Provide Better Outcomes for Your OA Patients
As a healthcare professional, patients diagnosed with osteoarthritis (OA) look to you to answer important questions: What is the natural course of OA? Is OA reversible? What are the best treatments for OA? If medication doesn’t work, what are my options? Are there any new OA treatments?
By completing this OA Microlearning Program, you’ll be more skilled at recognizing the onset of OA, understand the toll it takes on those who suffer from it, be up to date on the latest OA treatments and guidelines, and perhaps help your patients avoid its progression — or even help prevent some from developing it at all.
After finishing all five modules, you’ll earn one CME credit. For each individual module you complete, you’ll earn a dedicated digital badge that can be displayed on your website and in your communications (such as your email signature) to show that you have the knowledge to help patients with new treatments and effective, proven pain management techniques.
OA: A Serious Disease
OA is a widespread and disabling condition that imposes a large burden on not only the individuals affected, but on healthcare systems and in socioeconomic costs; The overall economic burden of OA in the United States alone is estimated at almost $140 billion annually. The disease is also associated with increased mortality and a number of comorbidities, and pain from OA can result in depression, functional disabilities, and work limitations. For more information about the dire costs of OA, read the white paper by OARSI (Osteoarthritis Research Society International) “OA as a Serious Disease.”
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Understand OA as a clinical diagnosis and how it presents in the clinic. Learn to identify the leading risk factors for the development of OA, which patients may see a more rapid progression, and more.
CEUs Earned: 1.00
Get current with the latest OARSI treatment guidelines.
CEUs Earned: 1.00
Learn to identify the issues and barriers to effectively treating the OA patient population, and how to use the OARSI 2019 Treatment Guidelines as an algorithm for the course of treatment.
CEUs Earned: 1.00
Explore the patient experience as it relates to living with OA, how pain is processed, future treatments, and risks versus benefits.
CEUs Earned: 1.00
Managing the pain of OA is an essential part of the patient’s quality of life. Learn how to personalize treatment of patients and empower them on their journey.
CEUs Earned: 1.00