ASA presents a new educational opportunity:

THE ANDROLOGY LITERATURE
SELF ASSESSMENT EXAMINATION - THE 2008 CHALLENGE

Online- March 7 thru April 6, 2008
Register, Prepare, Take the Exam

This will be an online, self-assessment exam open to all serious ANDROLOGISTS, including: Students, fellows, post-doc candidates, laboratory professionals, basic scientists and clinicians. Anyone interested in the field of ANDROLOGY is encouraged to register and take the exam.

In its 1 st year, this exam offers both a unique learning opportunity and a CHALLENGE! The examinees from one group will engage in a friendly rivalry with the examinees from the other diverse groups of the ASA (check below for the competitive categories). The scores will provide the basis for an academic competition to see which group will achieve the highest grades?

The exam questions have been developed from 15 selected articles in the 2006 and 2007 Journal of Andrology that relate to the categories of the Andrology Core Curriculum (see below). The members of the exam committee have been carefully recruited to represent all of the specialties within the field of ANDROLOGY. They will develop a 64 question, multiple-choice exam from the 15 articles to cover all of the topics within the CORE CURRICULUM.

Accreditation: This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine and the America Society of Andrology. The University of Oklahoma College of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of Oklahoma College of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

The University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, Office of Continuing Medical Education has reviewed this activity’s planner disclosures and resolved all identified conflicts of interest, if applicable.

Valid Dates: March 1, 2008 through April 6, 2008.

Estimated time to complete the educational activity is 25 hours.

Target Audience: Students, fellows, post-doc candidates, laboratory professionals, basic scientists and clinicians who are interested in the field of ANDROLOGY are all encouraged to register for the educational materials/exam

CME Planning Committee Members:
Joel L. Marmar, MD
Department of Urology
Cooper Hospital/University Medical Center
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Robert Wood Johnson School of Medicine at Camden
Camden, NJ

Christina Wang, MD
Director, General Clinical Research Center
Habor-UCLA Medical Center and LA Biomedical Research Institute
Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine
Torrance, CA

Disclosure Information:
Dr Marmar has nothing to disclose.

Dr Wang has grants or research support from Acrux, Ardana Bioscience, Bistol Myers Squibb, Clarus Therapeutics, GlaxoSmithKline, and Indevus Pharmaceuticals. She is a consultant for Acrux and Indevus Pharmaceuticals and has in the past 12 months received honorarium from Cognimed a full service educational company. Dr Wang has also received research materials from Besins Healthcare and Auxilium Pharmaceuticals.

No commercial support was received for this activity.

Purpose: This educational opportunity is sponsored by The American Society of Andrology (ASA) for several reasons:

1. Several other societies suggested to members of ASA to consider development of a core curriculum for the field of andrology.
2. In addition, the ASA Executive Council develop an exam that would offer a candidate the opportunity to self assess his/her understanding of current Andrology literature that was related to the core curriculum.
3. In a survey of its membership, the ASA received an 84% favorable response for a plan to develop an andrology literature self assessment exam.

Objectives:
Upon completion of this education activity, participants will be able to:

1. Identify the 15 selected articles from current issues (2006 & 2007) of the Journal of Andrology related to the Andrology Core Curriculum, and
2. Assess their knowledge of the general field of Andrology plus all other areas of the field of Andrology by completing a comprehensive exam.

Downloadable CME evaluation form or Downloadable CME evaluation form

THE CHALLENGE IS ON!

REGISTER NOW! SELECT YOUR CATEGORY!

• Participation will expand your knowledge in all areas of the field ANDROLOGY
• You may earn 25 CME Credits (Optional)
• After each question, you will automatically receive the correct answer and its related reference.
• You will have 4 weeks to complete the online exam.
• Upon completion of the exam, you will receive your grade, immediately.
• The group scores will be announced at the ASA Annual meeting.
• Battle with your associates, and try to get the highest scores for your group.

PLEASE ACCEPT THE CHALLENGE!

The Andrology Core Curriculum

• Clinical male infertility
• Erectile and sexual dysfunction
• Endocrinology related to men, male infertility and aging
• Embryology of male genital development, pubertal disorders
• Prostate disease: prostatitis, BPH, prostate cancer
• Reproductive tract infections and sexually transmitted diseases
• Laboratory tests in andrology
• Basic reproductive science, testis and genital tract development
• Reproductive Toxicology

REGISTRATION INSTRUCTIONS:

From this web site, you can register for the exam, retrieve the articles to study for the exam and gain access to the exam itself.

