REF Program Helps Meet Critical Need for Pediatric Rheumatologists

“That’s why the ACR REF/AMGEN Pediatric Rheumatology Visiting Professorship Program fills such a very important need,” says Dr. Myers. “So many American children don’t have access to people who specialize in the care of children with rheumatic diseases.”

About the ACR REF/Amgen Pediatric Visiting Professorship Program: This program provides valuable exposure to pediatric rheumatology for medical and graduate students and residents by connecting a board-certified professor of pediatric rheumatology with an academic institution where no established pediatric rheumatology expertise exists. For more information, visit www.rheumatology.org/REF.

Reference

1. •U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration. The Pediatric Rheumatology Workforce: A Study of the Supply and Demand for Pediatric Rheumatologists. 2007. Available at http://bhpr.hrsa.gov/healthworkforce/reports/ped_rheumatology/default.htm#execsum. Accessed April 14, 2011.