A new award from the ACR’s RISE Registry and the Rheumatology Research Foundation supports early career rheumatology researchers and clinicians who leverage the registry’s real-world data in research projects.
ACR Convergence: Stronger Than Ever After More Than 8 Decades
Like solving sudoku, planning the ACR annual meeting requires an ability to recognize patterns and employ focused logical thinking, all the while remaining undaunted by the various paths possible to complete a grid from what looks like, at initial glance, an incomprehensible labyrinth of options. The patterns in this situation are not numbers, but sessions,…
Ignorant of Ignorance: Medical Education & the Dunning-Kruger Effect
I just didn’t understand. I was an excellent student. I know this is true of most of you. Given the nature of this publication, most of our readership have graduate degrees. This means that collectively, after completing four years of college, we all made the financially dubious decision to pursue post-graduate education, like lemmings jumping…
Rosenbaum’s 5 ‘Rules’ for Public Speaking
Does anyone know why the band Fleetwood Mac might have been an expert in medical communication? Physicians and other medical providers have multiple roles; one obvious task is to provide advice. And for this advice to be valuable, we need to be good listeners; we need to absorb data from multiple sources, which include journals,…
In 2022, Advocacy 101 Returns to Washington, D.C.
ACR and ARP members converged on Capitol Hill in May to urge lawmakers to support legislation related to workforce expansion and patient access to care following training sessions presented by ACR staff dedicated to legislative affairs.
Bethany Marston, MD, Assumes Chair of Committee on Rheumatology Training & Workforce Issues
Noting that the pandemic has shifted what and how rheumatology trainees learn, Dr. Marston hopes the Committee on Rheumatology Training & Workforce Issues can work to understand current workforce needs and explore new educational opportunities.
Reproductive Health & PsA: New ACR Training Program Enhances Provider Education
The ACR has developed educational materials for healthcare providers to use to discuss reproductive health and contraception with their patients with psoriatic arthritis.
Supporting Women in Rheumatology
In 2014, four rheumatologists formed a new organization to promote gender equity within the field. Today, the Association of Women in Rheumatology offers training and opportunities in leadership, business development, financial planning and more, as recently highlighted at its annual meeting Aug. 12–15.
Rheumatology Proud: Fostering an Inclusive Environment in Academic Medicine
Everyone wants to be accepted and feel like they belong. These are innately human traits, and they don’t go away when we leave the grade school playground, high school cafeteria or university quad. We want to feel safe and accepted at work, too, and that feeling is important to professional success and effectiveness. From a…
Getting Physical: Telemedicine & the Enduring Value of the Physical Exam
I have been tongue-tied, of late. When I was a medical student, I was told not to turn the physical examination into an aerobic workout. This sage piece of advice was imparted by my physical examination preceptor, who had watched me perform a complete examination on a hapless volunteer. At the time, I thought of…
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