Challenger Infectious Diseases provides physicians with the most up-to-date information for diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases. The course provides current information on new and emerging diseases, such as SARS, as well as diseases such as HIV/AIDS and infections of the cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, and musculoskeletal systems. Coverage also includes subjects such as tick-borne illnesses, traveler's infections, and parasitic infections.

• Comprehensive Content
• Interactive Review and Testing
• Navigation and Environment
• Study At Your Own Pace
• Anywhere Flexibility
• Fast CME Fulfillment
• Free Support
• And Into The Future

Designed to Address Multiple Needs
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 single tool to fulfill all of your needs? Look no further. Challenger Infectious Diseases can provide the resources and functionality you need in one, cost-effective, easy-to-use, go-anywhere package.

Your Clinical Content Comprehensive Resource
Challenger Infectious Diseases consists of state-of-the-art clinical information in 13 chapters covering over 20 essential topics of infectious disease. You will appreciate cutting-edge clinical text, imagery, and nearly 400 interactive questions and answers with instant remediation feedback.

The subspecialty of infectious disease is subject to rapid change in diagnostic, treatment, and palliative methods. All primary and acute care clinicians risk ignorance of the frequently changing standard of care without access to a current and regularly updated curriculum in this area of medicine.

Challenger Infectious Diseases provides the physician with extremely up-to-date information regarding HIV/AIDS, SARS, and more. All content is continuously reviewed and updated in conjunction with the Infectious Disease and Emergency Medicine faculty at the George Washington University and Vanderbilt University Schools of Medicine. Enhance your mastery of these subjects through challenging assessment quizzes and also earn up to 22 AMA Category 1 CME credits from Vanderbilt University.

Practice, Review, Assess, and Score!
The Challenger learning methodology is elegantly designed to promote the highest level of retention possible. Questions are written by clinical experts to emulate clinical examination standards and to enhance knowledge of current best practices. Whether you are seeking to acquire continuing medical education credits, preparing for an examination or re-affirming your knowledge, our review and testing structure will help.

Our three step - Practice, Review, Assess - progression incorporates a proven educational regime called programmed learning. At the start of each topic chapter, three tabs are displayed. Each tab's content is formatted for a specific function and use. You can toggle from tab to tab as you wish, allowing for a more personalized flow of study.

The "Practice" tab - The test run. Answer each question in a section and receive pop up feedback and remediation. Limited tries keep the session honest. Correct and incorrect indicators appear next to your selected answers. All answers are revealed when all tries are exhausted.

The "Review" tab - The study guide. The Review section presents the questions in the order seen in the Practice section, but with all answers and remediation displayed. Once your review is finished, you may either re-enter the Practice section or proceed to the Assessment.

The "Assessment" - The scored test. One or more assessments will be available for each topic. Questions seen in the Practice view will display in random order. At the end of each assessment your responses are scored and a detailed breakdown displayed.

The scoring report indicates correct answers and incorrect answers given for each question. These scores, if the required score is met, can be sent to Challenger Corporation for fast CME certificate fulfillment.

Fast Navigation in an Interactive Environment
The Challenger Interactive Viewer (CIV) environment integrates all content and dynamic testing functionality in a clear, point-and-learn format. The review progression is designed to allow quick navigation while providing a step-by-step structure to enhance learning and retention. Read, view, absorb, and retain material at your own pace.

Unlike most clinical review software programs where navigation is hard to use or confusing, navigating through Challenger courses, sections, and topics is a breeze thanks to Challenger's Interactive Viewer (CIV). Quickly jump to your area of interest, topic to sub-topic, in a straightforward outline form.

Find what you need, fast. The CIV is graphically laid out to provide large, on-screen selections for fast, easy navigation. Entry into each content section opens the Interactive Viewer Window where content is displayed. Topics list neatly down one side. Want to switch topics? Just click the topic title in the list. Practice, Review and Assessment tabs line the top of the window for multiple content review options. To return to the main table of contents, simply close the window or select the central home button.

Study At Your Own Pace
Keep time requirements under your control. Save features capture your scores from wherever you are in the course. Work in one topic in the morning, then jump to something completely different in the afternoon. You're not locked into any enforced content order, remote schedule, or lecture circuit with Challenger products, so your valuable review time is used at your discretion.

Built-in Flexibility - Two Points of Access
Don't have time to drive or fly to that CME seminar? Have it come to you. When you purchase any Challenger program, you will receive a CD-ROM and an instructional help guide. You will also be automatically set up in our Challenger Online Learning Portal, so you can access your course material via the web from any computer with an Internet connection. Review, study and take assessments online just as if you were at home. This convenience is crucial, given time constraints shouldered by today's clinical professionals.

