Mourne Training Services has launched Utrain, an online HPLC training package for in-house use.
The e-learning solution is designed to fulfil training requirements in pharmaceutical-analysis topics, such as HPLC training, in an effective, efficient and economic way.
A short video providing an overview of Utrain is available on the MTS website.
Training videos can be used by an individual as self-paced learning or in a group-training setting.
The videos can be viewed as often as required by individual learners and an example of a training video is provided in the training resources section of the MTS website.
Exercises and instructions for practical experiments (where applicable) are provided so that learners can apply their new skills.
Detailed solutions for the exercises are also provided and the exercises and solutions are designed to be printed off from e-MTS as required.
The assessment questions used to measure the learning for the training are administered in an e-learning module and are combined with a review of the learning.
A training certificate is awarded by Mourne Training Services on correct completion of all the questions.
The certificate contains a space for an in-house signature to certify that all the training was completed satisfactorily.
All three Utrain elements are accessed online via e-MTS, Mourne's virtual learning environment.
The Utrain package is comprised of a series of modules, each designed to last approximately 90min.
Individual modules may be selected to suit individual training needs.
The first available Utrain modules together make up an introductory HPLC training course.
The course is based on the MTS course 'An introduction to HPLC for pharmaceutical analysis' and is recognised by the Royal Society of Chemistry for the purposes of continuing professional development.
Further modules on HPLC, including troubleshooting HPLC and HPLC analytical method development, as well as modules on the validation of analytical methods, will be available in the future.
