Abstracts tagged "Education"

Abstract Number: 2551 • ACR Convergence 2025
Integrating Advanced Practice Providers into a Rheumatology Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Clinic: Enhancing Patient Access and Procedural Expertise
Christopher Estes¹, Janeth Yinh¹, Mark Matza¹, Marcy Bolster² and Minna Kohler³, ¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Massachusetts General Hospital, Concord, MA, ³Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Point-Of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) use among Advanced Practice Providers (APPs) is expanding across health care, yet formal rheumatology-specific POCUS training remains limited. Existing POCUS curricula…
Abstract Number: 2170 • ACR Convergence 2025
I Know It When I See It! Improving Visual Diagnosis Education in Rheumatology Fellowship Training
Amarjyot Randhawa¹, Laura Nichols², Jason Kolfenbach³, Meredith Morcos² and Steven Taylor³, ¹University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Denver, CO, ²University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, ³University of Colorado, Denver, CO
Background/Purpose: Visual diagnosis, based on both physical exam and imaging studies, is of great importance in clinical practice and for board exam purposes in rheumatology.…
Abstract Number: 0188 • ACR Convergence 2025
Investigating Canadians’ information needs related to lupus: A Google Trends analysis of online search query data
Taylor Williamson¹, Emily Shantz¹, Susan Elliott¹, Christine Sperling², Karen H. Costenbader³ and May Choi⁴, ¹University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada, ²None, Calgary, Canada, ³Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
Background/Purpose: A lack of knowledge surrounding SLE has been identified as a main challenge for patients, particularly those seeking a diagnosis or recently diagnosed. Subsequently,…
Abstract Number: 2550 • ACR Convergence 2025
Development of a ‘Training Toolkit’ to Support Advanced Practice Providers (APPs) Entry into a Rheumatology Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Subspecialty Clinic
Christopher Estes¹, Janeth Yinh¹, Mark Matza², Marcy Bolster³ and Minna Kohler⁴, ¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Massachusetts General Hospital, Newton, MA, ³Massachusetts General Hospital, Concord, MA, ⁴Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: The integration of advanced practice providers (APPs) into rheumatology practice may help address increasing demand and long wait times.1 However, outcome data on APP…
Abstract Number: 2169 • ACR Convergence 2025
Bridging the Gap: A National Needs Assessment of Rheumatology Fellowship Training in Adolescent and Young Adult Care
Amanda Moyer¹, Megha Tandel¹, Michelle Benjamin¹, Rufei Lu², Julia F Simard³ and Rebecca Sadun⁴, ¹Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, ²Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ³Stanford Medicine, Stanford, CA, ⁴Duke University, Durham, NC
Background/Purpose: Adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with rheumatic diseases require specialized care, particularly when transitioning from pediatric to adult healthcare. However, most residents and fellows…
Abstract Number: 0455 • ACR Convergence 2024
Contraception Counseling for Patients with Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases (RMDs) at a Tertiary Care Rheumatology Clinic: A Quality Improvement Project
Ikwinder Preet Kaur¹, Gurjit Kaeley², Cristine Arcilla³, Ngun Par⁴ and Thway Myant⁵, ¹University of Florida College of Medicine, Jacksonville, FL, ²UF COM-J, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, ³University of Florida Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL, ⁴University of Florida Jacksonville Physicians Inc, Jacksonville, ⁵UF Jacksonville, Mia, FL
Background/Purpose: RMD patients are at increased risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes either from the active disease itself or the use of immunosuppressants incompatible with pregnancy.…
Abstract Number: 1414 • ACR Convergence 2024
Evidence-Based Guidelines for Sjögren’s Disease Peripheral Nervous System Manifestations
Robert Fox¹, Anahita Deboo², Matthew Baker³, Stamatina Danielides⁴, Eduardo de Sousa⁵, Julie Frantsve Hawley⁶, Brent Goodman⁷, Katherine Hammitt⁶, Jennifer King⁸, Matt Makara⁶, Steven Mandel⁹, Ghaith Noaiseh¹⁰, Pantelis Pavlakis¹¹, George Sarka¹², Arun Varadhachary¹³, Daniel Wallace¹⁴, Robert Hal Scofield¹⁵, Nancy Carteron¹⁶ and Steven Carsons¹⁷, ¹Rheumatology Clinic, San Diego, CA, ²Temple University, Philadelphia, ³Stanford University, Menlo Park, CA, ⁴Vcu, Glen Allen, VA, ⁵Mercy, Moore, OK, ⁶Sjogren's Foundation, Reston, VA, ⁷Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ, ⁸UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ⁹Hofstra, Hempstead, ¹⁰University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, ¹¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ¹²UCLA, Laguna Hills, CA, ¹³Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, ¹⁴Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Studio City, CA, ¹⁵Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ¹⁶University of California, Berkeley & San Francisco, Angwin, CA, ¹⁷NYU Long Island School of Medicine, Mineola, NY
