2010 Rheumatology Maintenance of Certification Course
March 19 - 21 • Baltimore, MD
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Recertification Pledge
The ACR pledges to assist each participant pass the ABIM Maintenance of Certification Exam in Rheumatology. If you complete the ACR Rheumatology Maintenance of Certification Course and do not pass the ABIM MOC exam, you may attend the 2011 Rheumatology Maintenance of Certification Course or enroll in a current CARE module for no charge – simply provide the ACR with a copy of your ABIM test results notification letter.

• Physicians preparing for the ABIM Maintenance of Certification Exam in Rheumatology
• Physicians participating in ABIM Maintenance of Certification Program
• Physicians seeking an in-depth review of the diagnosis, management and treatment of rheumatic diseases

The American Board of Internal Medicine’s Maintenance of Certification program requires rheumatologists certified after 1990 to renew their certificates every ten years. Part of the MOC program includes an exam offered twice a year. This live activity will help promote physicians lifelong learning efforts with while assisting them in preparing for the Rheumatology Maintenance of Certification exam.

Upon completion of this program, participants should be able to:

• identify gaps in rheumatology medical knowledge through an interactive forum
• review the diagnosis, management and treatment of rheumatic diseases in preparation for the ABIM Maintenance of Certification Exam in Rheumatology
• state the major developments in rheumatology over the past 10 years

Physicians

The American College of Rheumatology is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians.

The American College of Rheumatology designates the Rheumatology Maintenance of Certification Course for a maximum of 15.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Health Professionals

As a division of the College, the Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals offers a Certificate of Participation. The Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals designates the Rheumatology Maintenance of Certification Course for a maximum of 15.5 hours of participation.

ACR Disclosure Policy

It is the policy of the American College of Rheumatology to ensure that its CME activities are independent and free of commercial bias. To ensure content objectivity and balance, and guarantee that the content presented is in the best interest of its learners’ and the public, the ACR requires that everyone in a position to control the content must disclose all relevant financial relationships with any commercial interest if the relationship is financial and occurred within the past 12 months. If there are relationships that create a conflict of interest, these must be resolved by the Planning Committee chair in consultation with the ACR’s Committee on Education designee(s) prior to the participation of the individual in the development or presentation of CME content.

Any individual who refuses to disclose relevant financial relationships will be disqualified from being a planning committee member, a presenter, or an author of a CME activity, and cannot have control of, or responsibility for, the development, management, presentation or evaluation of the CME activity.

Disclosures related to the Rheumatology Maintenance of Certification Course will be published in November 2009.

The Rheumatology Maintenance of Certification Course is not a public event. Programs presented at the symposium are for the education of attendees and purchasers of recorded presentations as authorized by the ACR. The information and materials displayed and presented during this symposium are the property of the American College of Rheumatology and the presenter and cannot be photographed, copied, photocopied, transformed to electronic format, reproduced, or distributed without written permission of the American College of Rheumatology and the presenter. Any use of the program content for commercial purposes, which includes, but is not limited to oral presentations, audiovisual materials used by speakers, and program handouts without the written consent of the ACR is prohibited.

This policy applies before, during and after the symposium. The ACR will enforce its intellectual property rights and penalize those who infringe upon it. The names, insignias, logos and acronyms of the ACR, the ARHP and the REF are proprietary marks. Use of the names in any fashion, by any entity, for any purpose, is prohibited without the express written permission of the American College of Rheumatology.