Learning Objectives

• Obtain a comprehensive rheumatology history and review of systems

• Perform a screening musculoskeletal exam as well as a more detailed exam of individual joints

• Differentiate inflammatory from non-inflammatory arthritis

• Perform a knee injection

• Be able to diagnose and treat gout

• Explain how common rheumatologic problems (including rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, psoriatic arthritis, CPPD disease, fibromyalgia, and osteoarthritis) are diagnosed and treated

• Discuss how less common rheumatologic problems (including SLE, scleroderma, myositis, and vasculitis) are diagnosed and treated.

• List the risks and benefits of NSAIDs and corticosteroids

• Name the DMARDs, their major side-effects and monitoring requirements

• Be able to list the different categories of biologic drugs, their major side-effects, and monitoring requirements