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Target Audience
This activity is intended for rheumatologists, dermatologists, primary care physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and other health care providers who manage patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA).

Program Overview
Philip J. Mease, MD, and Alexis R. Ogdie-Beatty, MD, review the pathogenesis and a wide spectrum of clinical features, manifestations, and comorbidities of psoriatic arthritis; talk about classification criteria for PsA and different patient-reported and provider-assessed outcome measures; and discuss treatment recommendations and strategies, as well as various types of current and emerging therapies. Finally, they highlight some of the key issues and challenges of the management of PsA through reviewing patient case studies.

Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, participants should be better able to:

Utilize validated tools to assess psoriatic arthritis (PsA) disease burden and response to treatment
Summarize the clinical pharmacology, including mechanism of action, as well as safety and efficacy, of evidence-based medications for PsA
Utilize a treat-to-target approach with individualized evidence-based therapy to reduce symptom burden and, when possible, achieve disease remission/low disease activity
Identify and implement treatment of comorbidities of PsA in collaboration with the primary care provider