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John Peter Smith Hospital Selects Challenger Program for ResidenciesTM
Memphis, Tennessee, August 16, 2004 - Challenger Corporation announced today that it has been selected by John Peter Smith Hospital (JPS) of Fort Worth, Texas, to provide training content and management information reporting for the obstetrics and gynecology residency at the hospital.
JPS is a major teaching facility for medical education. JPS sponsors the largest graduate medical education (GME) program for Family Practice physicians in the U.S. along with specialty GME training programs in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Psychiatry, Orthopedic Surgery, Podiatry, and a Transitional Residency program. JPS has cooperative agreements with the University of North Texas Health Science Center and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School to provide postdoctoral training in Internal Medicine, Otolaryngology, Oral/Maxillofacial Surgery, Ophthalmology, a Geriatric Fellowship, and a Sports Medicine Fellowship. JPS provides postdoctoral training in General Surgery through an integrated agreement with Baylor University Medical Center.
This agreement represents the first OBGYN residency to be served by Challenger. Challenger also provides online resident educational training and performance evaluation systems for nine prominent emergency medicine residency programs, as well as six programs in family and general medicine.
According to Challenger Senior Physician Representative, Becca Metzger, "We are delighted to become a partner to John Peter Smith, one of the largest and most prestigious residency programs of its kind. Challenger continues to work hand-in-hand with clinical leaders in women's health care education to meet the requirements of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) for focused, measurable, and productive outcomes in the training of new physicians nationwide."
Challenger owns the world's largest collection of approved electronic CME media with over 2,400 approved hours of credit. Thousands of physicians and other clinicians rely upon Challenger material to prepare for specialty boards exams, re-certification, and continuous competency testing to fulfill ongoing CME requirements. Challenger products also provide reference and patient-care decision support.
Challenger serves the educational and training needs of over 385,000 practicing American primary care and hospital-based physicians. The company has an installed base of over 15,000 clinical users, including 4,000 "regular buyers." Also, fifteen prominent residency programs in emergency and family medicine use the Challenger Program for ResidenciesTM for training and performance evaluation of resident performance. Challenger products are approved for physician CME credit through joint sponsorships with prominent medical schools and specialty societies.
Media Contact:
Becca A. Metzger
Senior Representative for Physician Services
Challenger Corporation
5100 Poplar Ave, Suite 310
Memphis, TN 38137
Tel: (901) 762-8431
E-mail: becca.metzger@chall.com
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