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  • Abstract Number: 082 • Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium 2023

    Globalization and Real-World Implementation of an International Pediatric Rheumatology Learning Resource

    Mercedes Chan1, Tamara Tanner2, Mutibah Al-Essi3, Deepthi Abraham4 and Daire O'Leary5, 1BC Children's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 2Children's Hospital at Montefiore, New York, NY, 3King Fahad Hospital of the University, 4Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa, 5UCD Centre for Arthritis Research, Dublin, Ireland

    Background/Purpose: The Pediatric Rheumatology Learning Modules (PRML) were developed in 2015 as an academic curriculum for pediatric rheumatology fellowship training at a single center. With…
  • Abstract Number: 110 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2017

    Consensus-Building on a Rheumatology Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Scanning Protocol for Rheumatology Fellowship Programs

    Karina Torralba1,2, Midori Jane Nishio3, Ralf G. Thiele4, Robert Fairchild5, Kristal Choi6, Lorena Salto6, Amy C. Cannella7 and Eugene Y. Kissin8, 1Internal Medicine/Rheumatology, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA, 2Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA, 3John Muir Hospital, Walnut Creek, CA, 4Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, 5Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, 6Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA, 7Section of Rheumatology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 8Boston University, Boston, MA

    Background/Purpose: Musculoskeletal ultrasound (MSUS) is currently taught at 95% of adult United States Rheumatology fellowship programs. Only 30 (41%) programs have a formal curriculum. MSUS…
  • Abstract Number: 1151 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016

    A Pediatric Rheumatology Fellow Educating Pediatric Primary Care and Emergency Room Providers about Pediatric Lupus: A Local, Pilot Adaptation of the Lupus Education Advancement Project (LEAP)

    Katherine Steigerwald1, Amy Caron2, Diane Gross3, Zoon Naqvi4 and Yonit Sterba5, 1Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, NY, 2Lupus Research Institute, New York City, NY, 3S.L.E. Lupus Foundation/Lupus Research Institute, New York, NY, 4Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, 5Pediatric Rheumatology, The Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, NY

    Background/Purpose:  Pediatric systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) accounts for approximately 10-20% of all cases of SLE. It is more common in African American and Hispanic patients,…
  • Abstract Number: 3061 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016

    Future Challenges in Pediatric Rheumatology: The Role of Graduate Medical Education (GME)

    Lisa Imundo1, Marcy B. Bolster2, Seetha Monrad3, Daniel Battafarano4, Marisa Klein-Gitelman5, Jonathan S. Hausmann6 and Marcia Ditmyer7, 1Pediatrics, Columbia University, New York, NY, 2Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 3Internal Medicine/Rheumatology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 4Medicine, San Antonio Military Medical Center, San Antonio, TX, 5Pediatrics, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, 6Rheumatology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, 7Academy for Academic Research, Las Vegas, NV

    Background/Purpose: The 2015 ACR/AHRP Workforce Study examined the adequacy of the future supply of and demand for rheumatology services in the U.S. Understanding the role…
  • Abstract Number: 2883 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2014

    Rheumatology-Specific Milestones for a Musculoskeletal Radiology Curriculum

    Michelle Newkirk1, Liem Mansfield2, Jay B. Higgs3 and Daniel Battafarano1, 1Rheumatology, San Antonio Military Medical Center, JBSA - Ft Sam Houston, TX, 2Musculoskeletal Radiology, San Antonio Military Medical Center, JBSA - Ft Sam Houston, TX, 3Rheumatology, San Antonio Military Medical Center, JBSA - Fort Sam Houston, TX

    Background/Purpose In 2012, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) announced the required implementation of standardized milestones with entrustable professional activities (EPAs) for the…

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