About This Course
Challenger Fundamentals: Heart Sounds is a complete cardiac auscultation
course on CD, providing clinicians with the opportunity to identify normal and
many types of clinically significant abnormal heart sounds. Additionally, users
will be able to list methods for differentiating abnormal heart sounds so as to
aid in diagnosis.
In medicine the best tools are the most versatile and easiest to use. If
you're one of the thousands of physicians seeking clinical review, CME credit
hours, or a quick and modern clinical reference resource, wouldn't you like a
tool to fulfill all your needs? Look no further. Challenger Fundamentals: Heart
Sounds, like all Challenger products, provides the resources and functionality
you need in one, cost-effective, easy-to-use, go-anywhere package.
Dr. Constant, a renowned cardiac expert, is also the author of Learning
Electrocardiography: A Complete Course, published by Little, Brown, and Company.
This text is now in its fourth edition and is published in three languages. It
is also the basis of Challenger
Fundamentals: ECG Principles of Electrocardiography available on CD-ROM and
the Internet, published by Challenger Corporation.
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Large, High Resolution Image Bank
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. Labels on imagery,
diagrams, and ultrasound videos can be switched on and off for quick reference
and self-testing.
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CME Credit
Challenger Fundamentals: Heart Sounds is intended for acute care physicians
to enhance the mastery of these subjects through challenging assessment quizzes
and also earn up to 19.0 AMA Category 1 CME credits from The University of
Colorado School of Medicine.
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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 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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