Rheumatology CME: Top 10 Free Online Courses in Q1 2023

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Rheumatology CME Course 1: Test Your Diagnostic Skill in Rheumatology

Program Description

Follow the diagnostic journey of a 40-year-old woman with a 5-year history of recurrent fever, severe fatigue, and widespread pain.

Educational Objectives

Upon completion, participants should be able to:

• Identify the presentation of several autoimmune conditions with similar symptoms
• Discuss the differential diagnosis of persistent recurrent fever, severe fatigue, and widespread pain

Intended Audience

Plastic Surgeons, General Surgeons, Oncologists, Rheumatologists, Immunologists, Doctors of Osteopathy, Radiologists, Nurses, Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants

Commercial Supporter

This activity is not commercially supported.

Maximum Credits:

• 0.50 / AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM
• 0.50 / ANCC Contact Hour(s)

Expires: January 23, 2024

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Rheumatology CME Course 2: Burdens, Barriers, and Care of Moderate-to-Severe Atopic Dermatitis

Program Description

This course will address diagnosis, treatment, and clinician-patient communication strategies to optimize patient care. This webcast was recorded live at the Conversations in Dermatology Live Virtual Conference and is being used with the permission of the presenters.

Educational Objectives

Upon completion, participants should be able to:

• Recognize the physical and psychosocial burden of moderate-to-severe AD and the barriers to treatment
• Discuss recent data on current and emerging therapies, including their impact on optimal treatment selection in patients with AD
• Implement individualized treatment strategies for patients with moderate-to-severe AD, based on guideline recommendations, data on new and emerging treatments, management of comorbidities, and optimization of QoL

Intended Audience

The target audiences are dermatologists, pediatric dermatologists, dermatology nurse practitioners, dermatology physician assistants, and other clinicians engaged in the care of patients with dermatological conditions.

Commercial Supporter

This educational activity is supported by educational grants from Sanofi and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals.

Maximum Credits:

• 1.25 / AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM
• 1.25 / AANP Contact Hour(s), which includes 0.50 pharmacology hours

Expires: June 30, 2023

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Rheumatology CE Course 3: Precision Medicine in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Examining the Evidence for Biomarkers in Diagnosis and Sustaining Remission During De-Escalation

Program Description

In this CME Outfitters Live and OnDemand activity, an expert panel will explore and provide practical examples of how biomarkers not only help detect early RA, but are critical to actively monitoring disease progression, gauging DMARD efficacy and patient treatment response, and guiding de-escalation therapy in patients who have achieved remission with DMARDs.

Educational Objectives

Upon completion, participants should be able to:

• Recognize the role of serologic biomarkers in accurate and timely diagnosis of RA
• Apply guideline-directed treatment strategies based on disease activity and serologic biomarkers in patients with RA
• Evaluate methods of predicting sustained remission following de-escalation of therapy

Intended Audience

Rheumatologists, PAs, nurse practitioners, nurses, and pharmacists

Commercial Supporter

Supported by an educational grant from Sanofi Genzyme and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals.

Maximum Credits:

• 1.50 / AMA PRA Category 1 Credit^TM
• 1.50 / AMA PRA Category 1 Credit^TM /ABIM MOC Point
• 1.50 / AAPA Category 1 CME Credit
• 1.50 / ANCC Contact Hour
• 1.50 / CE for Pharmacists

Expires: May 13, 2023

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Rheumatology CME Course 4: Back on Track: Improving Care for Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis

Program Description

To improve patient quality of life, ongoing education is needed on identifying the signs and symptoms of axSpA, especially during the non-radiographic phase, choosing appropriate pharmacologic therapies for patients, including the incorporation of newer, targeted therapies, and managing common comorbidities of axSpA.

Educational Objectives

Upon completion, participants should be able to:

• Accurately diagnose patients with axSpA to reduce symptom burden.
• Select appropriate pharmacologic therapies for axSpA according to established guidelines.
• Manage comorbidities appropriately for optimal patient outcomes.

Intended Audience

This activity is intended to meet the educational needs of primary care clinicians.

Commercial Supporter

This educational activity is supported by an independent medical education grant from Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation.

Maximum Credits:

• 1.50 / AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM

Expires: May 12, 2023

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Rheumatology CME Course 5: Accounting for the Impact of EGPA on Patient Quality of Life

Program Description

During this 30-minute CMEO Snack, Dr. Gordon will join Dr. Michael Wechsler, a national expert in EGPA. They will discuss how EGPA impacts patient quality of life and how clinicians can better detect and manage hidden symptoms of disease. Patient perspectives on delayed diagnosis, disease impact on their daily functioning, treatment options, and chronic steroid use will be included in the discussion.

Educational Objectives

Upon completion, participants should be able to:

• Assess how EGPA and associated conditions impact patient QoL

Intended Audience

Physicians, PAs, NPs, Nurses, and Pharmacists specializing in rheumatology, allergy/immunology, pulmonology, nephrologist, internal medicine, and primary care medicine

Commercial Supporter

This educational activity is supported by an educational grant from GSK.

Maximum Credits:

• 0.50 / AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM
• 0.50 / ABIM MOC Points
• 0.50 / AAPA Category 1 CME Credits
• 0.50 / ANCC Contact Hours
• 0.50 / CE for Pharmacists

Expires: January 10, 2024

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Rheumatology CME Course 6: Heritage to Health: Welcoming Patients to Your Practice – 2022 Update

Program Description

This course is a novel approach to cultural competency training. It highlights the key skills needed to reach out and engage patients in their care in a sensitive manner. Respect and rapport, eye contact, accepting faith-based beliefs, appropriate touch, active listening, and avoiding ethnocentric responses are all highlighted through the artists’ lenses and works. Concepts are presented in a compelling way, with videoclips, images, and stories that enliven and inspire the content.

