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Challenger/Damjanov Linder®
Comprehensive Reference, Review, and Assessment Resource in Pathology

Worried About Recertifying?
In the last 15 years, Challenger Corporation has become the leading creator and distributor of electronic training and review materials for practicing physicians. In fact, our review method is so effective, we even offer a Boards-Pass Guarantee on many of these testing requirements, including the anatomic pathology portion of the recertification exam. In short, our continually peer-reviewed material delivers learning and preparation with NO RISK! What we offer is the one-step answer to your concerns about recertification, CME fulfillment, state-mandated learning, and more across the pathology specialty.

Since 2003, Challenger Corporation has partnered with Elsevier, Inc., the publisher of the world's best-known medical textbooks, to bring you one-of-a-kind review and reference resources. Challenger/Damjanov Linder® is no less compelling! Challenger has combined our battle-tested, Q-and-A-based training methodology with the power of Damjanov and Linder's leading medical text to create Challenger/Damjanov Linder® — the gold standard course for review, reference, and competency testing in pathology.

Challenger/Damjanov Linder® is designed to meet two real and pressing requirements for practicing pathologists:
  • prepare for and pass the initial certification and recertification exams in your specialty
  • provide a long-term, cost-effective source of continually updated CME and reference material to ensure your competency and credibility to your patients, colleagues, and credentialing bodies
Challenger/Damjanov Linder® is a powerful package that prepares you for all your testing requirements.

"The programs are thorough, extensive, and well organized. For the amount of CME available, this is the best bargain I have ever seen."
— M.A. Friedberg, MD

The Largest Electronic Image Bank for Pathologists
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Challenger/Damjanov Linder® seamlessly integrates over 800 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. Where specific features of an image are salient for instruction, overlays point to items being illustrated.
Powerful Search Engine
 
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. Best of all, you can launch right into the clinical section you wish to see. With this searchable, point-of-care reference, not only will you have immediate access to the latest developments in your specialty, you will also save time by identifying the specific information you need when you need it.
 
Continuous Source of CME
With the rising costs of CME and boards review courses, as well as ever-increasing mandates from various accrediting bodies, Challenger/Damjanov Linder® becomes more economical every day. Just think-for less than $5.50 per credit, you can earn up to 200 AMA Category 1 CME credit hours! Where can you find a better offer? With Challenger/Damjanov Linder®, you no longer have to fight long lines at airports, stay away from home in uncomfortable accommodations, or 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? And if you split the cost of Challenger/Damjanov Linder® over a year's time, it comes down to just $3.00 a day. Isn't your education and peace of mind worth the price of a cup of boutique coffee?
Compare Our 99% Success Rate
The overall failure rate in pathology remains high. Why? It isn't because pathologists don't know their stuff; it's because the examinations cover such a broad range of topics. It also includes formulas you haven't had to look at since medical school and requires knowledge of relatively obscure areas where the standard of care is changing. Here's where Challenger can help you out!

Challenger/Damjanov Linder® tests the candidate's knowledge of practical anatomic pathology. It covers all of the major areas of pathology in an organ-centered manner. This course is the only comprehensive program of surgical and autopsy pathology, dealing with gross, microscopic, and ultrastructural features of the MOST IMPORTANT Pathology Boards. Challenger/Damjanov Linder® delivers both the content and functionality you need to demonstrate standard-of-care competency with standard-of-care practices in pathology… and it all comes in one, cost-effective, easy-to-use, go-anywhere package.

Challenger/Damjanov Linder® is your one-stop career testing solution! Each special area of learning and competency—from the nervous system and soft tissue to heart and blood vessels—is continually peer-reviewed and adjusted with one goal in mind: preparing you to conquer the assessment exams in pathology and surpass the knowledge standards for the profession. 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.
State-of-the-Art, Standard-of-Care Review
Challenger/Damjanov Linder® combines Damjanov and Linder's Pathology: A Color Atlas, the gold-standard reference text for pathologists, with Challenger's battle-tested, Q-and-A-based training methodology. With Challenger/Damjanov Linder®, you will be able to recognize pathological conditions in 21 key topical areas including cardiovascular and pulmonary pathology, hematopathology, and gastrointestinal pathology. Besides being an invaluable reference and review resource for every aspect of pathology, this product also offers up to 200 AMA Category 1 CME credits.

Challenger/Damjanov Linder® provides over 800 color images with over 800 interactive, boards-style case-focused Q&A. This comprehensive review and reference course includes cutting-edge new material covering all major areas of practical anatomic pathology in an organ-centered manner. There is no other comparable peer-reviewed product providing both comprehensive review and the most up-to-date information on standards of care in pathology.

Challenger/Damjanov Linder® delivers complete and accurate state-of-the-art clinical information covering essential topics of pathology including nephropathology, male and female reproductive system pathology, and endocrine pathology. All content is continuously reviewed and updated in conjunction with the pathology faculty at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center and University of Kansas School of Medicine. The format emulates exam testing methods and lets you navigate the subject material at your own pace. Challenger/Damjanov Linder® is an all-in-one premier electronic reference, interactive review course, and CME fulfillment solution for pathologists. There is nothing else like this course in the world of pathology education!
Don't Get Left Behind!
Challenger prides itself on staying up-to-date in all aspects of medicine. All our courses are routinely peer-reviewed and updated. 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.

