What Will You Learn?

• Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:
• Assess, manage, and evaluate patients with rheumatic diseases through expanded roles for the nurse practitioner and physician assistant collaborative care team
• Develop strategies to integrate the nurse practitioner and physician assistant into the collaborative rheumatology practice
• Decrease wait times for appointments and improve access to care for patients by improving the competence and performance of nurse practitioners and physician assistants in the specialized care of patients seen in the practice