting tests are included on every test and evaluation page. For more information on submitting assignments for grading or review please visit the Instructors Page.

Privacy Notice
You are presently accessing a secure site hosted at the University of Rochester Medical Center. While we have made every effort to make our site tamper-proof it is still remotely possible that a student or someone using their login information could do damage to our course materials or student grades. For this reason we ask that you carefully observe course regulations and keep your MACH 2010 login name / password closely guarded. To ensure compliance with course procedures and limit the potential impact of unauthorized access we track and log everyone's (including students, administrators, TAs, and instructors) movements within the course site. Rest assured that your individual coursework, tests, grades, browsing history, and all other personally identifiable information will maintained in the strictest confidentiality. If you have any concerns about this policy please contact MACH 2010 Technical Support.

Continuing Professional Education (CME / CEU)
Physicians (CME Credits):
The University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry designates this educational activity for a maximum of 80 hours in Category 1 credit toward the AMA Physician's Recognition Award.

Nurses (CEU Credits):
The University of Rochester Medical Center/Strong Memorial Hospital and Strong Health Affiliates is accredited as a provider of continuing education in nursing by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. The University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry designates this educational activity for a maximum of 84 credit hours. CEu activity code 94544.

Each physician or nurse should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the activity. To learn more about CME/CEU accreditation and how to obtain credits for your participation in MACH 2010 please consult our help pages.

Help
This brief introduction has endeavored to cover most of the basics of MACH 2010. If you have any further questions about anything to do with MACH 2010 please check our Help Area pages to see if your concern has been addressed. Also, you may always direct, urgent, or specific questions to MACH Technical Support, your Teaching Assistant, or your Instructor. Contact information for these and other MACH personel can be found on our Contact Page.