Abstracts tagged "education, medical"

Abstract Number: 0237 • ACR Convergence 2022
Whats Trending? A 12- year Analysis of International Medical Graduates Matching into Rheumatology Fellowship Programs in the United States
Temitope Ajayi¹, Arabi Rasendrakumar², Kavish Singh³, Sladjana Skopelja-Gardner⁴ and Aakanksha Khanna⁵, ¹University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, ²University of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, ³Montefiore Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, ⁴Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, ⁵Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH
Background/Purpose: The goal of this study is to report the trends in the match results of International Medical Graduates (IMGs) from 2008-2020 into Rheumatology fellowship…
Abstract Number: 0214 • ACR Convergence 2022
The Structured Curriculum Development Significantly Increased the Pediatric Residents’ Competency and Confidence During a 4-week Pediatric Rheumatology Rotation
Maynart Sukharomana and Sirirat Charuvanij, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty Of Medicine Siriraj Hospital Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Background/Purpose: Due to the scarcity of pediatric rheumatologists in Thailand, general pediatricians are mostly the first to encounter patients with musculoskeletal (MSK) complaints. The objectives…
Abstract Number: 0238 • ACR Convergence 2022
Educational Experience and Engagement in the First Two Years of RheumMadness, an Online Community of Inquiry
Guy Katz¹, Aki Garren², Lauren He³, Ben Kellogg⁴, Michael Macklin⁵, Courtney Bair⁴, matthew Sparks⁴, Lisa Criscione-Schreiber⁴ and david leverenz⁴, ¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²MedStar/Georgetown Washington Hospital Center, Silver Spring, MD, ³University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ⁴Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, ⁵University of Pittsburg Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: RheumMadness, an online educational initiative in which 16 rheumatology concepts compete as teams, completed its second season in 2022. In its first year, RheumMadness…
Abstract Number: 0215 • ACR Convergence 2022
Online Teaching of Hand Examination Using Student-recorded Videos and Remotely Delivered Feedback: A Pilot Study
Mostafa Ahmad¹, Frances Parry² and Simon Maxwell², ¹Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, ²MSc Internal Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Enhancing physical examination skills improves the identification of clinical findings, decision-making and overall management. Feedback is a crucial factor in achieving effective learning but…
Abstract Number: 0239 • ACR Convergence 2022
Rheumatology Fellowship Programs – What Are Our Missions and What Are We Missing? A Mixed Methods Analysis of Publically-Available Mission Statements from the 126 Adult Rheumatology Fellowships in the United States
Ioannis Kournoutas¹, Alick Feng², Nicholas Wiemer³, Carleigh Zahn⁴, Michael Lucke³ and Bharat Kumar², ¹University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, ²University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA, ³Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁴University of Toledo, Toledo, OH
Background/Purpose: A mission statement is an action-oriented statement that declares the purpose of an organization and how it serves its customers. Over the past decades,…
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: 0487 • ACR Convergence 2021
A Needs Assessment for the Transition into a Rheumatology Program Director Role: Survey of Current and Former Rheumatology Program Directors
Rachel Wolfe¹, Fotios Koumpouras², Anisha Dua³, Philip Seo⁴, Simon Helfgott⁵ and Beth Jonas⁶, ¹Wake Forest Baptist Health, Winston-Salem, NC, ²Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, ³Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ⁴Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ⁵Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁶University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
Background/Purpose: Clinical educators taking on the new role as program director (PD) must have the time and resources to learn about all the processes (e.g.,…
Abstract Number: 1192 • ACR Convergence 2021
Palliative Care for the Rheumatologist: An Educational and Patient Care Intervention
Alexandra Saltman¹, Charles Brian Serapio², Rebecca Colman³ and Leah Steinberg³, ¹University Health Network and Sinai Health System, University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Sinai Health System, University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Patients with advanced systemic rheumatic diseases such as systemic sclerosis, inflammatory myositis and vasculitis often have a high burden of symptoms and limited life…
Abstract Number: 1170 • ACR Convergence 2021
Establishment and Validation of a Didactic Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Course for Dermatologists Using an Innovative Handheld Ultrasound System
Jakub Grobelski¹, Florian Recker², Pantelis Karakostas¹, Dagmar Wilsmann-Theis³, Wolfgang Hartung⁴, Peter Brossart⁵ and Valentin Schäfer¹, ¹Clinic of Internal Medicine III, Oncology, Haematology, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany, ²Centre for Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany, ³Department for Dermatology and Allery, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany, ⁴Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Asklepios Clinic, Bad Abbach, Germany, ⁵Department of Internal Medicine III, Oncology, Hematology and Rheumatology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
Background/Purpose: In the early detection of arthritis, such as psoriatic arthritis, ultrasound (US) of painful joints plays an important role in diagnosis. Pathological findings can…
Abstract Number: 1193 • ACR Convergence 2021
Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Instruction in US and Canadian Pediatric Rheumatology Fellowship Programs
Clara Lin¹, Edward Oberle², Megan Curran³, Johannes Roth⁴, Patricia Vega-Fernandez⁵, Deidre DeRanieri⁶, Tracy Ting⁵, Heather Benham⁷, Lorena Salto⁸ and Karina Torralba⁹, ¹Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, ²Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, ³University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, ⁴University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ⁵Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ⁶Lurie Children's Hospital, Chicago, IL, ⁷Scottish RIte Hospital, North Richland Hills, TX, ⁸Loma Linda University Health, Loma Linda, CA, ⁹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Loma Linda University Healthcare, Loma Linda, CA
Background/Purpose: Musculoskeletal ultrasound (MSUS) has value in the evaluation of both pediatric and adult rheumatic diseases. It is taught by at least 94% of adult…

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