Computer multimedia offers the ideal tools for teaching rheumatology and immunology to patients, medical students, and physicians. Many of the principles dealing with the cause and treatment of arthritis and rheumatism defy any easy explanation in a static fashion. Graphics, sound, animation, and interactivity greatly enhance the conceptualization of complex ideas. Currently available multimedia equipment can dynamically present information in a clear and exciting fashion unmatched by slide projection.

The internet offers the new potential for refined accessibility of information and learning tools to interested parties. The "net" is evolving at a startling pace and faster computer hardware, broadband technology, and new software now offer unique and expanding technologies on a nearly daily basis. These advances will likely lead to the ability to offer similarly dynamic presentations over the "net" that now are only possible in live presentations. A host of authorship programs package these tools in a palatable manner so that web page publishing has become a relatively simple process.