Activity Overview
Rheum2Learn 2.0 is case-based, fundamental clinical rheumatology education for residents. Each interactive activity includes three patient cases that focus on the care and assessment of individuals with rheumatologic diseases.
Learn about Sjögren’s disease, including oral and ocular symptoms, how to determine the need for differential diagnoses, and how to build a patient care plan.
Rheum2Learn 2.0 Series
This activity is part of a series. See all activities in the series below.
Target Audience
Residents in training who may provide care for patients with rheumatic diagnoses in primary care, inpatient, critical care, and other clinical contexts.
The activity may also be of interest to medical students, fellows in training, advanced practice providers, practicing physicians, and other health care professionals who seek to strengthen their clinical knowledge of rheumatic diseases.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:
Become familiar with the differential diagnoses for Sjögren's disease
Identify initial management strategies in a patient with sicca symptoms
Be able to identify lymphoma as a potential complication of Sjögren’s disease
Identify clinical features that indicate potential greater risk for development of lymphoma in Sjögren’s disease
Recognize overlap of Sjögren’s disease in a person living with lupus
Identify which labs to check
Recognize neonatal lupus
Identify pregnancy compatible drugs and their benefits
Recognize the importance of referring the patient to rheumatology and to Maternal Fetal Medicine for pre-pregnancy counseling
Price
Registration is complimentary.
Credit Information
This activity is not eligible for credit.
Acknowledgement of Financial Support
The project was supported by grant number 1 NU58DP006908-01-00 – Component A: Developing and Disseminating Programs to Build Sustainable Lupus Awareness, Knowledge, Skills and Partnerships. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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