Activity Overview

Dates:

• Virtual: March 1, 2026 - April 24, 2026
• In-person: April, 24, 2026 (at the State-of-the-Art Clinical Symposium in Rosemont, Illinois)

The Training Rheum is an impactful, concise training program for advanced practice providers (APPs) new to rheumatology. This hybrid program combines virtual and in-person training on comprehensive history and physical examinations for new patients; performing a disease-focused history and physical examination for established patients; formulating an appropriate differential diagnosis; ordering appropriate diagnostic testing and interpreting testing to create treatment plans; recognizing the impact of social determinants of health; discerning skin disease manifestations in diverse populations; and diagnosing and managing rheumatic diseases in the rheumatology setting.

Learning Objectives

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

• Perform a comprehensive history and physical examination for a new patient, including a detailed musculoskeletal examination, joint assessment, and joint injections  
• Perform a disease-focused history and physical examination for a follow-up patient, including musculoskeletal examination, joint assessment, and joint injections  
• Formulate an appropriate differential diagnosis  
• Order appropriate laboratory, radiographic examinations, and other diagnostic testing  
• Utilize and integrate results of laboratory, radiographic examinations, and other diagnostic testing into management plans under the supervision/collaboration of a rheumatologist  
• Recognize the impact of social determinants of health and health disparities on provision of care and disease self-management when providing healthcare to diverse communities and populations  
• Recognize skin manifestations in diverse patient populations/ skin of color  
• With appropriate supervision/collaboration, recognize and manage a number of rheumatic diseases in the adult rheumatology clinic setting 

Target Audience

Advanced practice providers (APPs) including both nurse practitioners and physician assistants, fellows in training, and pharmacists who are new to rheumatology.

Registration is discounted for ACR/ARP members. If you are not a member, consider joining ACR/ARP.

CE & MOC Information

CME

ACCME Accreditation Statement

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

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

AMA Designation Statement

The American College of Rheumatology designates this blended activity for a maximum of 17.75* 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 June 23, 2026, at 11:59 PM ET.

*Maximum credit is currently an estimate and will be finalized before the activity start.

Financial Relationship 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.

In accordance with the ACCME Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education, ACR has implemented mechanisms prior to the planning and implementation of this CME activity to identify and mitigate all relevant financial relationships for all individuals in a position to control the content of this CME activity.

Nature of Financial Relationships

All individuals that participate in an ACR-sponsored activity and are able to change content or influence the content of the 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 speaker’s bureau, symposia, and expert witness
7. Independent contractor
8. Executive role and/or ownership interest
9. Royalties and/or patent beneficiary
10. Intellectual property/patents
11. Stock options or bond holdings in a for-profit corporation or self-directed pension plan
12. Private investigator
13. Expert witness
14. Equity interest
15. Other: specify details

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

All participants that created and/or were able to influence the content and delivery of this activity reported the following disclosures. All of the relevant financial relationships listed have been mitigated. The Training Rheum 2026 Financial Relationship Disclosures

Acknowledgement of Commercial Support

No commercial support was provided for this activity.

Educational Activity Policies

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