Accreditation

Oakstone Publishing is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Designation

Oakstone Publishing designates this enduring material for a maximum of 25.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 25.75 knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

Date of Original Release: May 15, 2020
Date Credits Expire: May 15, 2023
Estimated Time to Complete: 25.75 hours

CME credit is obtained upon successful completion of an online activity post-test and evaluation.

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this CME activity, the participant will be able to:

• Apply current/recommended Rheumatology guidelines in clinical practice
• Perform differential diagnosis of complex clinical presentations related to Rheumatologic disorders
• Identify/apply current therapeutic options for specific Rheumatologic disorders
• Evaluate and interpret up-to-date literature relevant to clinical practice in Rheumatology
• Illustrate knowledge of pathophysiology as it applies to management of Rheumatology disorders
• Apply knowledge gained to the ABIM certification/recertification Rheumatology examinations

Intended Audience

This activity was designed for fellows/trainees and practicing Rheumatology specialists (MDs) and other professional affiliates (internists with an interest in Rheumatology) who are preparing to take ABIM Board Review or Recertification Examinations or who seek CME activities to improve patient care in the area of Rheumatology Medicine.

Topics/Speaker:

Rheumatoid Arthritis

• Rheumatoid Arthritis, Brief Review of Differential Diagnosis and Initial Treatment – Jonathan S. Coblyn, MD

• Pathogenesis of Rheumatoid Arthritis – Deepak Rao MD, PhD

• RA: Biologics and Small Molecules – Michael Weinblatt, MD

SLE and Antiphospholipid AB Symdrome

• Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Clinical Manifestations – Karen Costenbader, MD, MPH

• Basic Science for the Rheumatologist – Anna Helena Jonsson, MD, PhD

• The Treatment of Lupus – Elena M. Massarotti, MD

• Clinical Manifestations and Treatment of Antiphospholipid Syndrome – Laura L. Tarter, MD

• Pregnancy and the Rheumatic Diseases – Laura L. Tarter, MD

Scleroderma

• Scleroderma: Clinical Features and Therapeutics – Flavia V. Castelino, MD

Sjögren’s and MCTD

• Sjögren’s and Related Anti-Ro/La Antibody Syndromes – Julia Charles, MD, PhD

Psoriatic Arthritis and Other Spondyloarthropaties

• Psoriatic Arthritis – Joseph F. Merola, MD, MMSc

• Axial Spondyloarthritis – Joerg Ermann, MD

Vasculitis

• Large Vessel Vasculitis – Paul Monach, MD

• ANCA-associated Vasculitis – Paul Monach, MD

• Vasculitic Syndromes – Paul F. Dellaripa, MD

Osteoporosis

• Osteoporosis – Julia Charles, MD, PhD

Osteoarthritis

• Osteoarthritis – Susan Y. Ritter, MD, PhD

Regional Pain/Sports Medicine

• Common Clinical Conditions in the Elbow, Wrist and Hand – Brandon E. Earp, MD

• The Shoulder and Knee in Sports – Elizabeth G. Matzkin, MD

• Common Foot and Ankle Disorders – James P. Ioli, DPM

Spine Disorders, Evaluation and Treatement

• Diagnosis, Treatment and Management of Low Back and Leg Pain – Jeffrey N. Katz, MD, MS

Inflammatory Myositis and Other Myopathies

• Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies – Anthony A. Amato, MD

Radiology and the Rheumatic Diseases

• Imaging of Arthritis – Part I: Radiographic Evaluation of Arthritis – Barbara N. Weissman, MD

• Imaging of Arthritis – Part II: Advanced Imaging in Rheumatology – Stacy E. Smith, MD

Infectious Diseases and Rheumatologic Disease

• Septic Arthritis – James H. Maguire, MD

• Lyme Disease Update – Nancy A. Shadick, MD

• Preventing Infections: Screening, Prophylaxis, and Immunizations – Camille N. Kotton, MD

Rheumatic Manifestations of Systemic Diseases

• Autoinflammatory Diseases – Peter A. Nigrovic, MD

• Challenges in Dermato-Rheumatology – Joseph F. Merola, MD, MMSc

• Sarcoidosis: A Rheumatologist’s Perspective – Jeffrey Sparks, MD, MMSc

• Brief Encounters with Unusual Rheumatic Diseases – Simon M. Helfgott, MD

• Systemic Rheumatic Syndromes – Derrick J. Todd, MD, PhD

Other Topics

• Rheumatic Syndromes with Cancer Immunotherapy – Lindsey A. Macfarlane, MD

• Lung Disease in the Rheumatic Diseases – Paul Dellaripa, MD

• Interventional Pain Management – Zacharia Isaac, MD

• Crystal-Related Arthropathies – Lindsey A. Macfarlane, MD

• Pediatric Rheumatology – Peter A. Nigrovic, MD