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  • 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…
  • Abstract Number: 1935 • ACR Convergence 2024

    Timely Referral of Patients with Inflammatory Rheumatic Diseases to Rheumatology: Validation of a Referral Algorithm with Frontline Physicians

    Nelly Ziade1, Karen Mechleb2, Nizar Ani3, avin maroof4, ASAL ADNAN RIDHA5, Manal El Rakawi6, Chafika Haouichat6, Bassel Elzorkany7, Sherif Gamal8, Mariama Erraoui9, Manal Al-Mashaleh10, Fatima Alnaimat11, Basel masri12, fatemah Baron13, Lina El Kibbi14, Krystel Aouad15 and Ihsane Hmamouchi16, and ARCH - ArLAR, 1Saint-Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon, 2Saint Joseph University Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon, 3Baghdad College of Medicine, Baghdad, Iraq, 4University of Kurdistan Hawler, Erbil, Iraq, 5Baghdad Teaching Hospital, baghdad, Iraq, 6Djillali Bounaama University Hospital, Algiers, Algeria, 7Private (BZRC), Cairo, Egypt, 8Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt, 9Souss Massa Univeristy, Rabat, Morocco, 10Royal Medical Services, Amman, Jordan, 11University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan, 12Jordan Hospital and Medical Center, Amman, Jordan, 13Al-Jahra Hospital, Ministry of Health, Kuwait, Kuwait, 14Specialized Medical Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 15Saint George Hospital University Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon, 16Rheumatology Unit, Lalla Aicha Temara Hospital, Temara, Rabat, Morocco

    Background/Purpose: Early referral of patients with chronic inflammatory rheumatic diseases (CIRDs) to rheumatology is essential to reduce diagnostic delays and improve long-term prognosis. Referral strategies…
  • Abstract Number: 1937 • ACR Convergence 2024

    Wellness and Burnout Among Pediatric Rheumatologists in North America- A 2024 CARRA Study

    Kathryn Cook1, Aviya Lanis2, Arielle Hay3, Daniel Glaser4, Sarah Hoffmann5, Lakshmi Moorthy6, Onengiya Harry7, Deepika Singh8 and Sheetal Vora9, and for the CARRA Investigators, 1Akron Children's Hospital, Akron, OH, 2Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, 3Nicklaus Children's Hospital, Hollywood, FL, 4Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 5Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU, Richmond, VA, 6Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Metuchen, NJ, 7Brenner Children's Hospital - Wake Forest Baptist Health, Winston-Salem, NC, 8Valley Children's Healthcare, Clovis, CA, 9Atrium Health Levine Children's Hospital, Charlotte, NC

    Background/Purpose: A high proportion of pediatricians experience burnout symptom impacting patient care and academic productivity. Burnout is a state of physical, emotional or mental exhaustion…
  • Abstract Number: 1948 • ACR Convergence 2024

    The Rheumatology Physician Assistant/Associate Workforce

    Benjamin Smith1, Roderick Hooker2, Mirela Bruza-Augatis3, Kasey Puckett3 and Andrzej Kozikowski3, 1Florida State University College of Medicine, Thomasville, GA, 2Independent Researcher, Ridgefield, WA, 3National Commission on Certification of PAs, Johns Creek, GA

    Background/Purpose: The United States needs more rheumatologists, facing a growing population in size and age, an aging physician workforce, a shortage of replacement rheumatologists, and…
  • Abstract Number: 2175 • ACR Convergence 2024

    Pediatric Rheumatology Clinic Referral Patterns at a Large Midwestern Center

    Emily Fox1, Stephanie Quinn1, Ashley Lytch1, Angie Williams1, Julia Harris2 and Ashley Cooper3, 1Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO, 2Children's Mercy Kansas City, Overland Park, KS, 3Children's Mercy Kansas City, Kansas City, MO

    Background/Purpose: Pediatric rheumatologists are facing a shortfall of providers and in multiple states, patients do not have readily accessible care for rheumatologic issues.  Our clinic…
  • Abstract Number: 0210 • ACR Convergence 2024

    Rheumatology, Heal Thyself: The Experience of Underrepresented Physicians in Rheumatology

    Rob Valdovinos1, Ashley Martin2, Jay Mehta2 and Irene Blanco3, 1UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, San Francisco, CA, 2Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 3Northwestern University, Oak Park, IL

    Background/Purpose: Providing racially and ethnically concordant care in minoritized populations by providers identifying as underrepresented in medicine (URiM) has been reported to be associated with…
  • Abstract Number: 0213 • ACR Convergence 2024

    Electronic Medical Record Inbox Volume Association with Physician Gender, Physician Burnout, and the COVID-19 Pandemic at an Academic Rheumatology Center

    Laura Arneson1, Brian Jaros2, Rowland Chang2, Anisha Dua2, Lutfiyya Muhammad3, Anh Chung2 and Yvonne Lee1, 1Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, 2Northwestern University Division of Rheumatology, Chicago, IL, 3Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL

    Background/Purpose: As Rheumatology faces a workforce shortage, factors contributing to physician burnout are crucial to address. Research in other specialties suggests that increased electronic medical…
  • Abstract Number: 1034 • ACR Convergence 2024

    Elucidating the Program Theory of a Successful Interdisciplinary Team-Based Model of Rheumatology Care: An Exploratory Case Study

