ACR Education Exchange 2023
$50000
ACREDEX2023
Wednesday, May 10, 2023, 1:00 AM
Monday, April 29, 2024, 11:55 PM
CME, ABP MOC, Participation
40.75
40.75
40.75

Activity Overview

The Education Exchange brings together all members of the rheumatology care team in one location. Six in-person meetings were hosted over three days in Orlando, Florida, each geared toward a different discipline within rheumatology with unique opportunities to network and learn.

Education Exchange On-Demand will include access to recordings from the following meetings:

Target Audience

Rheumatologists (physicians) in clinical care and/or research, fellows in training, division directors, program directors, assistant program directors, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, pharmacists, nurses, and epidemiologists.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to do the following: 

  • Discuss the most up-to-date evidence-based treatment approaches in the management of rheumatic diseases.
  • Identify and describe recent scientific and clinical advances regarding the pathogenesis of rheumatic diseases.
  • Apply new research data to improve the quality of care of patients with rheumatic diseases.
  • Identify the vital issues involved with running academic divisions in rheumatology.
  • Identify CPT coding updates and payment policies affecting rheumatology practices.

CME Information

Accreditation Statement

The American College of Rheumatology is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

See the ACR’s CME Mission Statement. For more information, download the AMA PRA Booklet.

Designation Statement

The ACR designates this Other activity (blended credit encompassing both Live In-Person and On Demand Views) for a maximum of 40.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

CME credit must be claimed by April 29, 2024, at 11:59 PM ET.

Health Professionals

Participants may claim hours to receive a Certificate of Participation for an activity designated for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.

By completing this activity, you provide the ACR permission to share completion data with the ACCME and the certifying board(s).


MOC Reflective Statement

MOC Recognition Statement

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 40.75 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

By completing this activity, you provide the ACR permission to share completion data with the ACCME and the certifying board.

After submitting a reflective statement with key takeaways from the meeting, MOC points will be applied for ABIM diplomates to the ABIM diplomate number and date of birth provided when you registered. Points are sent nightly to ACCME and then transferred to the ABIM Physician Portal. Please allow at least 48 hours for points to display in the portal.


American Board of Pediatrics' (ABP)

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn up to 40.75 MOC points in the American Board of Pediatrics’ (ABP) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABP MOC credit.

After submitting a reflective statement with key takeaways from the meeting, MOC points will be applied for ABP diplomates to the ABP diplomate number and date of birth provided when you registered. Points are sent nightly to ACCME and then transferred to the ABP Physician Portals. Please allow at least 48 hours for points to display in the portal.

MOC points must be claimed by April 29, 2024, at 11:59 PM ET.


Faculty & Disclosures

ACR Disclosure Statement

It is the policy of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) to ensure that Continuing Medical Education (CME) activities are independent and free of commercial bias. To ensure educational content is objective, balanced, and guarantee content presented is in the best interest of its learners' and the public, the ACR requires that everyone in a position to control educational content disclose all financial relationships with ineligible companies within the prior 24 months. An ineligible company is one whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. Examples can be found at accme.org.

Nature of Financial Relationships
Faculty participating in an ACR-sponsored activity must disclose to the planning committee and audience all financial or other relationships with ineligible companies including, but not limited to:

  1. Advisor or review panel member
  2. Consultant
  3. Employee
  4. Officer or Board Member
  5. Grant/research support
  6. Speaker/honoraria includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness
  7. Independent contractor
  8. Ownership interest
  9. Royalties
  10. Intellectual property/patents
  11. Stock options or bond holdings in a for-profit corporation or self-directed pension plan
  12. Other financial or material support

None: Has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Disclosure Report

To view the disclosures for the planning committee, speakers and moderators please view this PDF.  

*All of the relevant financial relationships listed for these individuals have been mitigated.

+Corporate Support 

The ACR thanks Pfizer and Janssen Scientific Affairs for supporting the 2023 Education Exchange with an independent medical education grant. 

Online Activity Refund Policy

  • Requests for cancellations and refunds must be received in writing to education@rheumatology.org within 24 hours of the online activity enrollment date.
  • Completed online activities are not eligible for a refund. 
  • Refunds will be subject to an administration fee per person and per activity: 15% for members; 30% for potential members.
  • Canceled online activities are nontransferable.

ACR Education Exchange 2023