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Med-Challenger
FM
The Gold Standard Reference and Review for Practicing
Family Physicians
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Feature Links
About This Course | Boards-Pass
Guarantee
| Image Bank | CME
Credit | Maintenance of
Certification | Topical Pretest
| Long Product Life | General
Features
About
This Course
Med-Challenger FM is the gold standard review
and reference resource for family physicians
preparing for recertification, Maintenance of
Certification (MC-FP), or any other test of
competency, knowledge, or performance.
The course combines programmed learning,
high-quality imagery, and powerful pedagogic
material to prepare the practicing physician for
each and every performance hurdle in your
demanding specialty. In fact, our review method is
so effective we even offer a Boards-Pass Guarantee
on these test requirements, including the FM
certification and recertification exams.
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A Boards-Pass Guarantee
Med-Challenger FM is your one-stop career
testing solution! Each special area of learning
and competency—from allergic reactions and
life-threatening signs to trauma and wound
management—is continually peer-reviewed and
adjusted with one primary goal in mind: preparing
you to conquer the assessment exams in family
medicine. You must pass—or we fail!
As the specialty and the whole certification
process shift toward evidence-based medicine,
Challenger's peer-reviewed training and review
content will keep you current while preparing you
for all your testing requirements. Our review
method is so effective that we confidently offer a
Boards-Pass Guarantee for the family medicine
certification, recertification, and maintenance of
certification exams! That's comprehensive content
and study with NO RISK!
"Excellent preparation for Board
Recertification Exams." — Christina
Sheil, MD
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Large, High Resolution Image Bank
Med-Challenger FM seamlessly integrates over
3,400 high-resolution images throughout the
course. This full-color, high-resolution imagery
has always been one of the hallmarks of Challenger
programs. Every image is assigned to the
appropriate standard-of-care topic, and most can
be enlarged for detailed examination and
observation.
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CME Credit
Med-Challenger EM offers over 424 AMA Category
1 CME credits.
Challenger issues CME certificates on behalf of
our sponsors directly from our office, saving as
much as two weeks in comparison to other CME
courses.
You can request CME credits in blocks of 10 at
any time upon completion of whole or partial
sections of content.
Challenger works closely with our prestigious
institutional joint sponsors to maintain the most
rewarding educational experience possible.
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Maintenance of Certification
This comprehensive reference and review course
also includes an entire section called Challenger
MC-FP, covering ABFM-designated topics for
SAM. Topics currently included in Challenger MC-FP
are hypertension, diabetes management, asthma,
coronary artery disease, congestive heart failure,
and depression.
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Long Product Life
Med-Challenger EM provides long product life --
three (3) years from the time of purchase--
regarding online access, CME life, free CME
processing, and live support. It includes
automatic updates to your course content online as
well.
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General Features
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Buy Now Only
$995.95
Call 1-800-745-4557 to order by phone.
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Overview: Fundamentals
of Family Medicine
Allergy and Rheumatology
Cardiovascular Disorders
Care of Older Adults
Chest Radiology
Dermatology
ECG Interpretation
End-of-Life Care
Endocrinology
Environmental Injuries
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat
Gastroenterology
Gynecology and Obstetrics
Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Hematology and Oncology
Infectious Diseases
Law and Ethics
Life-Threatening Signs and Symptoms
Musculoskeletal Disorders
Nephrology and Urology
Neurology
Pediatric Chest Radiology
Pediatrics
Psychiatric and Behavioral Disorders
Pulmonary Disorders
Resuscitation: Arrhythmias
Resuscitation: CPR and Ventilation
Resuscitation: Fluids and Electrolytes
Resuscitation: Pediatric
Toxicology
Trauma: Extremity and Orthopedic
Trauma: Stabilization, Head, and Neck
Trauma: Trunk
Wound Management
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Contributors:
Mark Deutchman, MD,
FAAFP
Professor, Department of Family Medicine
Director, Advanced Training Track
Director, Rural Health Track
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Denver, CO

CME Accreditation
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.
Certification Statement
The University of Colorado School of Medicine
designates this educational activity for a maximum
of 270.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.
Physicians should only claim credit commensurate
with the extent of their participation in the
activity.
This activity has been reviewed and is
acceptable for up to 75 Prescribed credit(s) by
the American Academy of Family Physicians. AAFP
accreditation begins 03/07/08. Term of approval is
for one-year(s) from this date, with option for
yearly renewal. This activity has been renewed
from 03/07/09 to 03/06/10. To learn more call
1-800-676-0822.
Edition Release Date: March 14, 2008
System
Requirements
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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
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.
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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!
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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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 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.
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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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