Education & Training

Pump Up Your Public Speaking

Brande Victorian | May 9, 2012

Need to brush up on your presentation skills? Five tips to wow your next audience

2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting Scientific Program Preview

Staff | May 9, 2012

Plan to join us for the premier rheumatology meeting this year in Washington, D.C., November 9–14.

Patient Fact Sheet: Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

Staff | May 9, 2012

Several types of arthritis fall under the JIA heading. This inflammation begins before patients reach the age of 16 years, and may involve one or many joints and cause other symptoms such as fevers, rash, and eye inflammation.

American College of Rheumatology (ACR) Research and Education Foundation Brings Researchers Together in Santa Fe

Staff | April 6, 2012

Two recent meetings supported by the ACR Research and Education Foundation (REF) provided investigators in disease-targeted research initiatives the opportunity to present on their progress and build collaborations.

Pediatric Researcher Turns American College of Rheumatology (ACR) Award into a Learning Experience

Staff | April 6, 2012

Yukiko Kimura, MD, has been interested in medical education for a long time, so when the ACR Research and Education Foundation (REF) awarded her the ACR REF Clinician Scholar Educator Award in 2008, she knew what she wanted to do.

Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals (ARHP) Recognizes 2011 Graduate Student Award Recipients

Staff | April 6, 2012

The ARHP Graduate Student Award, established in 2006, is given annually to outstanding students in recognition of their research and clinical practice projects in the field of rheumatology. The ARHP is honored to recognize its 2011 Graduate Student Award recipients: Jennifer Mei Ping Woo and Andrew Galica.

Enhance Your Rheumatology Career by Volunteering

Staff | April 6, 2012

Are you passionate about advancing rheumatology? As a volunteer, you can help the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) achieve its mission and grow as an organization.

Letter: Another Thinking Discipline

Walter Doege, MD | April 6, 2012

I read today the article “How a Rheumatologist Thinks” and I want to say that is one of the most interesting articles I’ve read about clinical medicine.

First ARHP ‘Best of the Meeting’ Highlights Sleep Research, Osteoporosis Screening, More

Kathleen Louden | March 8, 2012

“The line between ACR and ARHP sessions has totally blurred,” said Donah Zack Crawford, MA, during the presentation, “Highlights from the 2011 ARHP Sessions,” here at the 2011 ACR/ARHP Annual Scientific Meeting held in Chicago in November 2011.

Maintenance of Certification Is Not Just for the Young

James R. O’Dell, MD | March 8, 2012

I certainly am relieved to know that I will never need to recertify with the American Board of Internal Medicine Maintenance of Certification, but this feeling is shadowed by a deep sense of shame. I decided to step up and take advantage of all the wonderful recertification programs the ACR has to offer.