Psoriasis: Practical Management Considerations for the Healthcare Team
Target Audience: Physician Assistant, Physician
Course Overview
Psoriasis is a chronic, immune-mediated inflammatory disease with heterogeneous clinical phenotypes and a substantial impact on quality of life. Contemporary management requires accurate assessment of severity and special-site involvement, recognition of common comorbidities, and thoughtful selection of topical, phototherapy, oral systemic, and biologic therapies. This continuing education activity reviews immunologic mechanisms of psoriasis and modern therapeutic targets. Learners will also compare established and emerging treatment classes and review real-world challenges, including variable treatment response, adverse effects, treatment access and cost, and medication switching. Practical, team-based considerations are emphasized, including patient counseling, safety monitoring concepts, adherence barriers, and strategies for coordinating care across outpatient settings.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this educational activity, participants should be able to:
- Differentiate common psoriasis phenotypes and severity levels
- Describe how to assess patients with psoriasis
- Compare and contrast therapeutic options by expected benefits, key risks, and practical selection considerations
Faculty
- Introduction
- Guideline Updates
- Evolving Definitions of Severity
- Biologics as Standard of Care
- The Role of Oral Systemics
- Foundation of Care: Topicals and Phototherapy
- Epidemiology and Burden
- The Systemic "Psoriatic March"
- Etiology, Risk Factors, and Pathophysiology
- Clinical Presentation, Diagnosis, and Evaluation
- Clinical Presentation
- Diagnosis
- Severity Classification
- Evaluation for Comorbidities
- Practical Evaluation Framework
- Patient Case
- Severity Assessment
- Comorbidity Screening
- Initial Management Plan
- Management of Psoriasis
- Therapies
- Translating Clinical Trial Endpoints into Patient Goals
- Comparative Efficacy of Oral and Biologic Therapies
- Care Team Perspective: Oral vs Biologic Therapy
- Safety and Risk Communication
- Patient Counseling and Adherence Support
- Normalize Chronicity and Set Milestones
- Simplify the Topical Plan
- Injection Technique Coaching for Biologic Therapy
- Oral Systemic Monitoring Literacy
- Managing Expectations
- Interprofessional Roles
- Return to Patient Case
- Summary
- Disclosures
From April 10, 2026 through April 10, 2029, participants must:
- Read the "learning objectives" and "author and planning team disclosures"
- Study the section entitled "educational activity"
- Complete the Course Test and Evaluation form. The Course Test will be graded automatically. Following successful completion of the Course Test with a score of 70% or higher, a statement of participation will be made available immediately. (No partial credit will be given.)
Credit for this course will be automatically uploaded to CPE Monitor®.
Faculty Planner Disclosure
The following individuals were involved in planning, developing, and/or authoring this activity: L. Austin Fredrickson, MD, FACP; Liz Fredrickson, PharmD, BCPS; and Pamela Sardo, PharmD, BS. None of the individuals involved in developing this activity has a conflict of interest or financial relationships related to the subject matter. There are no financial relationships or commercial or financial support relevant to this activity to report or disclose by RxCe.com or any of the individuals involved in the development of this activity.
Unlabeled Use Disclosure
The information provided in this course is general in nature, and it is designed solely to provide participants with continuing education credit(s). This course and materials are not meant to substitute for the independent, professional judgment of any participant regarding that participant's professional practice, including but not limited to patient assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and/or health management. Medical and pharmacy practices, rules, and laws vary from state to state, and this course does not cover the laws of each state; therefore, participants must consult the laws of their state as they relate to their professional practice. Healthcare professionals must consult their employer, healthcare facility, hospital, or other organization for guidelines, protocols, and procedures to follow. The information provided in this course does not replace those guidelines, protocols, and procedures, but is for academic purposes only, and this course's limited purpose is for the completion of continuing education credits. Participants are advised and acknowledge that information related to medications, their administration, dosing, contraindications, adverse reactions, interactions, warnings, precautions, or accepted uses is constantly changing. Any person taking this course understands that such a person must make an independent review of medication information before any patient assessment, diagnosis, treatment and/or health management. Any discussion of off-label use of any medication, device, or procedure is informational only, and such uses are not endorsed hereby. Nothing contained in this course represents the opinions, views, judgments, or conclusions of RxCe.com LLC. RxCe.com LLC is not liable or responsible to any person for any inaccuracy, error, or omission with respect to this course or course material.
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Accreditation
In support of improving patient care, RxCE.com is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.