Abstracts tagged "rheumatic disease and rheumatic education"

Abstract Number: 88 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2017
Mind Map Use in Rheumatology Education
Alex Papou, Rheumatology, Consultant Rheumatologist, North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust, Peterborough City Hospital, Peterborough, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Medical knowledge is a constantly expanding and changing field. One of the challenges for healthcare professionals, including doctors in training, is to be able…
Abstract Number: 201 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2017
Computer Learning (artificial intelligence) to Create a Computer-Based Triage Tool Classifying Referrals As Inflammatory or Non-Inflammatory Requiring Only Patient Reported Information
Cindy Kim¹, Tanner Bohn², Charles X. Ling³, Nikhil Chopra⁴ and Janet E. Pope⁵, ¹Faculty of Medicine, University of Western Ontaro, London, ON, Canada, ²University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, ³Computer Sciences, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, ⁴Rheumatology, Private Practice, London, ON, Canada, ⁵Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Western Ontario, St Joseph's Health Care, London, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: To determine if a computer-based triage tool can accurately classify referrals as inflammatory or non-inflammatory using information obtained from the patient; not requiring assessment…
Abstract Number: 132 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015
Delivering a One-Stop, Integrated, Patient-Centred Service for Patients with Rheumatic Diseases. the Finnish Approach
Elena Nikiphorou¹, Paula Väre¹, Kirsi Paalanen¹, Jelena Borodina¹, Arto Kokko², Pekka Hannonen¹ and Tuulikki Sokka-Isler³, ¹Jyvaskyla Central Hospital, Jyvaskyla, Finland, ²Jyvaskyla Central Hospital, Jyväskylä, Finland, ³Rheumatology, Jyvaskyla Central Hospital, Jyvaskyla, Finland
Background/Purpose: Rheumatology is mainly an outpatient specialty. Prompt diagnosis & treatment to prevent long-term disability in an integrated, multi-disciplinary approach to care are crucial. In reality though,…
Abstract Number: 2228 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015
Brief Educational Intervention Improves Gout Patients’ Understanding of Their Disease
Slavica Bobic¹, Mark Tratenberg¹, Julia Ash¹, Amy Wasserman² and Kirk Sperber¹, ¹Rheumatology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, ²New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY
Background/Purpose: To assess gout patients’ baseline knowledge of their disease and to measure knowledge improvement after brief educational session. Methods: In this study, 13 patients…