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Challenger Fundamentals: Acute Care Radiology Cases, Reference, and Review for Emergency and Acute Care Physicians
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Challenger Fundamentals: Acute Care Radiology teaches primary care and emergency physicians to quickly diagnose the entire spectrum of problems recognizable on radiographs and other scanned sources. This best-selling review and reference course also includes new cases and imagery, plus a brand new section on epidural fluid collection.
Challenger Fundamentals: Acute Care Radiology consists of state-of-the-art clinical information in 4 course modules covering 84 essential topics in acute care radiography. Clinicians using this course will learn to interpret radiographs and scans to recognize, describe, and diagnose disorders of the abdomen; chest; extremities and lumbar spine; and head and neck.
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Challenger Fundamentals: Acute Care Radiology seamlessly integrates over 750 high-resolution images throughout the course. This gold standard program, which was recently reviewed also offers a completely updated extensive chest case collection. This updated material includes new images, cases, and better image contrasts for today's high-end computers.
This leading review course offers the cutting-edge clinical text, 750 high-resolution images, and over 580 interactive questions and answers with instant remediation feedback. Challenger Fundamentals: Acute Care Radiology is intended for use by primary care and emergency physicians seeking to increase their clinical diagnostic confidence and improve their ability to accurately interpret acute presentations requiring the interpretation of radiographs and scans. Enhance your mastery of these subjects through challenging assessment quizzes, and also earn up to 38.5 AMA Category 1 CME credits.
Running short on time? Not sure where to begin? Challenger Fundamentals: Acute Care Radiology includes topical pretests to help concentrate your review to the areas you want to study. Spend less time focusing on topics you are familiar with and more time in areas of weakness.
Self-Assess and Strengthen Knowledge: Every Challenger product is built as a rigorous review course providing clinical exam standard Q&A with rich remediation text and supporting materials.
Proven Methodology: Our progammed learning progression is a proven system that enhances retention so you are prepared for your examinations.
Elegant Interactivity: On-screen display is efficient and easy to use. Navigate to specific content quickly.
Focused Remediation: Topic-specific learning modules provide media-rich information and practice-review-test workflow.
Find and Fix Weak Areas: Our comprehensive courses provide "three tier testing" - the abililty to pretest over a broad area of specialty knowledge, receive information on areas of embedded weakness, remediate specifically on topics of exposed weakness, then prepare all knowledge through a re-usable, board-style exam simulation.
Clinical Reference: Our courses seamlessly integrate clinical text, imagery, and interactive, boards-style questions and answers into one easy-to-use reference, review, and assessment experience. Indeed, our clients have said that reviewing our Q&A materials provides a more practical review than reading a textbook!
Searchability: Whether you are looking for a specific topic, collection of images, or specific phrase, Challenger's Internet-based search engine allows you to locate references in seconds. Launch right into the clinical section you wish to see.
Tailored Content: We deliver complete and accurate state-of-the-art clinical information. You can reduce your risk and remain current in your career with our cutting-edge new material covering key topics that fit your specialty.
Outside Sources: Looking to further explore a peculiar presentation? Searching medication effects for a peculiar case? Our courses also offer live links to PubMed, Med-Line, and other outside resources allowing you to easily refresh your knowledge or research your cases. There is no other comparable peer-reviewed product providing both comprehensive review and the most up-to-date information on standards of care in all of our material.
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Accurate Information, Updated Continuously: Challenger prides itself on staying up-to-date in all aspects of medicine. All our courses are routinely peer-reviewed and continuously updated. Our content review cycle is aggresive, allowing us to keep our content ahead of that found in textbooks.
Upgrade Savings: Future upgrades are provided to Challenger clients at a fraction of the standard retail cost. This way, as the face of medicine changes, our valued customers can cost-effectively keep their coursework and reference library current. Of course, the best value Challenger offers is the Challenger Lifetime Subscription (CLS) — all products and upgrades for a one-time enrollment fee.
Visual Assets: Image-richness has always been one of the hallmarks of Challenger programs and all courses are designed to deliver "after-study" value by allowing easy access to the imagery and other support media found in Q&A coursework. Our comprehensive courses, not to mention our gold-standard integrated textbooks, come packed with thousands of high-resolution clinical photographs, radiographs, diagnostic illustrations and charts, videos, and much more.
Education in Mind: We also encourage our patrons to make use of the images we supply for private and clinical educational use. We only ask that you cite Challenger Corporation's course as your source. Great for faculty lectures, resident training, and your clinical publications.
