Abstracts tagged "education, medical"

Abstract Number: 1185 • ACR Convergence 2021
A New Virtual Reality: Needs Assessment and Gains in Current Trainees Experience with a Novel Video-Based Post Rheumatology Rotation Intervention
Ami Purohit¹, Camille Hawkins², Meenakshi Jolly² and Sonali Khandelwal³, ¹Rush University Mediccal Center, Chicago, IL, ²Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ³Rush University, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: Though trainees see patients at varying stages of their diagnostic course on subspecialty electives, there is often no organized opportunity for residents to follow…
Abstract Number: 1186 • ACR Convergence 2021
The Kardashian Index of Rheumatology Program Directors: Comparing Scholarly Activity and Twitter Use of Rheumatology Fellowship Program Directors in the United States
Aakanksha Khanna¹, Keerthy Gopalakrishnan², Dawid Czarny¹, Brian Quigley¹ and Alysia Kwiatkowski¹, ¹State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, ²S.R.M. Medical College Hospital and Research Center, Buffalo, NY
Background/Purpose: Social media has changed the way we communicate and disseminate information. Program directors (PDs) can use social media to boost visibility for professional networking,…
Abstract Number: 1187 • ACR Convergence 2021
Is Your Program Website Optimized for Recruitment? An Evaluation of Rheumatology Fellowship Program Websites
Temitope Ajayi, Aakanksha Khanna, Brian Quigley and Alysia Kwiatkowski, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
Background/Purpose: A program’s website is a helpful source of information for a prospective applicant whose decision on where to apply is influenced by the data…
Abstract Number: 1188 • ACR Convergence 2021
Sifting Through Complexity in a Methodological Manner: Identifying Key Items in Teaching Lupus to Medical Students Through Consensus
Julie Thomas¹, Michael Battistone², Kyle Register¹ and Andrea Barker², ¹University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ²Salt Lake City VA, Salt Lake City, UT
Background/Purpose: Creating a curriculum for teaching lupus to medical students is a challenge given the complexities and nuances of this systemic disease. Because lupus spans…
Abstract Number: 0484 • ACR Convergence 2021
RheumMadness: Creating an Online Community of Inquiry
David Leverenz¹, Akrithi Udupa², Didem Saygin³, Guy Katz⁴, Christopher Witt², Lisa Criscione-Schreiber⁵ and Matthew Sparks⁵, ¹Duke University, Durham, NC, ²Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC, ³University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ⁴Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁵Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC
Background/Purpose: RheumMadness is an online collaborative learning experience in which rheumatology concepts compete as teams in a tournament. The Community of Inquiry (CoI) framework describes…
Abstract Number: 1189 • ACR Convergence 2021
Ultrasound Online: A Novel Approach to Teaching Rheumatology Focused Musculoskeletal Ultrasonography to Resident Physicians in Training
Andrew Long¹, Bethany Marston¹, Homaira Rahimi¹, Norman Madsen² and William Novak¹, ¹University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, ²University of Rochester, NY, Rochester, NY
Background/Purpose: Musculoskeletal point of care ultrasound (MSK POCUS) can assess for joint effusions, synovitis and crystalline arthropathy and is increasingly utilized by generalists working in…
Abstract Number: 0485 • ACR Convergence 2021
The Impact of COVID-19 on Rheumatology Trainee Health and Wellbeing: Results from the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance Trainee Survey
Kristen Young¹, Su-Ann Yeoh², Michael Putman³, Sebastian Sattui⁴, Richard Conway⁵, Elizabeth Graef⁶, Adam Killian⁷, Maximilian Konig⁸, Jeffrey Sparks⁹, Manuel Ugarte-Gil¹⁰, Laura Upton¹¹, Francis Berenbaum¹², Suleman Bhana¹³, Jonathan Hausmann¹⁴, Pedro Machado¹⁵, Philip Robinson¹⁶, Emily Sirotich¹⁷, Paul Sufka¹⁸, Jinoos Yazdany¹⁹, Jean Liew²⁰, Rebecca Grainger²¹, Zachary Wallace²² and Aruni Jayatilleke²³, ¹University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ²University College London, London, United Kingdom, ³Medical College of Wisconsin, Brookfield, WI, ⁴Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁵St. James's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, ⁶Emerson Hospital, Concord, MA, ⁷George Washington University, Washington, DC, ⁸The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁹Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ¹⁰Hospital Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen, Essalud/Universidad Científica del Sur, Lima, Peru, ¹¹Georgetown University School of Medicine, Melbourne, FL, ¹²Sorbonne Universit - hopital Saint-Antoine, Paris, France, ¹³Crystal Run Health, Montvale, NJ, ¹⁴Boston Children's Hospital / Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Cambridge, MA, ¹⁵Centre for Rheumatology & Department of Neuromuscular Diseases, University College London, London, United Kingdom, ¹⁶University of Queensland School of Clinical Medicine, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Herston, Australia, ¹⁷McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ¹⁸HealthPartners, Eagan, MN, ¹⁹University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²⁰Boston University, Boston, MA, ²¹University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand, ²²Massachusetts General Hospital, Newton, MA, ²³Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted healthcare delivery and education of physicians, including rheumatology trainees. Our objective was to assess the impact of the COVID-19…