Background/Purpose: Peripheral Nervous System (PNS) manifestations occur frequently in Sjögren’s disease and can encompass mononeuropathy, polyneuropathy, and autonomic neuropathy. Guidance is needed for rheumatologists, neurologists,…
Abstract Number: 0720 • ACR Convergence 2024
Impact of Systemic Vasculitides on Sexual Function: An Overlooked Aspect of Patient Care
javier Merayo Chalico¹, Ana Sarahí Mulia-Soto², María Espinosa-León³, Victor Pimentel-Quiroz⁴, Ana Barrera-Vargas³ and Andrea Hinojosa-Azaola³, ¹Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico, CDMX, Mexico, ²Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico, Ciudad de México, Mexico, ³Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico, ⁴Universidad Científica del Sur/Hospital Nacional Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen, Magdalena del Mar, Peru
Background/Purpose: Systemic vasculitides comprise a group of inflammatory diseases involving multiple organ systems, significantly affecting various aspects of a patient's life, including their sexuality. Sexual…
Abstract Number: 1420 • ACR Convergence 2024
Alignment Between Rheumatology and Neurology of Nomenclature for Peripheral Nervous System Neuropathies
Ghaith Noaiseh¹, George Sarka², Anahita Deboo³, Arun Varadhachary⁴, Robert Fox⁵, Matthew Baker⁶, Stamatina Danielides⁷, Eduardo de Sousa⁸, Julie Frantsve Hawley⁹, Brent Goodman¹⁰, Katherine Hammitt⁹, Jennifer King¹¹, Steven Mandel¹², Pantelis Pavlakis¹³, Daniel Wallace¹⁴, Robert Hal Scofield¹⁵, Nancy Carteron¹⁶ and Steven Carsons¹⁷, ¹University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, ²UCLA, Laguna Hills, CA, ³Temple University, Philadelphia, ⁴Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, ⁵Rheumatology Clinic, San Diego, CA, ⁶Stanford University, Menlo Park, CA, ⁷Vcu, Glen Allen, VA, ⁸Mercy, Moore, OK, ⁹Sjogren's Foundation, Reston, VA, ¹⁰Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ, ¹¹UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ¹²Hofstra, Hempstead, ¹³Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ¹⁴Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Studio City, CA, ¹⁵Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ¹⁶University of California, Berkeley & San Francisco, Angwin, CA, ¹⁷NYU Long Island School of Medicine, Mineola, NY
Background/Purpose: The Sjögren’s Foundation Clinical Practice Guidelines for Peripheral Nervous System (PNS) diagnosis, management and treatment in Sjögren’s brought to the fore a major issue…
Abstract Number: 0854 • ACR Convergence 2024
The OMERACT GCA Phantom Project: Validation of 3D Printed Ultrasound Training Models for Giant Cell Arteritis
Valentin Sebastian Schäfer¹, Tobias Schremmer², Florian Recker³, Wolfgang Hartung⁴, Christina Duftner⁵, Sara Monti⁶, Alojzija Hocevar⁷, Rositsa Karalilova⁸, Annamaria Iagnocco⁹, pierluigi macchioni¹⁰, Giuseppe Antonio Germano¹¹, ESPERANZA NAREDO¹², Eugenio De Miguel¹³, Luca Seitz¹⁴, Thomas Daikeler¹⁵, Dennis Boumans¹⁶, Chetan Mukhtyar¹⁷, Kate Smith¹⁸, Richard Wakefield¹⁸, Andreas Diamantopoulos¹⁹, Stavros Chrysidis²⁰, Berit Dalsgaard Nielsen²¹, Kresten Keller²², Uffe Moller Dohn²³, Lene Terslev²⁴, Marcin Milchert²⁵, Wolfgang Schmidt²⁶, George A. W. Bruyn²⁷, Aaron Juche²⁸ and Christian Dejaco²⁹, ¹Clinic of Internal Medicine III, Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital of Bonn, Bonn, Germany, 53127 Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, ²Helios Klinikum Bonn/Rhein-Sieg, Bonn, Germany, ³Department for Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital Bonn, Germany, Bonn, Germany, ⁴Asklepios Clinic, Tegernheim, Germany, ⁵Medical University Innsbruck/Tirol Kliniken GmbH, Innsbruck, Austria, ⁶IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy, ⁷University Medical Center Ljubljana, LJUBLJANA, Slovenia, ⁸Medical University of Plovdiv, Bulgaria, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, ⁹University of Turin, Italy, Roma, Italy, ¹⁰SERVIZIO REUMATOLOGIA IRCCS REGGIO EMILIA, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ¹¹Rheumatology Unit- Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova Reggio Emilia-Italy, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ¹²Hospital Universitario Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain, ¹³Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁴Inselspital, Liebefeld, Switzerland, ¹⁵university hospital, Basel, Switzerland, ¹⁶Ziekenhuisgroep Twente (Hospital Group Twente), Borne, Netherlands, ¹⁷Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Norwich, United