ECHO Rheumatology sessions are Fridays from 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM.
2021 Curriculum
| Date | # | Didactic Topic | Presenter(s) |
| Gaining the diagnosis | |||
| 8 Jan | 1 | Approach to the patient with peripheral joint pain | Amanda Steiman/ Claire Bombardier |
| 15 Jan | 2 | Expanding Your Differential Diagnosis | Amanda Steiman |
| 22 Jan | 3 | Understanding Rheumatology: A practical approach to assessing polyarthritis. | Wes Fidler |
| 29 Jan | 4 | Imaging and Ultrasound: What, When, Where, Why | Claire Bombardier |
| 5 Feb | 5 | Lab Testing: When to order or when not to order | Amanda Steiman |
| 12 Feb | No session | ||
| 19 Feb | 6 | Approach to the Patient with Back Pain | Claire Bombardier |
| 26 Feb | No session | ||
| 5 Mar | 7 | Screening and monitoring of rheumatic diseases | Anne Cymet |
| 12 Mar | 8 | Evaluating the Positive ANA | Amanda Steiman |
| 19 Mar | No Session | ||
| Pharmacology | |||
| 26 Mar | 9 | Methotrexate, Conventional Disease Modifying Agents | Carolyn Whiskin |
| 2 Apr | No Session | ||
| 9 Apr | 10 | Biologic Disease Modifying Agents | Carolyn Whiskin |
| 16 Apr | 11 | Vaccines | Carolyn Whiskin |
| Non-Pharmacology | |||
| 23 Apr | 12 | Non-Pharm Strategies: Modalities, splits and assistive devices | Mandy McGlynn |
| 30 Apr | 13 | Non-Pharm Strategies: Exercise | Mandy McGlynn |
| 7 May | 14 | Role of Allied Health in Rheumatology | Mandy McGlynn |
| Rheumatic diseases | |||
| 14 May | 15 | Musculoskeletal Complications of Diabetes Mellitus | Wes Fidler |
| 21 May | No Session | ||
| 29 May | 16 | Gout and CPPD | Amanda Steiman |
| 4 June | 17 | Osteoarthritis | Guest Speaker |
| 11 June | 18 | When Everything Hurts: Fibromyalgia? | Claire Bombardier |
| 18 Jun | 19 | Psoriatic arthritis | Amanda Steiman |
| 25 Jun | 20 | Rheumatoid arthritis | Guest Speaker |
| 2 Jul | No Session | ||
| 9 Jul | 21 | Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR)/ Giant-cell arthritis GCA) | Claire Bombardier |
| 16 Jul | 22 | Lupus | Amanda Steiman |
| 23 Jul | 23 | Statin Myopathy | Wes Fidler |
| 30 Jul-3rd Sept | No Sessions | ||
| Management: | |||
| 10 Sept | 24 | Osteoporosis Part 1 | Guest Speaker |
| 17 Sept | 25 | Osteoporosis Part 2 | Guest Speaker |
| 24 Sept | 26 | Skin manifestations | Amanda Steiman |
| 1 Oct | 27 | Peri-axial – Spondyloarthropathies | Laura Passalent |
| 8 Oct | No Session | ||
| 15 Oct | 28 | Axial – Spondyloarthropathies | Laura Passalent |
| 22 Oct | 29 | Scleroderma | systemic sclerosis | Guest speaker |
| 29 Oct | 30 | Participant Selected Topic/ Sample Case Questions | Amanda Steiman & Claire Bombardier |
| 5 Nov | No Session | ||
| 12 Nov | 31 | Management of Rheumatology conditions in Pregnancy | Amanda Steiman |
| 19 Nov | 32 | Pain Management | Guest speaker |
| 26 Nov | 33 | Common regional MSK disorders – Lower | Guest speaker |
| 2 Dec | 34 | Common regional MSK disorders – Upper | Guest speaker |
| 9 Dec | 35 | Referring to a rheumatologist: When, whom, what and how | Amanda Steiman & Claire Bombardier |