Wrapping It Up
The biomedical knowledge of rheumatic diseases and treatments grows every year, so it can be challenging to standardize the most important content in rheumatology curricula. The most consistently crucial elements of the practice of rheumatology that clinical educators can bestow upon rheumatology fellows are skills, rather than biomedical knowledge. Skills are likely to withstand the test of time and remain the bedrock of our field.
Laura Upton is a graduating medical student from Georgetown University School of Medicine.
Adam Kilian, MD (@KilianMD), is an assistant professor of medicine, rheumatologist and rheumatology curriculum co-leader for the Rheumatology Fellowship Program at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, D.C.
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