Kingdom, ¹⁸NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds, UK., Leeds, United Kingdom, ¹⁹Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway, ²⁰Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital of Southern Denmark, Esbjerg, Denmark, ²¹Department of Rheumatology, Aarhus University Hospital and Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark, Vejle, Denmark, ²²Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark, ²³Rigshospitalet-Glostrup, Glostrup, Denmark, ²⁴Rigshospitalet-Glostrup & COPECARE, Glostrup, Denmark, ²⁵Department of Rheumatology, Internal Medicine, Geriatrics and Clinical Immunology, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland., Szczecin, Poland, ²⁶Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ²⁷Reumakliniek Lelystad, Loenga, Netherlands, ²⁸Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Centre for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch, Berlin, Germany, Berlin, Germany, ²⁹Azienda Sanitaria Alto Adige, Brunico, Italy
Background/Purpose: Ultrasonography has been validated as a diagnostic tool for giant cell arteritis (GCA). Due to the urgent need for glucocorticoid treatment in acute GCA…
Abstract Number: 2159 • ACR Convergence 2024
Reaching Those in Need: Understanding the Reach of a Digital Program for Lupus Self-Management Education
Katherine Carpenter¹, Melissa French², Sara Johnson³, Janet Johnson³, Ashley Holden⁴, Joy Buie¹, Melicent Miller¹ and Mary Crimmings¹, ¹Lupus Foundation of America, Washington, DC, ²Lupus Foundation of America, Alexandria, VA, ³ProChange Behavior Solutions, South Kingstown, RI, ⁴Lupus Foundation of America, Bossier City, LA

Background/Purpose: As part of a 5-year cooperative agreement with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, The Lupus Foundation of America (LFA) has implemented the…
Abstract Number: 1081 • ACR Convergence 2024
Evaluation of Methods for Ascertainment and Categorization of Race and Ethnicity for Clinical Research: An Umbrella Review
Teresa Semalulu¹, Melanie Anderson², Shahad Al-Matar¹, SADEEM ALFRAIH¹, Azza Eissa³, Emma Neary⁴, Fadi Kharouf⁵, Abimbola Saka³, Zayd Schafer⁶, Zahi Touma¹ and Sindhu Johnson⁷, ¹University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²The Institute for Education Research, Library and Information Services, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³University of Toronto, Toronto, ⁴McGill University, Montreal, QC, ⁵University Health Network and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶American University of Antigua, Saint John's, ⁷Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Krembil Research Institute, Toronto Western and Mount Sinai Hospitals; Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Race and ethnicity are increasingly evaluated in rheumatology research due to their influence on health outcomes, yet there remains heterogeneity in their interpretation and…
Abstract Number: 1459 • ACR Convergence 2024
Dietary Modification and Intermittent Fasting Are Common in Patients with Axial Spondylarthritis and May Lead to Reduced Inflammatory Activity
Michael Nissen¹, Adrian Ciurea², Raphael Micheroli³, Eric Trunk⁴ and Delphine Courvoisier⁵, ¹Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland, ²University Hospital Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland, ³University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁴Geneva University Hospital, Geenva, Switzerland, ⁵University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Current EULAR recommendations highlight the importance of a healthy, balanced diet in patients with inflammatory rheumatic disease, including axial spondylarthritis (axSpA). A Mediterranean-style diet…
Abstract Number: 1291 • ACR Convergence 2024
A Needs Assessment to Inform the Design of a Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Curriculum for Internal Medicine Residents
Ann Cameron Barr¹, David Leverenz¹, Lisa Criscione-Schreiber² and Philip Chu³, ¹Duke University, Durham, NC, ²Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, ³Duke University Hospital, Raleigh, NC
Background/Purpose: Point-Of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) training is increasingly integrated into internal medicine (IM) residency training. However, POCUS programs often focus on cardiac and peripheral line skills…
Abstract Number: 1738 • ACR Convergence 2024
How Do Resident Physicians Choose a Career in Rheumatology?A Qualitative Analysis of Journey Maps
Rachael Hart¹ and Bharat Kumar², ¹University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, ²University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA
Background/Purpose: Professional Identity Formation (PIF) refers to the process by which individuals internalize knowledge, skills, values and beliefs, resulting in an individual embracing a sense…

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