Rheumatology Board Review 2025

Register for In-Person (OnSite) Attendance

Register for Remote (Live Stream) Attendance

August 21 - 23, 2025
Mission Bay Conference Center • San Francisco, CA
Course# MDM26F01 - Department: Medicine

Overview

The Rheumatology Board Review and Clinical Update course has been offered by UCSF since 1992 and will be presented as a hybrid conference - in person and virtually this year. Join us for three days of a live and live-streamed interactive conference which will include talks on major clinical topics in Rheumatology to assist physicians preparing for the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Subspecialty Examination in Rheumatology. The course will provide up to date information for practicing clinicians seeking to improve their care for rheumatology patients. An additional series of prerecorded lectures and practice questions are also available to participants.

Target Audience
Trainees preparing for their initial board exam — as well as rheumatologists who are candidates for ABIM recertification — are the target audience. Diagnosing and managing complex and unusual clinical problems will be emphasized; an overview of significant advances related to clinical rheumatology will also be included.

Onsite and Remote Learning Options:
The course sessions will take place at the Mission Bay Conference Center.  Live Stream and Onsite registrants will receive instructions along with the digital syllabus a week before the conference.  Included in your registration fee is access to the course recordings on demand after the conference for a limited time period. You must tune in to live conference (in person or remotely) to claim CME.  All course times listed are Pacific Standard Time.

Objectives

An attendee completing this course should be able to:

1. Apply current, evidence-based standards of care to rheumatic diseases (including rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, scleroderma, other systemic, autoimmune diseases, autoinflammatory diseases, spondyloarthritis, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, crystalline arthritis, and soft tissue musculoskeletal pain syndromes);
2. Improve diagnostic accuracy by application of best available recent data and expert guidance.
3. Refine, optimize, and monitor rheumatic disease treatments based on new knowledge of efficacy and safety.
4. Adopt newly approved treatments appropriately based on the latest medical evidence.
5. Refine approach to pain in rheumatic diseases.
6. Increase utilization of self-assessment.

Accreditation

In support of improving patient care, the University of California, San Francisco is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Physicians
UCSF designates this live activity for a maximum of 26 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

This CME activity meets the requirements under California Assembly Bill 1195, Continuing Education and Cultural and Linguistic Competency.

Geriatric
The approved credits shown above include 2.75 credits toward meeting the requirement under California Assembly Bill 1820, Geriatric Medicine.

Pain Management
The approved credits shown above include 8.25 credits toward meeting the requirement under California assembly Bill 487, Pain Management and end-of-Life Care.

American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) MOC
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 26.00 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC points. Attendees must complete the course evaluation within 30 days of the activity completion in order to receive MOC credit.

Nurses
For the purpose of recertification, the American Nurses Credentialing Center accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM issued by organizations accredited by the ACCME.

Physician Assistants
AAPA accepts category 1 credit from AOACCME, Prescribed credit from AAFP, and AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM from organizations accredited by the ACCME.

Pharmacists
The California Board of Pharmacy accepts as continuing professional education those courses that meet the standard of relevance to pharmacy practice and have been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM.

Registration Fees

Early Bird Before 4/30/2025
$935 Physicians
$835 Advanced Practice Professionals/Nurses
$500 Residents/Fellows
$1,200 Industry Representatives

Regular Fee 5/1/2025 - 8/7/2025
$985 Physicians
$885 Advanced Practice Professionals/Nurses
$550 Residents/Fellows
$1,200 Industry Representatives

On Site Fee 8/8/2025 - 08/23/2025
$1,035 Physicians
$935 Advanced Practice Professionals/Nurses
$600 Residents/Fellows
$1,200 Industry Representatives

Cancellation Policy

Cancellations received in writing before Aug 7, 2025 will be refunded, less an administrative fee of $100. No refunds will be made on cancellations received after that date.

Please submit your cancellation request at
https://tiny.ucsf.edu/cmehelp