2019
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New format for steroids, opioids sessions highlights conversational approach to controversial topics
Annual Meeting attendees looking for a learning opportunity that exchanges the ubiquitous podium presentation for more engaging, conversational-style learning should take advantage of the In the Rheum sessions on this year’s schedule.
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New discoveries open new possibilities in scleroderma treatment
Basic discoveries about scleroderma are starting to open pathways leading to novel treatments, starting with the approval of nintedanib for the treatment of scleroderma associated interstitial lung disease earlier in 2019.
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Stats Bootcamp will help attendees learn a fundamental language
Stats Bootcamp 1: Sample Size & Power Calculations on Sunday will help clarify and demystify two of the most basic concepts in statistics.
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Make sure to consider statistical methods during the design phase of trials
According to one of the moderators of Stats Bootcamp 2: Statistical Modeling of Categorical Data, the time to think about statistics is during the study concept and design phase, not after the trial is up and running. And never after the trial has finished.
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Session to review top education literature from past year
The session will focus on the state-of-the-art in rheumatology education, with a review of some of the most up-to-date, important literature in educational scholarship in rheumatology published in the last year.
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Sports medicine, MSUS experts to demonstrate proper diagnoses of upper, lower extremity injuries
During Clinical Practice sessions on Sunday and Monday, a primary care sports medicine physician and a rheumatologist with expertise in musculoskeletal ultrasound will work together to show how physical exam and ultrasound can be used in conjunction to effectively diagnose common injuries.
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Endogenous mechanisms could provide a new option for autoimmune disease
Targeting mediators that play a role initiating pathogenic inflammatory responses can be highly effective against inflammation and autoimmune disease, but suppressing immune system responses also increases the risk of infection. A new strategy of innovative therapies to support patients’ own endogenous mechanisms to resolve inflammatory…
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Prepare for certification and re-certification exams during 3 special ACR MOC sessions
Each of the three sessions will employ a similar format in which faculty will present carefully developed cases and questions and guide participants through clinical situations that will reinforce key principles in the evaluation and treatment of rheumatic disease.
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Tips to get paid: Session provides updates on MACRA, MIPS, and APMs
Just exactly how the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) and its Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) is working out will be the topic of discussion during the Clinical Practice session Get Paid: Update on MACRA, APMs, and MIPS.
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New activation test may improve diagnosis, management of complement-mediated diseases
During a session on Sunday, three experts will examine the history of complement as a biomarker, review research on the next generation of complement testing, and discuss emerging complement-based therapies.