Target Audience
This activity was developed for rheumatologists, family physicians, internal medicine physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, physician assistants and other healthcare professionals who have an interest in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).
Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be better able to:
Rheumatologists
- Develop SLE treatment plans based on individual patients' disease characteristics and treatment goals.
- Identify a validated SLE disease activity measure for regular patient monitoring.
- Incorporate recommendations for the use of existing and newly approved treatments for SLE into clinical practice.
Primary Care
- Apply the ACR diagnostic criteria to recognize patients who may have SLE.
- Utilize and interpret laboratory findings to investigate possible SLE.
- Develop SLE treatment plans based on individual patients disease characteristics, treatment goals, and consensus recommendations.
- Identify a validated SLE disease activity measure for regular patient monitoring.
Faculty
Daniel J. Wallace, MD, FACP, MACR
Associate Director, Rheumatology Fellowship Program
Board of Governors, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Professor of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
David Geffen School of Medicine Center at UCLA
In affiliation with Attune Health
Los Angeles, California
Michelle Petri, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland
Accreditation
The Annenberg Center for Health Sciences at Eisenhower is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Annenberg Center for Health Sciences at Eisenhower designates this enduring material for a maximum of
2 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
The
Annenberg Center for Health Sciences is accredited by the American Association of Nurse Practitioners as an approved provider of nurse practitioner continuing education. Provider number: 040207.
This program is designated for up to
2 contact hours. Program ID# 5635-EM.
The Annenberg Center for Health Sciences is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
A maximum of
2 contact hours
may be earned for successful completion of this activity.
Provider is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #13664, for 2 contact hours. To receive credit for education contact hours outside of the state of California,
please check with your state board of registered nursing for reciprocity.
Disclosure Statement
It is the policy of the Annenberg Center for Health Sciences to ensure fair balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all programming. All faculty and planners participating in sponsored programs are expected to identify and reference off-label product use and disclose any relationship with those supporting the activity or any others with products or services available within the scope of the topic being discussed in the educational presentation.
The Annenberg Center for Health Sciences assesses conflict of interest with its instructors, planners, managers, and other individuals who are in a position to control the content of CE/CME activities. All relevant conflicts of interest that are identified are thoroughly vetted by the Annenberg Center for fair balance, scientific objectivity of studies utilized in this activity, and patient care recommendations. The Annenberg Center is committed to providing its learners with high-quality CE/CME activities and related materials that promote improvements or quality in healthcare and not a specific proprietary business interest of a commercial interest.
In accordance with the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education Standards, parallel documents from other accrediting bodies, and Annenberg Center for Health Sciences policy, the following disclosures have been made:
Daniel J. Wallace, MD, FACP, MACR
- Consultant: Amgen- clinical area: Lupus; EMD Serono- clinical area: Lupus; Lilly- clinical area: Lupus; Merck- clinical area: Lupus
Michelle Petri, MD, MPH
- Research Support : AstraZeneca- clinical area: Lupus, Exagen- clinical area: Lupus
- Consultant: Amgen- clinical area: Lupus; Decision Resources- clinical area: Lupus; EMD Serono- clinical area: Lupus; GlaxoSmithKline- clinical area: Lupus; Inova Diagnostics- clinical area: Lupus; Janssen- clinical area: Lupus; Lilly- clinical area: Lupus; Merck- clinical area: Lupus; Novartis- clinical area: Lupus; Quintiles- clinical area: Lupus
The faculty for this activity have disclosed that there will be
discussion about the use of products for non-FDA approved applications.
Additional Content Planners
Chris Fisher (medical writer) has no significant relationships to disclose.
Coy Flowers, MD (peer reviewer) has no significant relationships to disclose.
Annenberg Center for Health Sciences
The staff at the Annenberg Center for Health Sciences at Eisenhower have no relevant commercial relationships to disclose.
The ideas and opinions presented in this educational activity are those of the faculty and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Annenberg Center and/or its agents. As in all educational activities, we encourage practitioners to use their own judgment in treating and addressing the needs of each individual patient, taking into account that patient's unique clinical situation. The Annenberg Center disclaims all liability and cannot be held responsible for any problems that may arise from participating in this activity or following treatment recommendations presented.
This educational activity is supported by an educational grant from GlaxoSmithKline.
This activity is an online enduring material. Successful completion is achieved by reading and/or viewing the material, reflecting on its implications in your practice, and completing the assessment component.
The estimated time to complete the activity is
2 hours.
This activity was originally released on
January 31, 2019 and is eligible for credit through
January 30, 2020.
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