McMaster University 9th Annual Clinical Day in Rheumatology 2024

Target Audience

Family Physicians, Family Medicine Residents, Physician Assistants, Physician Assistant Trainees, Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Primary Healthcare, General Internists, and all Other Health Care Professionals.

Learning Objectives

By attending this activity, participants will be able to diagnose and implement appropriate management for common rheumatologic conditions.

More specifically, participants will be able to:

• Recall practical approaches, including vital clinical pearls, to common rheumatology presentations.
• Appropriately investigate, diagnose and manage common rheumatologic conditions.
• Summarize common conditions, as well as less common but critical conditions encountered in rheumatology.
• Recognize recurrent fever/autoinflammatory syndromes in children and appropriately refer these patients.
• Perform musculoskeletal physical examinations to detect common pathologies.
• Perform common musculoskeletal injections to treat common ailments.