About This Course | Boards-Pass
Guarantee | CME Credit |Topical
Pretest
General Features
About This Course
We recognize that each medical specialty has its own culture - nuances in
practice, communication, and learning. Med-Challenger PEDSPA is built by
pediatricians for pediatricians. Content and concepts are organized the way a
practicing pediatrician would think of them. Cases and key points specific to
primary and emergent pediatric care as typically seen by a practicing
pediatrician are emphasized
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A Boards-Pass Guarantee
The overall failure rate remains high. Why? It isn't because physicians
don't know their stuff; it's because the examination covers such impossibly
broad topics. It requires knowledge of some relatively obscure areas where the
standard of care is changing.
Test-taking is a science of its own, but Challenger relies on a proven
100-year-old methodology known as programmed learning to bulletproof you on
these tests! Even today, the programmed learning method still yields higher
cognitive exam scores in comparison to more fashionable (but less reliable)
techniques. Challenger ignores fads and fashions so that we can GUARANTEE your
success.
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Large, High Resolution Image Bank
Med-Challenger PEDSPA comprehensive reference and review course seamlessly
integrates thousands of searchable, high-resolution, full-color images
throughout the program.
Every image is assigned to the appropriate standard-of-care topic, and most
can be enlarged for detailed examination and observation.
These high-resolution images cover a variety of areas including x-rays,
contrast studies, and CT scans, along with dermatological interpretations and
much more.
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Continuous Source of CME
With the rising costs of CME and boards review courses, as well as
ever-increasing mandates from various accrediting bodies, Med-Challenger
PEDSPA becomes more economical every day. Just think—you can earn over 170
AMA Category 1 CME credits (75 of which qualify for AAP credits) for free!
Where can you find a better offer? With Med-Challenger PEDSPA, you no longer
have to fight long lines at airports, stay away from home in uncomfortable
accommodations, and scramble to find ways to earn CME at the end of the year.
In terms of time saved alone, how can you afford not to own and use this
product?
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Topical Pretest
Running short on time? Getting ready for an exam? Med-Challenger PEDS
includes topical pretests to help narrow your focus by testing your baseline
knowledge. Spend less time focusing on topics you are familiar with and more
time in areas of weakness.
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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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