1. Systemic sclerosis and scleroderma-like syndromes
2. Systemic lupus erythematosus - symptoms, complications, diagnosis, treatment
3. Systemic vasculitis-picture of multiorgan diseases
4. Polymialgia rheumatica and differential diagnosis of fevers of unknown origin
5. Treatment of patients with chronic arthritis refractory to standard therapies
6. Unusual forms of arthritis-Still's disease, Fellty syndrome in adults
7. Sjógren's syndrome
8. Polymyositis and dermatomyositis

2. LECTURES V YEAR

1. Introduction to rheumatology

- epidemiology of rheumatic diseases

- etiopathogenesis of rheumatic diseases

- classification and symptomatology of rheumatic diseases

- general principles of treatment of rheumatic diseases

2. Chronic arthritis

- peripheral; rheumatoid arthritis and other

- spondyloarthropathies – axial and peripheral manifestations

3. Reactive and non-infectious arthritis, arthritis associated with infectious agents, Lyme disease

4. Systemic connective tissue diseases: systemic sclerosis, systemic lupus erythematosus, Sjogren’s syndrome, idiopathic inflammatory myopathies

3. SEMINARS  V  YEAR

1. Musculoskeletal examination
2. Rheumatoid arthritis diagnosis, differentiation, treatment and early arthritis differentia diagnosis, sarcoidosis, erythema nodosum
3. Osteoarthritis, soft tissue rheumatism, fibromyalgia. Presentation of clinical symptoms, physical examination, diagnosis, differentation, prognosis, treatment.
4. Gout and other crystallopathies. Presentation of clinical symptoms, physical examination, diagnosis, differentiation, prognosis, treatment.
5. Osteoporosis. Presentation of clinical symptoms, physical examination, diagnosis, differentation, prognosis, treatment.
6. Systemic vasculitis in rheumatology.