NEW YORK, Feb. 17, 2012  /PRNewswire/ -- AccessPediatrics® from McGraw-Hill was awarded the best eProduct in Biological and Life Sciences at the 2011 Awards for Professional and Scholarly Excellence (the PROSE Awards).   Established by the Association of American Publishers, the PROSE Awards recognize the very best in professional and scholarly publishing by bringing attention to distinguished books, journals, and electronic content in more than 40 categories.

Developed by an advisory board of renowned pediatricians, AccessPediatrics (http://www.accesspediatrics.com) brings vast experience to the practice of pediatrics via leading medical references, allowing residents and clerks an opportunity to enhance and build upon critical in-hospital training. AccessPediatrics enables medical students, pediatric residents, and practicing pediatricians to quickly connect with information necessary for completing evaluations, diagnoses, and case management decisions, covering the entire span of pediatric practice from neonatology to adolescent medicine.

"We are delighted that AccessPediatrics has been recognized with a PROSE Award, a great honor in the world of professional and scholarly publishing," says Scott Grillo, Vice President and Medical Publisher at McGraw-Hill Professional. "Our team is dedicated to creating innovative digital products that respond to the medical community's needs with vital content whenever and wherever it is needed."

McGraw-Hill's acclaimed suite of Access branded medical learning products connects students, faculty, and health professionals to the world's leading collection of online medical content, thousands of images and illustrations, instructional videos and animations, and the innovative Custom Curriculum tool. Other Access products in medicine and allied health include: AccessMedicine®, AccessSurgery®, AccessEmergency Medicine™, AccessAnesthesiology®, AccessPharmacy® and AccessPhysiotherapy®.

Visit www.proseawards.com for more information about the PROSE Awards.

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