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New Roadmap for the Journey From Internist to Rheumatologist.

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Criscione-Schreiber, LG; Brown, CR; O'Rourke, KS; Fuchs, HA; Putterman, C; Tan, IJ; Valeriano-Marcet, J; Hsieh, E; Zirkle, S; Bolster, MB
Published in: Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken)
June 2017

OBJECTIVE: Measurement is necessary to gauge improvement. US training programs have not previously used shared standards to assess trainees' mastery of the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to practice rheumatology competently. In 2014, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) Next Accreditation System began requiring semiannual evaluation of all medicine subspecialty fellows on 23 internal medicine subspecialty reporting milestones. Since these reporting milestones are not subspecialty specific, rheumatology curricular milestones were needed to guide rheumatology fellowship training programs and fellows on the training journey from internist to rheumatologist. METHODS: Rheumatology curricular milestones were collaboratively composed by expanding the internal medicine reporting milestones to delineate the specific targets of rheumatology fellowship training within 6 ACGME core competencies. The 2006 American College of Rheumatology core curriculum for rheumatology training programs was updated. RESULTS: A total of 80 rheumatology curricular milestones were created, defining progressive learning through training; most focus on patient care and medical knowledge. The core curriculum update incorporates the new curricular milestones and rheumatology entrustable professional activities. CONCLUSION: Rheumatology curricular milestones are now available for implementation by rheumatology fellowship training programs, providing a clear roadmap for specific training goals and a guide to track each fellow's achievement over a 2-year training period. The comprehensive core curriculum delineates the essential breadth of knowledge, skills, and attitudes that define rheumatology, and provides a guide for educational activities during fellowship training. These guiding documents are now used to train and assess fellows as they prepare for independent rheumatology practice as the next generation of rheumatologists.

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Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken)

DOI

EISSN

2151-4658

Publication Date

June 2017

Volume

69

Issue

6

Start / End Page

769 / 775

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Societies, Medical
  • Rheumatology
  • Rheumatologists
  • Internal Medicine
  • Humans
  • Curriculum
  • Clinical Competence
  • 4201 Allied health and rehabilitation science
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 1701 Psychology
 

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Criscione-Schreiber, L. G., Brown, C. R., O’Rourke, K. S., Fuchs, H. A., Putterman, C., Tan, I. J., … Bolster, M. B. (2017). New Roadmap for the Journey From Internist to Rheumatologist. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken), 69(6), 769–775. https://doi.org/10.1002/acr.23151
Criscione-Schreiber, Lisa G., Calvin R. Brown, Kenneth S. O’Rourke, Howard A. Fuchs, Chaim Putterman, Irene J. Tan, Joanne Valeriano-Marcet, Evelyn Hsieh, Sarah Zirkle, and Marcy B. Bolster. “New Roadmap for the Journey From Internist to Rheumatologist.Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) 69, no. 6 (June 2017): 769–75. https://doi.org/10.1002/acr.23151.
Criscione-Schreiber LG, Brown CR, O’Rourke KS, Fuchs HA, Putterman C, Tan IJ, et al. New Roadmap for the Journey From Internist to Rheumatologist. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2017 Jun;69(6):769–75.
Criscione-Schreiber, Lisa G., et al. “New Roadmap for the Journey From Internist to Rheumatologist.Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken), vol. 69, no. 6, June 2017, pp. 769–75. Pubmed, doi:10.1002/acr.23151.
Criscione-Schreiber LG, Brown CR, O’Rourke KS, Fuchs HA, Putterman C, Tan IJ, Valeriano-Marcet J, Hsieh E, Zirkle S, Bolster MB. New Roadmap for the Journey From Internist to Rheumatologist. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2017 Jun;69(6):769–775.
Journal cover image

Published In

Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken)

DOI

EISSN

2151-4658

Publication Date

June 2017

Volume

69

Issue

6

Start / End Page

769 / 775

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Societies, Medical
  • Rheumatology
  • Rheumatologists
  • Internal Medicine
  • Humans
  • Curriculum
  • Clinical Competence
  • 4201 Allied health and rehabilitation science
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 1701 Psychology