The ACR and ARHP are committed to presenting superior educational programming for rheumatology health care professionals. Each year we offer a range of CME activities and resources in various formats designed to meet your educational and practice management needs, in your preferred learning style.

The ACR’s Winter Rheumatology Symposium is held annually in Snowmass, Colorado. This six-day CME symposium offers a review of the latest clinical and scientific information taught by key thought leaders in the field of rheumatology. An added benefit is Points-on-Joints, an afternoon of case-based presentations.

The schedule provides opportunities to learn, discuss, and network with time to take advantage of the recreational and cultural amenities of Aspen-Snowmass.

The 2010 meeting will be Saturday, January 23 – Friday, January 29, 2010.

Detailed information regarding the 2010 meeting will be available after July 1st.

Designed to provide an open forum for members of academia, the pharmaceutical/biotech industry and the FDA to discuss cutting-edge developments in the treatment of rheumatic diseases, the Innovative Therapies in Autoimmune Diseases Conference, offers learners a unique educational perspective.

To enable us to present unpublished and/or experimental data in this unique format, the Innovative Therapies in Autoimmune Diseases Conference does not offer CME credit.

The Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium provides attendees with a forum for discussion of the latest scientific advances in this ever-changing subspecialty. Attendees will benefit from a format which includes abstract sessions and small group discussions as well as an expanded track created with a focus on a team approach to the care of patients with rheumatic diseases featuring topics for clinicians, researchers and allied health professionals caring for patients with rheumatic diseases.

The next meeting will be held in spring 2011.

Detailed information regarding the 2011 meeting will be available in 2010.

A must-attend meeting held each spring, State-of-the-Art Clinical Symposium provides up-to-date information on a broad array of topics in rheumatology. Often called the “mini annual meeting,” State-of-the-Art is a comprehensive two-day CME review where clinicians can hear key opinion leaders discuss advances and controversies from the last year as well as the latest developments in recent months, without losing time in the office.

In 2009 hands-on small group musculoskeletal ultrasound workshops were added to complement the lunch workshops. In 2010, an Encore Theater will be available for attendees to view some of the most popular and highly rated content from the 2009 annual scientific meeting.

The 2010 meeting will be in Chicago on April 24 — 25, 2010.

Detailed information regarding the 2010 meeting will be available after September 1st.

This CME activity was designed to assist rheumatologists participating in the ABIM Maintenance of Certification Program. Modeling the ABIM Maintenance of Certification Exam, this live activity will utilize CARE 2009 to provide cases that focus on disease management problems and key advances in practice over the past 10 years. The course is beneficial for a rheumatologist preparing for the Board exam, MOC exam and/or just looking for a review of the diagnosis, management and treatment of rheumatic diseases.

The 2010 meeting will be in Baltimore on March 19-21, 2010.

Detailed information regarding the 2010 meeting will be available after September 1st.

Click for more information: http://www.rheumatology.org/educ/recertification/index.asp.

The Rheumatology Audioconference/Webcast Series is a CME activity designed to meet the educational needs of health professionals involved in the management of patients with arthritis and other rheumatic diseases.

Each live interactive session explores an aspect of the most current information available about arthritis care. And if you miss the live, interactive session you can quickly access previously recorded sessions via the ACR/ARHP web site. Best of all, you and your colleagues can participate from the comfort of your office or conference room – all for one registration fee; making this an effective educational option with no travel costs, no lost income and added value.

Click for more information: http://www.rheumatology.org/arhp/education/audioconf.asp.

This novel CME activity was developed for Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants and others interested in rheumatology. This web-based activity contains 19 modules organized into three tracks: core, adult and pediatric rheumatology, and offers a flexible, affordable way to build competence in the care of persons with rheumatic diseases. Registrants can complete specific modules to receive a certificate of completion in either an adult or pediatric rheumatology or complete all 19 modules for a combined adult and pediatric certificate.

Click for more information: http://www.rheumatology.org/arhp/arhp-nppa-flyer.asp

CARE (Continuing Assessment, Review, and Evaluation) is an online self-assessment tool designed to assess the rheumatology knowledge base of physicians. Each CARE program is approved for CME and Maintenance of Certification points and covers 13 main content areas of the rheumatic diseases including basic science, connective tissue disorders, crystal-associated arthropathies, and rheumatoid arthritis. CARE 2006, 2007, and 2008 are now available. CARE 2009 is scheduled to be released in September. No questions are repeated!

Click for more information: http://www.rheumatology.org/educ/recertification/CARE/CARE08.asp

The ACR is pleased to offer Assess, Improve, Measure, or AIM, the online practice improvement module focused on rheumatoid arthritis. The ACR offers two disease-specific topics: AIM: Rheumatoid Arthritis, and AIM: Gout.

Equipped with comprehensive data reports and templates for the development of the physician improvement plan and impact statement, AIM is designed for physicians engaged in the ABIM Maintenance of Certification program or those interested in completing a quality improvement program.

Click for more information: http://www.rheumatology.org/educ/recertification/index.asp

For questions, contact the ACR at , or (404) 633-3777, ext. 338.