Hospitalist and Internal Medicine: Inpatient and Outpatient Care

Approach to the Patient with Rheumatic Diseases

1. Demonstrate the importance of the history and physical exam including patterns of joints involvement and extra-articular findings in evaluating patients with rheumatic diseases.
2. Distinguish inflammatory (i.e. rheumatoid arthritis) and structural arthritis (i.e. osteoarthritis).
3. Differentiate patterns of articular involvement associated with different arthritides.
4. Utilize laboratory and radiological studies in the evaluation of patients with rheumatic diseases.

Vasculitis

1. Utilized the classification of vasculitis.
2. Specify the diagnosis of specific vasculitis based on clinical, laboratory, and pathologic features.
3. Prescribe treatment for patients with vasculitis based on their diagnosis.

Update on the Management of COPD and Asthma in the Hospitalized Patient

1. Perform initial management and stabilization of the patient with asthma or COPD exacerbation and distinguish between the strategies for each condition.
2. Develop an evidence-based strategy for the management of COPD based on the GOLD criteria.
3. Prescribe an effective therapeutic strategy for asthma, taking into account recent studies on the safety and effectiveness of various agents.
4. Detect conditions that may mimic asthma or COPD in the clinical setting.

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