Webside Care Can Enhance Rheumatology Training & Patient Satisfaction

Lisa Zickuhr, MD, is an assistant professor of medicine, director of the rheumatology curricula and associate director of the medicine clerkship at Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis.

Jason Kolfenbach, MD, is an associate professor of medicine and director of the Rheumatology Fellowship Program at the University of Colorado, Aurora.

Marcy B. Bolster, MD, is an associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and director of the Rheumatology Fellowship Training Program at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.

Disclosures

Dr. Zickuhr received support for her time spent on research from the Rheumatology Research Foundation’s Clinician Scholar Educator Award (CSE2122).

Dr. Kolfenbach received support for his time spent on research from the Rheumatology Research Foundation’s Clinician Scholar Educator Award (CSE2122).

Dr. Bolster received support for her time spent on research from the Rheumatology Research Foundation’s Clinician Scholar Educator Award (CSE2021). She also receives honoraria from Custom Learning Designs for consulting; from ABIM for her work on the Longitudinal Assessment Approval Committee; from PracticeUpdate for her work as associate editor; from the ARP for her work as associate editor of the Advanced Rheumatology Course; and from Merck Manual.

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