Educational Objectives

Upon completion, participants should be able to:

• Discuss the value of the arts in developing cultural competence
• Identify key components of creating a culturally welcoming clinical practice environment for patients.
• List 3 common barriers which often prevent members of diverse communities from seeking healthcare and develp strategies for addressing these barriers.
• Describe skills that help establish rapport with culturally diverse patients and those that are common in western medicine practice but may be offensive in certain cultures.
• Highlight the role faith plays in illness and healing in many cultures and identify strategies for acknowledging this important component of providing culturally competent care.

Intended Audience

Healthcare team: MDs, NPs, PAs, RNs, Pharmacists, CNS, Primary Care Providers

Commercial Supporter

Support for the development of this activity was provided by Westchester Medical Center Health PPS.

Support for the dissemination of this program was provided by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Support for the 2022 extension is provided by the Nurse Practitioner Healthcare Foundation and City Lore.

Maximum Credits:

• 1.00 / AMA PRA Category 1 Credit^TM
• 1.00 / CNE Contact Hour

Expires: December 21, 2023

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Rheumatology CME Course 7: Heritage to Health: Concepts of Culturally Sensitive Care – 2022 Update

Program Description

This course is a novel approach to cultural competency training. It focuses on the underlying concepts of culturally sensitive care: cultural humility, knowledge of various cultures, narrative competency, and structural competency or system “savvy.” Concepts are presented in a compelling way, with videoclips, images, and stories that enliven and inspire the content.

Educational Objectives

Upon completion, participants should be able to:

• List the key elements of delivering culturally sensitive care.
• Define the following components of cultural competency: cultural humility, narrative competency, and structural competency.
• Recognize personal biases that may affect your ability to provide culturally sensitive care for diverse populations.
• List one change you plan to make in your practice as a result of participating in this program.
• Identify resources to learn about various cultural/ethnic groups.

Intended Audience

Healthcare team: MDs, NPs, PAs, RNs, Pharmacists, CNS, Primary Care Providers

Commercial Supporter

Support for the development of this activity was provided by Westchester Medical Center Health PPS.

Support for the dissemination of this program was provided by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Support for the 2022 extension is provided by the Nurse Practitioner Healthcare Foundation and City Lore.

Maximum Credits:

• 1.00 / AMA PRA Category 1 Credit^TM
• 1.00 / CNE Contact Hour

Expires: December 21, 2023

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Rheumatology CME Course 8: Supporting Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Patients from Onset to Adulthood – A Patient-Moderated Panel Discussion

Program Description

Through a patient/provider panel discussion, our hope is to address the major educational gaps and concerns among patients and clinicians and to identify methods to effectively and efficiently transition patients from pediatric to adult care.

Educational Objectives

Upon completion, participants should be able to:

• Explain the differences between onset of JIA and the onset of the most common differential diagnoses among children experiencing joint pain and other symptoms
• Recall effective team-based disease management approaches for optimal JIA treatment
• Recognize the needs and unique characteristics of JIA patients transitioning into adult rheumatology care, and how to best partner with them for optimal management

Intended Audience

The target audience for this initiative includes specialists in pediatric rheumatology, rheumatologists, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, internal medicine, family medicine and other healthcare providers who are actively involved in the long-term co-management of rheumatoid arthritis patients.

Commercial Supporter

This activity is supported by an educational grant from Pfizer.

Maximum Credits:

• 1.00 / AMA PRA Category 1 Credit^TM

Expires: September 26, 2023

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Rheumatology CME Course 9: Lupus and Lupus Nephritis: Improving Outcomes and Reducing Disparities

Program Description

Experts discuss recent advances in SLE and lupus nephritis, including diagnosing SLE, screening for nephritis, the latest approaches to management, and addressing disparities in care.

Educational Objectives

Upon completion, participants should be able to:

• Identify patients with SLE
• Implement LN screenings in patients with SLE
• Summarize recent advances regarding the appropriate use of available and emerging therapies for SLE and LN
• Detail strategies to reduce health disparities affecting patients with SLE and LN

Intended Audience

This program is intended for rheumatologists, nephrologists, primary care physicians, nurse practitioners, and other healthcare professionals who care for patients with SLE.

Commercial Supporter

Supported by an educational grant from GlaxoSmithKline

Maximum Credits:

• 0.75 / AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM
• 0.75 / CNE Contact Hours

Expires: May 24, 2023

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Rheumatology CME Course 10: Recent Advances and Emerging Trends in the Diagnosis and Management of Giant Cell Arteritis

Program Description

Discussion between the rheumatologist and neuro-ophthalmologist faculty reflects similarities and differences in the multidisciplinary diagnosis and ongoing management of giant cell arteritis (GCA). The roles of temporal artery biopsy, ultrasound, and imaging for large vessel vasculitis (LVV) are illustrated and discussed.

Educational Objectives

Upon completion, participants should be able to:

• Assess the utility of testing modalities for diagnosis and monitoring of GCA
• Discuss applications of clinical data in the treatment of GCA
• Formulate an evidence-based, guideline-aligned treatment plan that considers both newly approved and existing treatment options for patients with GCA

Intended Audience

This activity has been designed to address the educational needs of clinicians who diagnose and treat GCA, including rheumatologists, neurologists, ophthalmologists, and other clinicians who care for patients with GCA.

Commercial Supporter

This activity is supported by an educational grant from Genentech, a member of the Roche Group.

Maximum Credits:

• 1.00 / AMA PRA Category 1 Credit^TM

Expires: September 15, 2023

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These rheumatology CME/CE courses, powered by myCME, are specialty-based courses, resources, and news tailored and curated for you. Specialized topics include these and more:

• Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Psoriatic Arthritis
• Gout
• Giant Cell Arteritis

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