V-FIT: Adult and Pediatric
V-FIT-All
Basic & Clinical Sciences, Crystal-Induced Arthropathies, Infections & Related Arthritides, Inflammatory Myopathies, Lupus, Metabolic Bone Disease, Nonarticular & Regional Musculoskeletal Disorders, Osteoarthritis & Related Disorders, Other Rheumatic & Connective Tissue Disorders, Pediatric, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Spondyloarthropathies, Vasculitides
Saturday, April 1, 2023, 12:00 AM
Tuesday, March 31, 2026, 11:55 PM
Participation
Advanced Practice Nurses, Fellows in Training, Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Pharmacists, Primary Care Providers, Physical Therapists, Physician Assistants, Rheumatology Interprofessionals
Virtual Rheumatology Program (V-FIT)

Activity Overview

The Virtual Rheumatology Program for Fellows in Training (V-FIT) is a collection of online programs developed by rheumatology experts to address specific educational needs of fellows-in-training. V-FIT includes four online courses: Virtual Rheumatology Learning Collaborative (ViRL), Virtual Rheumatology Practicum for Adult Rheumatology Fellows (ViP Adult), Virtual Rheumatology Practicum for Pediatric Rheumatology Fellows (ViP Pediatric), and Virtual Rheumatology Teaching Lessons (ViTLs). 

This activity includes 160+ online lectures from all four programs pertaining to both adult and pediatric rheumatology, covering topics such as:

  1. Antiphospholipid Syndrome
  2. Autoinflammatory Diseases
  3. Cancer and Rheumatology
  4. COVID-19 and Rheumatology
  5. Connective Tissue Disease-Related Interstitial Lung
  6. Crystal-Induced Arthropathies
  7. Fever Associated Rheumatic Disorders
  8. Immunology for Rheumatologists
  9. Inborn Errors of Immunity
  10. Infections and Related Arthritides
  11. Inflammatory Eye Disease
  12. Introduction to Pediatric Rheumatology
  13. Juvenile Idiopathic ArthritisLupus
  14. Miscellaneous Rheumatic Disorders
  15. MSK Exam
  16. MSK Radiology
  17. Myositis
  18. Osteoarthritis
  19. Osteoporosis
  20. Pain Syndromes
  21. Patient Care
  22. Pediatric Joint Pain
  23. Research and Scholarship
  24. Rheumatoid Arthritis
  25. Rheumatologic Emergencies
  26. Rheumatology and Reproductive Health
  27. Rheumatology Labs
  28. Scleroderma
  29. Seronegative Spondyloarthropathies
  30. Sjogren's Syndrome
  31. Succeeding in Fellowship
  32. Therapeutics and Injections
  33. Vasculitis

This program is designed for educational purposes only. The material presented is not intended to represent the only or the best methods appropriate for the medical situations discussed, but rather is intended to present the opinions of the authors or presenters, which may be helpful to other practitioners. Attendees participating in this education activity sponsored by the ACR do so with full knowledge that they waive any claim they may have against the ACR for reliance on any information presented during this educational activity.

Registration is complimentary.


Target Audience

The activity was created for fellows-in-training but is also relevant to primary care physicians and other rheumatology professionals, such as registered nurses, nurse practitioners, occupational therapists, physical therapists, pharmacists, physician assistants.


Acknowledgement of Commercial Support

The ACR thanks Pfizer, Inc. for independent medical educational grant support of the V-FIT programs.


Educational Activity Policies

See ACR educational activity policies, including the online enduring activity refund policy.

Antiphospholipid Syndrome (V-FIT)

This activity includes lectures on the epidemiology, etiology/pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, and treatment of antiphospholipid syndrome

Cancer and Rheumatology (V-FIT)

Immune checkpoint inhibitors are a type of cancer immunotherapy that can cause inflammatory side effects similar to rheumatic diseases.

Connective Tissue Disease-Related Interstitial Lung (V-FIT)

This activity includes talks on the initial evaluation, approach to treatment, and monitoring of patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD) associated with systemic rheumatic diseases

COVID-19 and Rheumatology (V-FIT)

This activity includes talks on the management of the rheumatology patient diagnosed with COVID-19, as well as COVID-19 complications, medication effects on vaccine response, and the relationship between vaccine response and underlying rheumatologic disease.

Crystal-Induced Arthropathies (V-FIT)

This activity includes talks on the pathophysiology and management of gout.

Fever Associated Rheumatic Disorders (V-FIT)

This activity includes both adult and pediatric lectures on the expanding field of autoinflammatory disease.

