Adapting to new standards of training for physicians has been difficult across specialties. But Calvin Brown Jr., MD, says that by investing time and patience to understand the big picture, rheumatologists will benefit from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education’s Next Accreditation System…
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Conquering Systemic Racism in Medicine
2020 has not only borne witness to a global pandemic, but also to increasing fervor in the fight for racial equity. In a wave of opposition to the systemic racism in the U.S., people have been in the streets demonstrating and protesting against social injustice and have taken to social media to promote political action….
2 Fellowship Directors Debate ACGME Milestones Eval System
SAN DIEGO—The Next Accreditation System, the newest process for evaluating medical residency and fellowship programs and their participants, including future rheumatologists, was implemented in 2014 by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). The system introduced specialty-specific milestones designed to reflect significant points in professional development. Milestones are defined by ACGME as a rubric…
ACGME Milestones Debated at ACR: Does the Milestones System Ask too many Questions?
Milestones are at the core of the current system designed to evaluate medical residency and fellowship programs and their participants. But are all milestones meaningful for medical education? This idea was at the center of a debate during the 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting, during which speakers explored the advantages and drawbacks of using training milestones for rheumatology fellowships…
Milestones of Rheumatology Education
In 2013, a collaboration began to advance the training and assessment of fellows. The result: A uniform set of educational reporting milestones for all internal medicine subspecialties was developed. Key stakeholders were then asked to develop a list of entrustable professional activities (EPAs), a set of responsibilities any specialist should be able to perform, for their subspecialties. The ACR’s Next Accreditation System working group developed 14 EPAs for rheumatology…
Rheum with a View: How Should We Train Rheumatology Fellows?
Regulatory mandates in the ACGME’s Next Accreditation System aim to improve the way rheumatologists are trained, but they might not have the desired effect
How to Find Space for Scholarship in Private Practice
A key question many graduating rheumatology fellows face each year is: Are you interested in pursuing a career in academic medicine or in private practice? Although the two tracks are not mutually exclusive, it is true that juggling the demands of scholarly work, medical education and a busy clinical workload is by no means easy….
New ACGME Milestones Implemented for Rheumatology Fellows in Training
The past several decades have seen the transition of medical training from a hierarchical, teacher-driven model to a learner-centered approach that emphasizes competency-based medical education (CBME). CBME refers to several aspects of education, including: 1) flexible, lifelong learning; 2) emphasis on knowledge and skills rather than regurgitation of facts; and 3) formative rather than summative…
Medical Education Evolves
Medical education programs are changing. Tiffany Lin, MD, discusses a curriculum designed around patient-centered case studies and why a new accreditation process is a welcome change…
From the Expert: Dr. Richard Panush Discusses the Future of Rheumatology & Healthcare in a Changing World
After 60 years as a rheumatologist, Richard Panush, MD, has a unique perspective on the future of medical education, innovation and equality within our healthcare system. For all the recent changes and those to come, he says, “Medicine and rheumatology will be just fine—if not better.”
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