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ForwardSTiR: Selected Topics in Rheumatology 2024 - Livestream (virtual)
Course Directors: Kenneth J. Warrington, M.D., Ali A. Duarte Garcia, M.D., John M. Davis, III, M.D., Michael M. Pham, M.D.
Selected Topics in Rheumatology (STiR) 2024 is a 3-day postgraduate course designed to update clinicians on a curated range of relevant rheumatology topics related to the busy rheumatology clinician across various rheumatology sub-disciplines. The course draws together experts and experienced clinicians from multiple sub-disciplines including inflammatory arthritis, vasculitis, systemic lupus erythematosus, systemic sclerosis, and idiopathic inflammatory myopathies. Through a combination of lectures, literature and guideline review, and interactive discussion during breaks to discuss cases with course participants, STiR delivers up-to-date and cutting-edge information to be directly integrated into clinical practice.
Target Audience
This course is designed for physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, residents, fellows and allied health professionals.
Learning Objectives
- Compare pearls and pitfalls in tailoring individualized rheumatoid arthritis treatment arising in context of common clinical problems, complex co-comorbidities, and difficult-to-treat rheumatoid arthritis.
- Recognize psoriatic arthritis clinical phenotypes and individualize optimal treatment.
- Review the latest advances in disease activity assessment formulations in axial spondylitis.
- Identify recently approved biologic treatment for polymyalgia treatment.
- Recognize the complex heterogeneity of VEXAS syndrome and autoinflammatory diseases.
- Select novel biologic agents for the management of ANCA-associated vasculitis.
- Summarize the significance of ILD across rheumatologic disease and management paradigms.
- Identify how to use belimumab, voclosporin, and anifrolumab in clinical practice.
Attendance at any Mayo Clinic course does not indicate or guarantee competence or proficiency in the skills, knowledge or performance of any care or procedure(s) which may be discussed or taught in this course.
STiR 2024: Selected Topics in Rheumatology March 7-9th |Las Vegas, NV Live & Livestream All Times listed in Pacific Time Zone | |
Thursday, March 7 | |
7:15 am | Registration & Breakfast |
7:45 am | Day One Welcome |
8:00 am | Raynaud’s Phenomenon: What is New? |
8:30 am | Scleroderma Treatment Update 2023 |
9:00 am | Interstitial Lung Disease and the Rheumatologist |
9:30 am | Panel Question & Answer |
9:45 am | Break & Exhibitors |
10:00 am | Defining Synovitis – Update on Imaging in Diagnosis of Rheumatoid Arthriti |
10:30 am | Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis – Approach to Individualizing Therapy |
11:00 am | Difficult-to-treat Rheumatoid Arthritis – Approach to the Patient Who Does Not Get Better or Has Multiple Comorbidities |
11:30am | Panel Question & Answer |
12:00 pm | Lunch Break & Exhibitors |
1:00 pm | Gout – What's New in Diagnosis and Treatment |
1:30 pm | Beyond Pseudogout – New Insights About Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease |
2:00 pm | Panel Question & Answer |
2:15 pm | Individualizing Treatment of Psoriatic Arthritis Based on Clinical Phenotypes |
2:45 pm | Treating Axial Spondyloarthritis to Target – Where Are We In 2023? |
3:15 pm | Panel Question & Answer |
3:30 pm | Adjourn |
Optional Workshop (Live only) | |
3:30pm | Nailfold Capillaroscopy Workshop |
5:00pm | Adjourn |
Friday, March 8 | |
7:15 am | Breakfast |
7:45 am | Day Two Welcome |
8:00 am | Glucocorticoid Induced Adrenal Insufficiency: Insights from an Adrenal Endocrinologist |
8:30 am | Nonpharmacologic Therapies for RA and Other Rheumatic Diseases |
9:00 am | Vaccination for Patients with Rheumatic Diseases |
9:30 am | Panel Question & Answer |
9:45 am | Break & Exhibitors |
10:00 am | Giant Cell Arteritis – Updates on Treatment |
10:30 am | Polymyalgia Rheumatica – The Biologic Era |
11:00 am | GIOP Management |
11:30am | Panel Question & Answer |
12:00 pm | Lunch Break & Exhibitors |
1:00 pm | Vasculitis Mimics – Case Based Discussion |
1:30 pm | ANCA Associated Vasculitis – Management |
2:00 pm | Panel Question & Answer |
2:15 pm | Current Treatment and Novel Therapies on the Horizon for Lupus Nephritis |
2:45 pm | Diagnosis and Management of Cutaneous Lupus |
3:15 pm | Panel Question & Answer |
3:30 pm | Adjourn |
Saturday, March 9 | |
7:15 am | Breakfast |
7:45am | Day Three Welcome |
8:00am | Addressing Fibromyalgia as a Co-Morbidity of Rheumatic Diseases |
8:30am | Peripheral Neuropathy in Patients with Rheumatic Diseases |
9:00am | Updates in Autoimmune Myositis |
9:30am | Panel Question & Answer |
9:45am | Break & Exhibitors |
10:00am | Immune-Related Adverse Events – What the Rheumatologist Should Know |
10:30am | Autoinflammatory Diseases |
11:00am | VEXAS Syndrome |
11:30am | Panel Question & Answer |
12:00pm | Course Recap & Closing Remarks |
12:15pm | Adjourn |
All travel and lodging expenses are the sole responsibility of the individual registrant.
Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Credit Statements:
AMA
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science designates this live activity for a maximum of 17.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
ANCC
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science designates this activity for a maximum of 17.25 ANCC contact hours. Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
AAPA
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 17.25 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.
American Board of Surgery (ABS)
Successful completion of this CME activity enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME requirement of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit.
Other Healthcare Professionals:
A record of attendance will be provided to all registrants for requesting credits in accordance with state nursing boards, specialty societies or other professional associations.
| Day | Credit |
|---|---|
| Thursday | 6.50 |
| Friday | 6.50 |
| Saturday | 4.25 |
| Total General Session | 17.25 |
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Available Credit
- 17.25 AAPA Category 1
- 17.25 ABS
- 17.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 17.25 ANCC
- 17.25 Attendance
Price
To claim credit for livestream participation in this course, learners must view the content during the hours posted for the live activity. This course is not approved for on-demand delivery.
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