Rheumatology Highlights Report -
Post 2009 National Meeting
Rheumatoid Arthritis:
Clinical Aspects, Outcomes,
and Measures
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Estimated Time of Completion: 15 minutes
Description
The Rheumatology Highlights Report is designed for the busy clinician. This series highlights key scientific presentations and/or abstracts from international and national rheumatology meetings. Clinical experts attend these meetings and select the most significant data to report. Each activity includes a 15-minute presentation with supporting materials and commentary on clinical implications.
Objectives
After completing this activity, the participant will be able to do the following:
- Explain the importance of using appropriate measures of disease activity to effectively treat RA.
- Discuss whether outcomes are associated with therapies with a different mechanism of action.
Target Audience
Rheumatologists are the primary audience for these activities, as well as other health care professionals managing patients with rheumatic disease, including primary care practitioners, internists, and cardiologists.
Accreditation
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education designates this educational activity for a maximum of 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Participants claiming CME credit from this activity may submit the credit hours to the American Osteopathic Association Council on Continuing Medical Education for Category 2 credit.
Activity Director
Leonard H. Calabrese, DO
Professor of Medicine
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University
Vice Chairman, Department of Rheumatic & Immunologic Diseases
R.J. Fasenmyer Chair of Clinical Immunology
Orthopaedic & Rheumatologic Institute
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH
Faculty
Roy Fleischmann, MD
Clinical Professor of Medicine
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Co-Medical Director
Metroplex Clinical Research Center
Dallas, TX
This CME activity was produced by The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education, the RJ Fasenmyer Center for Clinical Immunology and UNITECH Communications®.