Quick and Easy CME Fulfillment - For FREE
Obtaining your CME certificates has never been easier. You can request CME credits any time upon completion of the course. Challenger provides multiple score submission options and simple-to-follow instructions. Just mail or fax your printed scores or submit them directly via your online Challenger account. Your scores and required evaluation form (provided) are processed promptly and at NO COST to you. Challenger works closely with our prestigious, institutional sponsors to maintain the most rewarding educational experience possible. For most of our courses, Challenger issues CME certificates on behalf of our sponsors directly from our office, speeding their delivery.

Free Technical Support - We're Always There
We'll be with you every step of the way. Should you need assistance, our technical support staff is on standby to assist you for FREE.

Into The Future - The Changing Face of Medicine
Challenger prides itself on staying up-to-date in all aspects of medicine. All courses are routinely peer-reviewed and updated. Should your program expire, upgrades are provided to Challenger clients at a fraction of 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 offer is the Challenger Lifetime Subscription - all products and upgrades for a one-time enrollment fee.

Course Highlights...

• Covers 20 key topics in infectious disease diagnosis and treatment
• Nearly 75 high-resolution images
• Nearly 400 challenging boards exam-style questions and answers
• Category 1 CME Credit
• 22.0 AMA credits available
• Post-question remediation for instant feedback and better retention
• Comprehensive review on your home or office computer - online as well
• Multiple score submission options and direct CME certificate fulfillment
• Continuous review and update in conjunction with Infectious Disease and Emergency Medicine faculty, George Washington University and Vanderbilt University

Related Courses...

• Med-Challenger EM
• Bio-Challenger
• Challenger Toxicology

Accreditation
Accreditation Statement: Jointly sponsored by Emergency Medicine Department, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and Challenger Corporation.

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essentials Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for CME (ACCME) through the joint sponsorship of Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, and Challenger Corporation. Vanderbilt University School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for CME (ACCME) to sponsor continuing medical education activities for physicians.

Certification Statement: Vanderbilt University School of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 22.0 Category 1 credits toward the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those credits that he/she actually spent in the activity.

Disclosure Policy: It is the policy of Vanderbilt University School of Medicine that the information presented at Vanderbilt CME activities will be unbiased and based on scientific evidence. To help participants make judgments about the presence of bias, disclosure of the financial relationships of speakers and Vanderbilt with commercial entities that produce or market products or services related to the content of this CME activity, if any, will be made known to the audience at the beginning of the course. In addition, off-label uses will be identified when mentioned.

Disclaimer: The material presented in this course represents information obtained from the scientific literature as well as the clinical experience of the speakers. In some cases, the presentations might include discussion of investigational agents and/or off-label indications for various agents used in clinical practice. Speakers will inform the audience when they are discussing investigational and/or off-label uses.

Disclosure of Proprietary Interests: According to CME guidelines, authors must disclose all associations with proprietary entities that may have a direct relationship to their subject of discussion. All authors of this program have signed disclosure forms indicating that they have no associations with proprietary entities related to their subjects of discussion.

Activity Dates:
Date of Release: June 15, 2004.
Expiration Date: June 15, 2010.
This course will be reviewed within two years of last review date.

Target Audience:
Challenger Infectious Diseases is intended for all physicians, both emergent and primary care providers and specialists, who require information on infectious disease practices.

Educational Need:
The majority of emergency medicine and primary care physicians have not received training to respond effectively to the wide spectrum of infectious diseases, changes in HIV/AIDS therapy, and worldwide population growth needs.

Educational Objectives:
The objective of Challenger Infectious Diseases is to provide an interactive review of the knowledge base of primary and emergency care in Infectious Disease. After completing this course, the participating clinician should be better equipped to:

• Confidently manage the broad spectrum of acute and emergent medical problems associated with infectious disease encountered in the practice of primary care and emergency medicine.
• Formulate appropriate differential diagnoses for patients presenting with acute medical problems of uncertain etiology.
• Efficiently initiate therapeutic and diagnostic procedures for patients presenting with acute medical disorders.
• Handle efficiently the spectrum of common disorders involving Infectious Diseases. In particular, the physician will be better equipped to diagnose and treat conditions relating to: HIV/AIDS, Soft Tissue Infections, Head and Neck Infections, Tick Borne Illnesses, Central Nervous System Infections, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Gastrointestinal Infections, Respiratory Infections, Infections in Pregnancy, Musculoskeletal Infections, Traveler's Infections, Parasitic Infections, Cardiovascular Infections, Urinary Infections, SARS, Sepsis and Drugs used in the treatment of Infectious Diseases.