    Lauren King1, Daphne To1, Zeenat Ladak2, Carrie Barnes3, Catherine Hofstetter4, Carter Thorne5, Laura Oliva6, Noah Ivers2, Jessica Widdifield7 and Celia Laur2, and the Canadian Rheumatology Implementation Science Team (CAN-RIST), 1University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, 2University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, 3Patient Research Partner, Toronto, Canada, 4OMERACT, Toronto, Canada, 5Newmarket Rheumatology Consultants, Newmarket, ON, Canada, 6Women's College Hospital, Toronto, Canada, 7Sunnybrook Research Institute / ICES / UofT Institute of Health Policy, Management & Evaluation, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Background/Purpose: The increasing prevalence of RMDs has resulted in a demand for care that surpasses the supply of rheumatologists, necessitating innovative care models to provide…
  • Abstract Number: 1074 • ACR Convergence 2024

    Bending the Curve on Inbox Bloat: A Patient Portal Project to Mature-the-Message via Nurse Triage to Reduce Provider Inbox Time

    Christie Bartels1, Sancia Ferguson2, Carmen Campbell1, Lori Zemlicka3, Amanda Weber3, Andrew Holt1 and Elizabeth R. Trowbridge4, 1University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, 2University of Wisconsin, Madison, Madison, WI, 3UW Health Rheumatology, Madison, WI, 4Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI

    Background/Purpose: Clinical demands have grown, in part, from rising use of patient portals, while traditional clinic nurse triage has focused on phone-based care. We sought…
  • Abstract Number: 1286 • ACR Convergence 2024

    An Analysis of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Initiatives in US ACGME-accredited Adult Rheumatology Fellowship Programs

    Hamza Ali and Alysia Kwiatkowski, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY

    Background/Purpose: The ACR 2015 Workforce Study Report highlighted a lack of diversity within the workforce with 73.6% of Adult Rheumatology providers identifying as White, 15%…
  • Abstract Number: 1287 • ACR Convergence 2024

    Development of the Academy for Workforce Advancement to Enrich Rheumatology Diversity

    Eli Miloslavsky1, Greta Sirek2, Mia Chandler3, Renato Ferrandiz4, Grace Wright5, Maura Iversen6, Daniel Solomon2, Jeffrey Katz2, Ellen Gravallese7, Sciaska Ulysse8, Valerie Stone2, Gail Kerr9 and Candace Feldman2, 1Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 2Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, 3Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA, 4North Alabama Medical Center, Florence, AL, 5AWIR, New York, NY, 6Johnson & Wales University, Boston, MA, 7Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Chestnut Hill, MA, 8University of California San Francisco, School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA, 9Washington DC VAMC/Georgetown and Howard Universities, Washington, DC

    Background/Purpose: Workforce diversity enhances scientific inquiry and improves healthcare access and quality of care for minoritized populations. While other medicine subspecialties have increasing numbers of…
  • Abstract Number: 1737 • ACR Convergence 2024

    RheumMadness 2024: The Practical Impact of the Practically Perfect Season

    Eric Wilson1, Benjamin Lueck2, Sabahat Usmani3, Laura Arneson4, Meredith Balbach5, Lauren Phillips6, John Kellogg2, Courtney Bair7, Michael Macklin8, Iman Qaiser9, Amanda Rodriguez10, Akrithi Garren11, Nina Couette12, Melissa Briones13, Matthew Sparks7, Lisa Criscione-Schreiber2, Guy Katz14 and David Leverenz7, 1Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC, 2Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, 3WEISS Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL, 4Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, 5Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 6University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 7Duke University, Durham, NC, 8University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 9Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Health Services Authority, McKinney, TX, 10Lankenau Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, 11MedStar/Georgetown Washington Hospital Center, Silver Spring, MD, 12Genesis Healthcare System, Columbus, OH, 13Loyola University, Maywood, IL, 14Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

    Background/Purpose: RheumMadness is an online tournament of competing rheumatology concepts. The 2024 season focused on the practical impact of published manuscripts; to mirror this, we…
  • Abstract Number: 1010 • ACR Convergence 2023

    Advanced Clinician Practitioners in Arthritis Care: A Workforce Profile

    Laura Passalent1, Soever Leslie1, Amanda Steiman2, Christopher Nielsen1, Deborah Levy3 and Robert Inman4, 1Schroeder Arthritis Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, 2Sinai Health System, Toronto, ON, Canada, 3The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, 4University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Background/Purpose: The Advanced Clinician Practitioner in Arthritis Care (ACPAC) Program is a post-licensure, competency-based academic and clinical educational program that prepares physiotherapists, occupational therapists, nurses,…
  • Abstract Number: 1011 • ACR Convergence 2023

    A Rheumatology Model of Care Re-design: Integrating the Advanced Practice Provider

    Lisa Carnago1, Kristin Holbrook2, David Leverenz3, Natalie Rivera4 and Allison Dimsdale5, 1Duke Health, Hillsborough, NC, 2Duke Health, Raleigh, NC, 3Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, 4Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC, 5PDC Advanced Practice, Duke School of Nursing, Durham, NC

    Background/Purpose: There is a lack of guidance surrounding integration of Advanced Practice Providers (APPs) into specialty practices utilizing interprofessional Models of Care (MoC). Due to…
  • Abstract Number: 1090 • ACR Convergence 2023

    Improved Patient and Team Satisfaction and Pharmacy Outcomes After Implementing a Rheumatology Clinical Pharmacist in a Large Academic Medical Center

    Shelby Gomez1, Trisha Ludwig1, Katherine Hartkopf2, Sancia Ferguson3, Lori Zemlicka4, Mindy Jones5 and Christie M. Bartels6, 1UW Health Pharmacy, Madison, WI, 2Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 3University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 4UW Health, Madison, WI, 5Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, 6University of Wisconsin, School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI

    Background/Purpose: We embedded a clinical pharmacist into our university rheumatology clinics beginning in June 2022 to improve patient experience and reduce provider burden based on…
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