Globalization
According to this year's U.S News best hospitals report Cleveland Clinic ranked at number three among 5,189 hospitals evaluated nationwide. Cleveland Clinic sees patients from over 80 countries. The globalization efforts of the Clinic are foremost in the health industry. Cleveland Clinic not only cares for patients in over 80 countries they also employee some of the worlds best doctors and is responsible for developing one of countries most elite nursing programs. The use of the internet further provides Cleveland Clinic with the opportunity to reach patients, professionals, and students.
Cleveland Clinic has launched Real World Connect, an innovative web portal that will make available a wealth of educational resources online. Developed by Cleveland Clinic's Office of Civic Education Initiatives, Real World Connect will provide online learning opportunities in the areas of math, science, health and wellness, the arts and innovation. Making available this broad array of educational resources online will strengthen lesson plans, enhance materials available for school projects and research papers, and improve the access to current health information.
The resources include:
? Worldwide Classroom ? a curriculum of state-of-the-art distance learning courses.
? Infotrac ? a nationally recognized database of health information resources.
? My Health Librarian ? a personalized service that provides answers to health questions.
? Earl's Virtual Garage ? a narrated, minds-on educational playground for children.
? Online X-Ray Library ? a student-created database of authentic medical images.
? Virtual eXpressions Ex ...