Activity Overview

Activity Overview

ACR 2023 Convergence Review Course Bundle is designed to provide a comprehensive update for practitioners. Each learner receives:

  • 8 individual video lectures, spanning the scope of rheumatology
  • Each pre-recorded video is approximately 30 minutes in length including the Q & A session
  • 5.50 ABIM MOC points and 5.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ with a passing score of 70% or higher

Activity Schedule

Enrollment will end on September 1, 2025.  The activity will close on October 11, 2025.

Target Audience

Rheumatologists, physicians, healthcare providers who care for patients with rheumatic diseases, and those interested or engaged in rheumatology research.

Learning Objectives

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

  • Summarize up-to-date assessment and management strategies in inflammatory eye disease, polychondritis, and other rheumatic diseases. 
  • Identify current imaging modalities used to diagnose scleroderma, axial spondyloarthritis and thrombotic microangiopathy. 
  • Develop skills to facilitate open and accurate discussions about pregnancy prevention and planning. 
  • Define Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) including its etiology, symptoms, and common treatments. 
  • Demonstrate understanding of the unique challenges faced by young adults living with JIA.

CME and MOC Information

Accreditation Statement

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

Designation Statement

The ACR designates this live activity for a maximum of 5.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activities

MOC Statement

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 5.50 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

By completing this activity you provide the ACR permission to share completion data with the ACCME and the certifying board(s).



Faculty and 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

Faculty participating in an ACR-sponsored activity must disclose to the planning committee and audience all financial relationships with ineligible companies any financial or other relationship(s) with a ineligible company 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 speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness
  7. Independent contractor
  8. Ownership Interest
  9. Royalties
  10. Intellectual property/patents
  11. Stock options or bond holdings in a for-profit corporation or self-directed pension plan
  12. Other financial or material support

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

The CARE Development Group and faculty reported the following disclosures.

Content Bundle Planning Team Members

The following Content Bundle Planning Team members have no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

  • Adena Batterman, LCSW, MSW
  • Belina Yi, D.O.
  • Annelle Reed, MSN, CPNP
  • Kai Sun, MD, MS
  • Dawn Wahezi, MD, MS
  • Rebecca Manno, MD, MHS
  • Maura Daly Iversen, PT, DPT, SD, MPH, FNAP, FAPTA
  • Susan Farrow
  • Lawrence Cunningham
  • Carlos Ferreira, MA
  • Sharon Ross

The following planning committee members have relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

  • Kaveh Ardalan, MD, MS – Cabaletta Bio, Inc. 1; Cure JM Foundation5
  • Susan Shenoi, MBBS, MS, RhMSUS – Pfizer2; Cabaletta Bio, Inc2; Novartis2; Amgen2
  • Lesley Ann Saketkoo, MD, MPH - Argenx1,5; Atyr1,5; Boehringer Ingelheim1,5; Horizon1,5; Janssen1,5; Kadmon1,5; Kinevant1,5; Kyverna1,5; Mallinckrodt1,5; Novartis1,5; UCB1,5

*All of the relevant financial relationships listed for these individuals have been mitigated.

Corporate Support 

No grant support funded at this time. 

Online Activity Refund Policy

Requests for cancellations and refunds must be received in writing to education@rheumatology.org within 24 hours of the online activity enrollment date.

  • Completed online activities are not eligible for a refund. 
  • Refunds will be subject to an administration fee per person and per activity: 15% for members; 30% for potential members.
  • Canceled online activities are nontransferable.