Please, fill in all of the blanks, including credit card information. Your personal data will be entered and scrupulously maintained on the ASA secure site.

After you complete registration, you will receive an ID NUMBER, PASSWORD and a WEB SITE ADDRESS for the exam from: Exams@LXR.com.

To ACCESS the exam, click onto the WEB SITE ADDRESS provided by (Exams@LXR.com). The ID NUMBER and PASSWORD will open the exam. However, the questions will not appear online until- Fri., MARCH 7, 2008. The exam must be completed by 12:00 Midnight, Sun., APRIL 6, 2008

Select one of the COMPETITIVE GROUPS on the registration form, and you will be in the competition!

EXAMPLE OF THE COMPETITIVE CATEGORIES.

This is an example of the categories that you will see on the registration form. You will be asked to select one

---- Select One ---- -- Trainees -- Students Residents Fellows -- Laboratory -- Clinical Research IVF -- Basic Science -- Ph.D. Post Doc Fellows -- Clinical -- Medical Endocrinology Reproductive Endocrinology Urology Veterinary

Registration Fee:

Exam: $50
Exam and CME credit: $100

RETREIVE THE ARTICLES FOR THE EXAM

The titles of the exam articles are listed below, but the complete articles are available in 2 ways and they are free of charge.

1. Access the web site of the Journal of Andrology: www.andrologyjournal.org. Once on the journal’s home page, click the box entitled “Search for Article”, and enter the volume number and page to get the entire article without any additional fee.

2. You may access the articles from the ASA web site. Simply click the category link under EXAM ARTICLES. This site will open PDF files for each article. It is recommended that you save these files on your own hard drive for personal study.

COMPLETE YOUR REGISTRATION AND START YOUR PREPARATION NOW!
Click here to register for the exam!

Be a part of this new ASA educational event!

EXAM ARTICLES

1: (Endocrinology) Relationships Between Serum Hormone Levels and Semen Quality Among Men From an Infertility Clinic. J Androl. 28(3):397-406,2007

3: (Andrology Laboratory) Increased Aneuploidy Rate in Sperm With Fragmented DNA as Determined by the Sperm Chromatin Dispersion (SCD) Test and FISH Analysis. J Androl. 28(1):38-49, 2007

4. (Reproductive Toxicology) Transgenerational Effect of the Endocrine Disruptor Vinclozolin on Male Spermatogenesis. J Androl. 27(6):868-79,2006

5: (Endocrinology) Obesity and Male Reproductive Potential. J Androl. 27(5):619-26, 2006

6: (Basic Science) De Novo Morphogenesis of Seminiferous Tubules From Dissociated Immature Rat Testicular Cells in Xenografts. J Androl. 27(4):611-8, 2006

7: (Pediatric Endocrinology) Urinary Prostate-Specific Antigen Is a Noninvasive Indicator of Sexual Development in Male Children. J Androl. 28(1):150-4,2007

8. (Male Infertility) Outcomes for Vasovasostomy Performed When Only Sperm Parts Are Present in the Vasal Fluid. J Androl. 27(4): 565,2006

9. (Male Infertility) Protamine Levels Vary Between Individual Sperm Cells of Infertile Human Males and Correlate With Viability and DNA Integrity. J Androl. 27 (6): 890-898, 2006

10. (Prostate Cancer) Androgens Induce Increases in Intracellular Calcium Via a G Protein–Coupled Receptor in LNCaP Prostate Cancer Cells. J Androl. 27 (5) : 671-678 , 2006

12. (Male Infertility, Laboratory) Validation of Sperm Counting Methods Using Limits of Agreement. J Androl. 28 (3):364- 373, 2007

13. (toxicology, Laboratory) Impaired Semen Quality Associated With Environmental DDT Exposure in Young Men Living in a Malaria Area in the Limpopo Province, South Africa. J Androl. 28(3):423-434 ,2007

14. (Erectile Dysfunction) Penile Oxygen Saturation in the Flaccid and Erect Penis in Men With and Without Erectile Dysfunction. J Androl. 28 (2): 223-228,2007

15. (Erectile Dysfunction) Differential Expression of Neurotrophins in Penises of Streptozotocin–Induced Diabetic Rats. J Androl. 28(2):306-312,2007