Winter 2015 (Volume 25, Number 4)

News From the Scientific Committee

By Evelyn Sutton, MD, FRCPC

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The CRA ASM is going back to beautiful Lake Louise! Optimizing Quality in Rheumatology Care is the theme for our meeting, so bring your families and plan to ski, skate, toboggan, or hike in the beautiful Rockies as you reflect on the fabulous workshops and plenaries at the meeting.

Guest speaker Dr. James Maas will kick off the meeting and present the 2016 State of the Art Lecture on the evidence on the importance of sleep (for you and your patients). We are delighted to announce that the 2016 Dunlop-Dottridge lecturer is Dr. Berent Prakken, who will present on new paradigms for inflammatory arthritis. Dr. Kaveh Shojania will speak on engaging rheumatologists in quality improvement and patient safety in this era of expanding therapies, diagnostics, and costs, drawing on his keen experience translating evidence into practice.

Need Category 3 credits for Maintenance of Certification (MOCOMP)? Dr. Henry Averns will lead you through the ins and outs of performing your own chart audit. Stay tuned for emails from the CRA for pre-meeting information.

In addition to these features, we have a wide variety of other workshops planned with our own CRA experts, in addition to guest experts in respirology, gastroenterology, and a presentation by the Canadian Medical Protective Association (CMPA). In addition to the workshops, a special Meet the Expert session was designed to allow you to meet several experts within an hour to discuss your problem cases.

Our planning committee is especially excited to bring game-based learning to the meeting; Dr. Philip Baer is busy compiling questions for RheumJeopardy, a game that will involve all attendees in the session. Thanks to technology, we will be able to divide the room into two massive teams, so plan on participating. This is guaranteed to be fun and educational!

Clear your calendar, book your flights, and plan on having a great time in Lake Louise. I look forward to seeing you there.

Evelyn Sutton, MD, FRCPC
Professor of Medicine and Medical Education,
Dalhousie University
Director of Arthritis Center of Nova Scotia
Halifax, Nova Scotia