Earn While Your Learn: Challenger issues CME certificates directly from our office, saving you the hassle of earning CME on someone else's schedule and the travel expense of attending remote CME events. Save you spare time for family and friends. Just complete your coursework and mail or fax your printed scores or submit them directly via your online Challenger account. Your scores and evaluation form (required by all accredited CME sponsors) are processed immediately. Challenger works closely with our prestigious institutional joint sponsors to maintain the most rewarding educational experience possible.
We'll be with you every step of the way: Whether your question relates to technical function, content, or CME processing, our staff is on standby during normal business hours to assist you for FREE. You can always reach us between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. CST from Monday through Friday, except on national holidays. Quick-help forms are also provided online for after-hours reporting, which we proactively address upon the next business day. In short, any problem will be diagnosed and treated quickly.
Abdominal, Pelvis, and Genitourinary Cases: Abdomen Introduction Displacement Phenomena and Mass Effects on Abdominal Images Injuries to the Spleen and Hemoperitoneum Ileus and Bowel Obstruction Branching Air Patterns within the Biliary System Bowel Wall Thickening: Ischemic, Infectious, or Inflammatory Important Radiographic Findings on Periphery of Film, "Cornershots" Diaphragmatic Hernia Free Air in the Abdominal Cavity - Pneumoperitoneum Vascular and Non-Vascular Calcifications Found on Abdominal Imaging Foreign Bodies Pelvis and Genitourinary Tract Introduction to Imaging of the Pelvis: Detection of Subtle Fractures and Joint Effusions Acetabular Fractures Slipped Femoral Capital Epiphysis and Adolescent Hip Injuries Hip Dislocations Major Pelvic Disruptions Renal Calculi Imaging Urethral Disruptions Perivesical Hematomas Bladder Disruption Renal Parenchymal/Retroperitoneal Injuries Chest Cases Introduction Introduction & Approach to Reading Chest Radiographs The Lungs Focal Densities, Infiltrates, and Atelectasis Homogeneous Densities Multiple and Diffuse Lung Densities Pulmonary Contusions Pulmonary Embolism Congestive Heart Failure The Pleural Spaces Pleural Effusions and Hemothoraces Airway Leaks and Pneumothoraces The Mediastinum and Its Contents Pneumomediastinum, Pneumopericardium and Subcutaneous Emphysema Hemomediastinum Traumatic Aortic Disruptions Thoracic Aortic Dissection Hiatal Hernia Esophageal Rupture The Diaphragm & Miscellaneous Topics Diaphragmatic Abnormalities & Injuries Sternal Fractures Miscellaneous Cases Extremity Cases Extremity Cases Shoulder Traumatic Injuries to the Elbow Traumatic Injuries to the Distal Forearm/Wrist Imaging of the Knee Air in the Joints and Soft Tissues Ankle Fractures Destructive Bone Lesions Lumbar and Thoracic Spine Cases Lumbar and Thoracic Spine Introduction Lumbar and Sacral Fractures Infection Involving the Vertebra or Disc Spaces Degenerative, Congenital, and Neoplastic Lumbar Disease Presentation of Myelopathies versus Radiculopathies Neuro-Imaging (CNS), Facial Bones, & Cervical Spine Cases Central Nervous System Introduction to CNS Imaging Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Subdural vs Epidural Hemorrhage Intraparenchymal Contusion/Hematoma: Traumatic vs Spontaneous Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM) Cerebral Edema Skull Fractures CNS Infection, Cerebritis vs Abscess Mass Lesions of the Brain Congenital Intrauterine Transmission of Infection to the Fetal Brain Neuroimaging in the AIDS Patient Cerebral Infarction Extra-Axial Low Density Fluid Collection Hydrocephalus Facial Bones Introduction Fractures of the Facial Bones Soft Tissue Changes on Facial Images Cervical Spine Introduction to Cervical Spine Imaging Evaluation of the Prevertebral Soft Tissue Space (PVSTS) Evaluation of the Pediatric Prevertebral Soft Tissue Space (PVSTS) Epiglottitis and Other Soft Tissue Infections Evaluation of the Subglottic Airway Evaluation of the Atlanto-Occipital Relationship Fractures of the Odontoid Evaluation of the Upper Cervical Spine Evaluation of the Lower Cervical Spine Epidural Fluid Collection: Abscess vs Hematoma Evaluation of Foreign Bodies vs. Anatomical Variants Evaluation of the Pediatric Cervical Spine X-ray Unilateral and Bilateral Facet Dislocation Soft Tissue of the Neck
Principal Author: Michael Smolens, MD, FACEP Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine UCLA Medical Center Los Angeles, California
Accreditation Statement This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint sponsorship of the University of Colorado School of Medicine and Challenger Corporation. The University of Colorado School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Colorado School of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 38.5 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
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