The Challenger Lifetime Subscription (CLS) is the most cost-effective way to ensure you have the most current medical references and on-demand training resources throughout your career. With the Challenger Lifetime Subscription you never have to worry about the time demands of education again. No more year-end rush to get CME hours, no more thrashing around for materials to study for recertification, no more hit-and-miss purchases of study guides for skills enhancement and refresher training. It's all here in one place for one price, good for as long as you practice medicine… at a cost of less than $400 per year over the life of your practicing career!

Any practicing physician spends many times that amount annually on educational and training materials, and that is BEFORE costs of travel and time out of practice. Can you imagine the money you will save and the time that will be freed up when you can solidify your training and prepare for certification hurdles in the comfort of your own office or armchair at home!!? Don't get left behind! Join today.
Practice, Review, Assess, and Score
The Challenger review program 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 preparing for an examination or reaffirming your knowledge, our review and testing structure will help.
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Challenger/Damjanov Linder®
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Built-In Flexibility
Don't have time to drive or fly to that Boards Prep seminar? Have it come to you. When you purchase any Challenger program, you will receive a CD-ROM and instructional help guide. You will also be automatically set up in our Challenger Online Learning Portal, so you can access your coursework 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 in blocks of 10 at any time upon completion of whole or partial sections of content. 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 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. 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.
Free Technical Support
We'll be with you every step of the way. Should you need assistance, our LIVE technical support staff is on standby during normal business hours to assist you for FREE. You can always reach them between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. CT from Monday through Friday, except on national holidays.
Editor-in-Chief/Contributing Author:
Ivan Damjanov, MD, PhD
Professor
Department of Pathology
University of Kansas School of Medicine
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City, Kansas


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Highlights
  • Boards-Pass Guarantee

  • 200 AMA Category 1 CME
         Credits—For Free


  • Over 800 Images
         and over 800 Q&As


  • Free Technical Support

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    Course Content
    Heart
    Blood Vessels
    Upper Respiratory Tract
    Lungs
    Hematopoietic and Lymphoid System
    Upper Digestive Tract
    Gastrointestinal Tract
    Hepatobiliary Tract
    Pancreas
    Endocrine Glands
    Kidney and Urinary Tract
    Male Reproductive System
    Female Reproductive System
    Breast
    Skin
    Soft Tissue
    Bones and Joints
    Skeletal Muscles
    Nervous System
    Eye and Ocular Adnexa
    Ear



    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 200.0 Category 1 credits toward the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those credits he/she actually spent in the activity.

    This activity and its contents and reviewed and updated by board-certified physician contributors. CME accreditation is maintained for as many as five years from the date of purchase. To learn more call 1-800-676-0822.

    Activity Dates
    Edition Release Date: September 4, 2007

    Copyright Statement
    Challenger/Damjanov Linder®. Copyright © 2005 by Challenger Corporation. All rights reserved.

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    Text Authors/Editors:
    Ivan Damjanov, MD, PhD
    Professor
    Department of Pathology
    University of Kansas School of Medicine
    University of Kansas Medical Center
    Kansas City, Kansas

    James Linder, MD
    Professor
    Department of Pathology and Microbiology
    Associate Vice Chancellor for Research
    University of Nebraska Medical Center
    Omaha, Nebraska

    Clinical Reviewer:
    S. Russell Nash, MD
    Assistant Professor
    Department of Pathology
    University of Colorado School of Medicine
    Denver, Colorado


    Target Audience
    Challenger/Damjanov Linder® is intended for practitioners of Pathology or clinicians otherwise involved in the diagnosis and treatment of acute or emergent medical problems related to pathology.

    Educational Objectives
    The objective of the Challenger/Damjanov Linder® continuing medical education program is to provide an interactive review of the knowledge base of pathology. After completing this course, the participating clinician should be better equipped to:
    • Confidently interpret the pathology of a broad spectrum of acute and emergent medical problems.
    • Demonstrate a thorough understanding of modern practices in pathology.
    • Formulate appropriate differential diagnoses for patients based on interpretation of pathological presentations.
    • Effectively recognize pathological conditions relating to: the Heart, Blood Vessels, Upper Respiratory Tract, Lungs, Hematopoietic and Lymphoid System, Upper Digestive Tract, Gastrointestinal Tract, Hepatobiliary Tract, Pancreas, Endocrine Glands, Kidney and Urinary Tract, Male Reproductive System, Female Reproductive System, Breast, Skin, Soft Tissue, Bones and Joints, Skeletal Muscles, Nervous System, Eye and Ocular Adnexa, and the Ear.
    • Demonstrate mastery of the knowledge and cognitive skills required to achieve objectives 1-4 by scoring at least 80% on all topics studied for CME credit.


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