Immunology for Rheumatologists (V-FIT)

This activity reviews key immunological concepts in rheumatology, including innate and adaptive immunity, immunological receptors of the innate immune system, T-cell activation/differentiation, and principles of cytokine signaling

Infections and Related Arthritides (V-FIT)

This activity discussses rheumatic manifestations of key viral infections including epidemiology, pathophysiology, pertinent clinical and laboratory findings, and principles of treatment .

Inflammatory Eye Disease (V-FIT)

This activity reviews common forms of inflammatory eye disease seen in patients with rheumatic conditions (scleritis, uveitis, and orbital inflammatory disease), and provides an overview of common clinical findings, mimickers, and suggestions for evaluation and treatment

Introduction to Pediatric Rheumatology (V-FIT)

With a shortage of pediatric rheumatologists around the United States, this activity aims to familiarize adult rheumatology providers with the most common pediatric rheumatologic diseases.

Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis and Macrophage Activation Syndrome (V-FIT)

This activity includes talks on JIA, SJIA, and the related complications of macrophage activation syndrome and multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C),

Lupus (V-FIT)

This activity includes talks on lupus nephritis and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), reviewing the pathogenesis of the disease, classification criteria, disease activity measures, and available treatment options.

Miscellaneous Rheumatic Disorders (V-FIT)

Listen to talks on sarcoidosis, sarcoid myocarditis and ocular sarcoidosis.

MSK Exam (V-FIT)

This activity includes a number of talks focusing on the physical exam.

MSK Radiology (V-FIT)

This activity includes lectures and Q&A on the use of plain radiographs in the evaluation of arthritis and common arthropathies, as well as the use of ultrasound in the diagnosis of gout and PMR.

Myositis (V-FIT)

This activity includes talks on the definition and classification of inflammatory myopathies, as well as their clinical manifestations, diagnosis, management and treatment.

Osteoarthritis (V-FIT)

This activity includes all online lectures from the V-FIT programs on osteoarthritis.

Osteoporosis (V-FIT)

This activity includes talks on an osteoporosis, reviewing who should be treated, with what medication, and for how long treatment should continue.

Pain Syndromes (V-FIT)

This activity reviews pain transmission pathways and the central mechanisms of chronic pain.

Patient Care (V-FIT)

This activity includes talks on the evaluation of patients presenting with arthritic complaints, with a focus on developing a systematic approach to the differential diagnosis of inflammatory arthritis.

Pediatric Joint Pain (V-FIT)

This activity discussed inflammatory versus non-inflammatory joint pain in children; common causes of benign pediatric joint pain; and causes of infectious, as well as reactive and post-infectious causes of joint pain in children.

Research and Scholarship (V-FIT)

This activity includes talks on clinical study design, as well as rheumatology years-in-review.

Rheumatoid Arthritis (V-FIT)

This activity includes lectures on the diagnosis, epidemiology, treatment and management of Rheumatoid Arthritis.

Rheumatology and Reproductive Health (V-FIT)

This activity includes talks on the current knowledge regarding rheumatic disease activity in pregnancy and pregnancy outcomes in those with a variety of rheumatic diseases.

Rheumatology Emergencies (V-FIT)

This activity focuses on approaches to clinical rheumatic disease syndromes that might present to the emergency room or clinic requiring urgent intervention.

Rheumatology Labs (V-FIT)

This activity includes a number of didactic and case-based talks reviewing basic and advanced lab tests in the evaluation and diagnosis of rheumatologic disease.

Scleroderma (V-FIT)

This activity includes talks on describes the common clinical and physical findings in patients with scleroderma and systemic sclerosis, identifies the appropriate screening tests, and discusses the various treatment options.

Seronegative Spondyloarthropathies (V-FIT)

This activity includes talks reviewing psoriatic arthritis, spondyloarthritis, and spondyloarthropathy mimics.

Sjögren’s Disease (V-FIT)

This activity provides an overview of Sjögrens disease, including its underlying pathology, clinical and laboratory features, diagnostic approach, and management

Succeeding in Fellowship (V-FIT)

This activity includes talks on how to not only survive but thrive thriving during fellowship.

Therapeutics and Injections (V-FIT)

This activity includes a number of talks on the categories of medications used to treat rheumatic conditions in both adults and children.

Vasculitis (V-FIT)

This activity includes a variety of talks on large and small cell vasculitis, ANCA and non-ANCA associated vasculitis, as well as less common vasculitides, such as Bechets.