Connective Tissue Disorder

Connective tissue disorder is a description for a vast variety of inherited and acquired presentations that can affect all organ systems of the human body. Examples include systemic sclerosis and lupus. Their impact can vary from being mildly inconvenient to significantly affecting a patient’s quality and length of life. This course will address the most common presentations in general practice, with a focus on early diagnosis and management within primary care based multidisciplinary teams and in collaboration with secondary care.

Financial support for the project was provided as a sponsorship from Thermo Fisher Scientific. Editorial and content decisions were made solely by the RCGP.