AHPA teaching slide collection, 2nd edition: A review

Abstract

The Arthritis Health Professions Association (AHPA) first marketed an arthritis teaching slide collection in 1980. Recent changes in rheumatic disease diagnosis and management made it necessary to update this collection. A second edition premiered in June 1988 at the AHPA National Scientific Meeting. This revised collection totals 293 slides, with nearly 100 new slides and redesign of others. The slides are a mixture of photographs, text, medical illustrations, cartoons, and computer-generated graphics. Rheumatic diseases covered by the collection include rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthri-tis, Sjogren's syndrome, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, psoriatic arthritis, Reiter's syndrome, systemic lupus erythematosus, systemic sclerosis, gout, polymyositis/dermatomyo-sitis, polymyalgia rheumatica, fibrositis, osteoporosis, and a few miscellaneous conditions. The collection is organized into six major color-coded sections. The first four sections provide an overview of the rheumatic diseases (nine slides), rheumatic disease clinical manifestations (113 slides), joint anatomy (four slides), and pathophysiology (seven slides). The last two sections cover disease assessment (38 slides) and management (117 slides), em-phasizing the role of health professionals. There are also five introductory slides that highlight the AHPA organization.