RAEC Programs
Regional Workshops
The 8 regional workshops are designed to provide learners with a "hands-on" approach and the opportunity to interact with nationally recognized faculty. Each meeting will commence with
2 case-based format discussions, followed by 4 breakout sessions in the form of workshops. Each workshop will focus on a particular theme (ie, diagnosis, clinical measurement tools, and patient care) and on various topics within those themes, allowing participants, through case- based simulations, to interact with each other through a workbook-based discussion. Faculty will spend time reviewing information with the audience, listening to concerns, offering their personal experience, and facilitating communication that will lead to concrete, practical suggestions for adoption of the proposed change(s). These discussions will be initiated via the use of such interactive, participatory tools as an Audience Response System.
The regional meetings are scheduled as follows:
- Seattle, September 27th - Registration Closed
- Durham, NC: October 11th - Registration Closed
- New York City, October 18th - Registration Closed
- Boston, October 18th - Registration Closed
- Baltimore, November 8th - Registration Closed
- St. Louis, November 8th - Registration Closed
- Pittsburg, November 15th - Registration Closed
- Los Angeles, December 6th - Registration Closed
VHATV - Live Satellite Broadcast
UPDATE: VHATV on-demand webcast now available.
The satellite broadcasts consist of a presentation taped at the first regional meeting in Seattle, Washington. This broadcast will be aired 3 times at approximately 6600 hospitals and community-based clinics.
Learners can view the broadcast at participating hospitals, institutions, clinics, or medical practices, or can log on to the Archives section of this Web resource center to watch the presentation. Onsite viewers and hospital CME managers will be present to handle sign-in sheets and evaluations. Broadcasts will be followed by a live question-and-answer discussion among the group, moderated by a faculty member of the initiative. Each broadcast will consist of a 45-minute case study, with interaction among the faculty and the audience, and a 15-minute question-and-answer session.
The airings will take place as follows:
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October 9, 2008
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Marc D. Cohen, MD
Professor of Medicine
Chief of Rheumatology
National Jewish Medical and Research Center
Denver, Colorado
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| October 17, 2008 |
Philip J. Mease, MD
Seattle Rheumatology Associates
Chief of Rheumatology Research
Swedish Medical Center
Clinical Professor of Medicine
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington
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Epocrates Mobile CME
Participants will be offered 2 sequential case-based activities executed with the case content for these point-of care-interventions, which are similar to the cases in the other activities in this initiative but are customized to be effective in this unique, convenient PDA format. This activity is designed to assess the participant’s ability to apply his or her newly gained knowledge in a simulated practice setting as provided by the case format. This format allows for both reinforcement of the learning and the opportunity for a comparative assessment of participant outcomes.
Case Study Challenge
This self-study activity is an interactive, flash-based, learner-directed intervention that will be available at this RAEC Web resource center. During the activity, the learner will be presented with visually interactive, engaging content that covers the learning objectives of the initiative. Once the learner has viewed the presentation, he or she can begin the Case Study Challenge.
During each case, the participants will respond using the knowledge they gained during the brief presentation. Participants will be offered a quiz-like interaction at various intervals during the case in a test-and-teach model.
Upon completion of the posttest and the evaluation, participants can list their comments on the case and read other participant’s comments
TOOLKIT
The success or failure of education is based on the nature and quality of the didactic design and strategy, and on sound implementation practices. Ensuring that the education provided is integrated into ongoing patient care for the health care professional through an enabling activity, such as a toolkit, can enhance the effectiveness of the overall educational strategy. To do so, one has to consider that any such enabling tool is specific to the audience and the therapeutic area, is available to all participants, and is educationally consistent and synergistic with the overall learning objectives.
The RAEC toolkit is intended to be a comprehensive set of analytical, diagnostic, and planning resources that will assist participants in reinforcing the overall goals, objectives, and learnings derived from the RAEC activity.
The goal of the toolkit is not to render any statements or conclusions surrounding clinical data, guidelines, or models, but rather to enlighten, reinforce, and provide easy access to information and best practices attained from the RAEC activity through the following:
- Providing the necessary information (based on the knowledge of rheumatoid arthritis [RA] derived from rheumatologists and other physicians who treat patients with the disease and allied disorders)
- Facilitating appropriate assessment and care of patients with RA (through algorithms, guidelines, and images)
- Summarizing the coordination of appropriate care via flowcharts, referral patterns, and patient follow-up
- Reinforcing the development of appropriate therapeutic strategies and their rationale when managing patients with RA
Download RAEC Toolkit 
