Rheumatology Updates - Rheumatoid Arthritis, Gout, CCPD, and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus(SLE)
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Online CME courses that will take your clinical skills to the next level
The course bundle covers updates across rheumatology care and guidance to incorporate them into practice for state-of-the-art patient care. This course bundle helps you earn the CME credits required for your state medical board license renewal.
Note : You can complete the courses within one year of your purchase or before the expiration of your license, allowing you to learn at your convenience and pace.
Laboratory Studies in Rheumatology
After completing this activity, the participant should be better able to:
1. Interpret serological studies in patients with rheumatic diseases
2. Distinguish between the different assay methods in rheumatologic diseases.
3. Recognize the limitations of various assay methods as it relates to interpreting results.
Rheumatoid Arthritis: Pathogenesis, Complications and Treatment recommendations
After completing this activity, the participant should be better able to:
1. Cite the role genetics, environmental factors, immune cells, and proinflammatory cytokines play in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis.
2. Illustrate the clinical features and complications associated with rheumatoid arthritis
3. Prescribe treatment for patients with rheumatoid arthritis based on current guidelines.
Crystal arthropathies
After completing this activity, the participant should be better able to:
1. Distinguish the clinical presentations and manifestations of gout and associated medical comorbidities.
2. Prescribe treatment for patients with gout according to recent recommendations and guidelines.
3. Distinguish the clinical presentations, manifestations, and treatment of calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease.
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)
After completing this activity, the participant should be better able to:
1. Illustrate mechanisms involved in the etiopathogenesis in SLE, including genetic factors, environmental, and immunologic factors
2. Demonstrate the clinical features of SLE and utilize the classification criteria for SLE.
3. Order and interpret laboratory tests useful in the diagnosis and monitoring of patients
4. Prescribe treatment for patients for SLE using evidence-based results from clinical trials and EULAR guidelines.
Courses included in this package
Laboratory Studies in Rheumatology - 1.00 Credit
Rheumatoid Arthritis: Pathogenesis, Complications and Treatment recommendations - 1.00 Credit
Crystal Arthropathies - 1.00 Credit
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - 1.00 Credit
