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About This Course
Derm-Challenger PA identifies and describes the
physiologic functions of the skin, the basic anatomy of the
skin and its accessory structures, and the most important
cell types of the skin and their functions. This knowledge
provides the foundation for understanding anatomic and
physiologic alterations that occur in skin diseases and
enables the physician assistant to identify and diagnose
over 80 common and not-so-common dermatological problems.
Large, High Resolution Image Bank
Full-color, high-resolution imagery has become a hallmark
of Challenger programs. This Challenger course contains over
a hundred images for visual reference and instructional aid.
Each image enlarges to accommodate detailed examination and
observation
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CME Credit
You will appreciate the cutting-edge clinical text,
imagery, and nearly 250 interactive questions and answers
with instant remediation feedback. Upon completion of Derm-Challenger
PA you should be able to recognize the key features of the
dermatological history and examination, a typical
dermatological presentation, and a typical case from a brief
history and lesion photograph for each disease described
within the course. Enhance your mastery of these subjects
through challenging assessment quizzes and also earn up to
57.5 AMA Category 1 CME credits, which are accepted by the
AAPA toward the fulfillment of AAPA CME requirements.
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General
Features
Board-style Q&A Review and Knowledge
Bank
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.
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Focus-In Testing (Find and Fix Weaknesses)
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 ability
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.
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On-Demand Standard-of-Care Clinical Information
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!
Search ability: 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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Anywhere Portability and Flexible Access
Your Place, Your Pace: Work in a manner that
suits your needs. Don't have time to drive or fly to that
Boards Prep seminar? Have it come to you.
Online and Offline: When you purchase any
Challenger program, you will gain an online learning
portal account at www.challengercme.com, through which you
can access your coursework material via any computer with
an Internet connection. You will receive a CD-ROM
containing the same content and working course for those
times where you are without an Internet connection.
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Automatic Content Updates and Enhancements
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 aggressive, 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.
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Media-Richness: Clinical Images, Charts, and More
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.
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Built-in, Multi-Year CME Credits
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.
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Free All-Support
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.
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