Abstract Number: 1191 • ACR Convergence 2021
Introduction of a Joint Injection and Ultrasound Workshop for Internal Medicine Trainees
Lucia Milla, Daniel Lindstrom, Elena Gkrouzman, Jeevarathna Subramanian, Elizabeth Murphy and Jonathan Cheah, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA
Background/Purpose: There is increasing interest in procedural training at all levels of medical education. While point of care ultrasound (POCUS) and joint injection are not…
Abstract Number: 1699 • ACR Convergence 2020
Training Residents to ‘Choose Wisely’ When Testing for Antinuclear Antibodies
Iman Qaiser¹, Tracy Koehler¹ and Richard Martin², ¹Mercy Health Saint Mary's, Grand Rapids, MI, ²Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, Grand Rapids, MI
Background/Purpose: In many hospitals residents are the first providers to evaluate new patients. Consequently, residents often initiate the work-up of newly admitted patients. Multiple studies…
Abstract Number: 0045 • ACR Convergence 2020
Healthcare Practitioner Confidence Assessing Rashes in Patients of Skin of Color with Lupus
Vijay Kannuthurai¹, Jacob Murray², Lisa Zickuhr³ and Ling Chen², ¹Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, Hazlehurst, MS, ²Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, ³Washington University/B-JH/SLCH Consortium, St. Louis, MO
Background/Purpose: Medical education can promote bias that disproportionately affects patients of color. Patients of color with lupus are especially vulnerable as they often carry a…
Abstract Number: 1700 • ACR Convergence 2020
Curricular Implementation of the Rheumatic Disease Patient Expert Program: The Students’ Perspective
Eleni Sophocleous¹, Andri Phoka² and Konstantinos Parperis³, ¹University of Cyprus Medical school, Nicosia, Cyprus, ²Cyprus League Against Rheumatism, Nicosia, Cyprus, ³University of Cyprus Medical School, Nicosia, Nicosia, Cyprus
Background/Purpose: Medical education can be enriched by embracing patient involvement so that students can learn about rheumatic diseases (RMD) from patient experts. Patient experts have…
Abstract Number: 0079 • ACR Convergence 2020
Analysis of COVID-19 and Rheumatology Twitter Activity During the Pandemic Months
Mosaab Mohameden¹ and Ali H.Ali², ¹University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, ²University of California San Francisco Fresno, Fresno, CA
Background/Purpose: Twitter is a popular social media platform that is widely used to publish information and exchange ideas. There are over 300 million active monthly…
Abstract Number: 1701 • ACR Convergence 2020
Development and Validity Evidence for a Tool to Assess the Performance of Shoulder Injections
Andrea Ramirez-Gomez¹, Amber Deptola¹, Colin Diffie², John Metzler¹, Peter McDonnell¹, Nathan Olafsen¹ and Lisa Zickuhr³, ¹Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, ²Washington University, Saint Louis, MO, ³Washington University/B-JH/SLCH Consortium, St. Louis, MO
Background/Purpose: Shoulder pain is common. Subacromial bursa and intra-articular glucocorticoid injections can provide pain relief while avoiding the risks associated with systemic therapies. The American…
Abstract Number: 0080 • ACR Convergence 2020
Understanding Ankylosing Spondylitis –
Arnd Kleyer¹, Milena Pachowsky², Louis Schuster¹, Larissa Valor-Mendez³, Georg Schett⁴, Axel Hueber⁵ and David Simon¹, ¹Department of Internal Medicine 3, Friedrich-Alexander University (FAU) Erlangen-Nuremberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Bayern, Germany, ²Department of Orthopedic and Trauma Surgery, FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ³Department of Internal Medicine 3, Rheumatology and Immunology, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Bayern, Germany, ⁴Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen- Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany, ⁵Sozialstiftung Bamberg, Sektion Rheumatologie, Bamberg, Germany
Background/Purpose: Rheumatology is underrepresented in the medical training of students in Germany. [1] Tools and methods are needed to inspire young students for specialist training…
Abstract Number: 1702 • ACR Convergence 2020
RA-Related Knowledge and Skills of Rheumatology Fellows Among 20 US Academic Institutions
Sandeep Agarwal¹, Rebecca Manno², Kristina Fajardo³, Laura Simone³, Jeff Carter³ and Tamar Sapir³, ¹Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ²Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, U.S., U.S. Virgin Islands, ³PRIME Education, LLC, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Background/Purpose: As the rheumatology workforce experiences an alarming shortage, it is critical that rheumatology fellows receive advanced training experiences to reinforce their commitment to rheumatology…