"Rheumatoid Arthritis: The Old and The New"

Medical Grand Rounds

Presenter(s):

  

Kashmira Singh, MD, 3rd Year,
Internal Medicine Resident, Internal Medicine Residency,
Robert Packer Hospital, Sayre, PA

When:

  

Friday, November 2, 2012

Time:

  

12:00 p.m.

Where:

  

Auditorium, Patterson Education Building, Sayre, PA

Videoconferenced to: Big Flats, Corning Centerway, Corning Hospital, Ithaca, & Troy Community Hospital, Pine City and Wellsboro

(Lunch will be provided)

Description:

  

At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to:

  • Identify patients with early RA by clinical exam.
  • Select appropriate test for supporting the diagnosis.
  • Summarize the treatment modalities and the newer DMARDS.
  • Manage patient on DMARDS peri-operatively.
  • Assess and reduce cardiovascular disease risk in patients of RA aggressively.

This Program is intended for:

 

Internists, Family Practitioners, Medical Specialists, Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners, Nurses, Fellows, Residents, Medical and Nursing Students, and other Healthcare Professionals.

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Accreditation Statement:

  

"Guthrie Health is accredited by the Pennsylvania Medical Society to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians."

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Designation Statement:

 

"Guthrie Health designates this live activity for a maximum of (1.0) AMA PRA Category I Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity."

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Disclosure/Conflict of Interest Statement:

  

"Faculty and all others who have the ability to control the content of continuing medical education activities sponsored by the Guthrie Health are expected to disclose to the audience whether they do or do not have any real or apparent conflict(s) of interest or other relationships related to the content of their presentation(s).

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