This half-day course is designed to provide rheumatologists, internists, primary care physicians, PAs, NPs, nurses, and pharmacists with up-to-date information on how to diagnose, treat, and follow-up common rheumatologic conditions. A comprehensive presentation on new treatment approaches in rheumatic diseases will open the course, then, expert faculty will provide participants with evidence-based guidance in the treatment and management of rheumatic conditions.

On the agenda:

• Crystalline Arhtropathies: Treatment Approach
• Maneuvering the Therapeutic Landscape of Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Biology and Management of Systemic Vasculitis
• Clinical Implications of Inflammatory Myopathies – Review of Clinical Disorders of the Skeletal Muscles
• Addressing Disease Activity and Flares – Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
• Emerging Strategies in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Systemic Sclerosis
• Treatment for Interstitial Lung Disease in Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Contributing Factors in Seronegative Spondyloarthropathies
• Basic Science Research
• Arthritis, Tissue Degenerations Update

Format: Lectures, panel discussions, audience response pre-test and post-test, and Q&A sessions.