Patient education can take many forms, but peer support interventions have been particularly effective in helping patients manage chronic diseases, including HIV, alcoholism and diabetes. Likewise, we hope to examine the benefits, challenges, and impact peer support can have on individuals living with inflammatory arthritis. A peer is someone who shares a common characteristic, such as age, gender, social economic status, education, religion, or in this case, status of disease (Doull et al., 2005). Peers have experiential knowledge of rheumatic disease, its management and care, and the social implications it has had in their lives. Within a healthcare context, they can provide assistance to individuals living with arthritis by providing support to their emotional, appraisal, and informational needs. Peers have the potential to influence health outcomes of other patients by addressing feelings of isolation and loneliness, promoting positive outlook and motivation, and providing information about behaviors that encourage health and well-being (Dennis, 2003). They can augment the services provided by healthcare professionals and can help individuals with inflammatory arthritis better cope and manage their illness. While peer support groups have been used to address many chronic diseases, their implementation amongst individuals with inflammatory arthritis has been limited. The effectiveness of such a program is dependent on the educational preferences and learning needs of its participants and this is a topic that requires examination and further assessment.