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Program: Scientific Session
General Topic: ARP

Boosting Impact in Rheumatology: Emerging Trends and Future Directions in Implementation Science

Tuesday, October 28, 2025
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Central Time

    Moderator(s)

  • Charmayne Dunlop-Thomas, MS, MPH

    Emory University
    Atlanta, Georgia, United States

    Disclosure(s): No financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose

  • JB

    Janet Bahr, NP

    Family Neighborhood Clinic
    La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States

    Disclosure information not submitted.

    • Session Coordinator(s)

  • JB

    Janet Bahr, NP

    Family Neighborhood Clinic
    La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States

    Disclosure information not submitted.

This session will explore the application of implementation science (IS) in rheumatology, focusing on emerging trends, gaps, and opportunities to enhance care delivery. Building on last year’s focus on lupus, we will broaden the discussion to include insights from across rheumatology to foster cross-disciplinary learning and identify shared strategies. We will present the results of a systematic scoping review on how IS has been operationalized in the peer-reviewed rheumatology literature, highlighting areas for future exploration. Attendees will also learn from a lupus case study on using peer support as an implementation strategy to improve implementation and increase sustainment for a digital self-management program for people with lupus. The session aims to equip learners with actionable insights into how IS strategies can be used by healthcare professionals, researchers, and implementers to optimize rheumatology interventions and improve care.

Learning Objectives:

  • Describe three ways in which implementation science is currently being used in rheumatology
  • List two unexplored areas of IS for future development and/or research in rheumatology
  • Identify appropriate implementation science frameworks for planning, implementing, and evaluating an intervention to improve disease self-management education
  • Apply at least one IS framework to plan, implement, or evaluate a real-world lupus case study

Presentations:

  • 4:00 PM – 4:30 PM Central Time
    Advancing Implementation Science in Rheumatology: Trends, Gaps, and Future Directions

    Speaker: Sarah Gilman, MPH – Wayfinder Health Strategies

  • 4:30 PM – 5:00 PM Central Time
    Implementation Science in Action: Peer Support Strategies for Digital Lupus Self-Management Programs

    Speaker: Melicent Miller, BS,DrPH – Lupus Foundation of America