Career Corner: Whether you're a new rheumatology fellow, an experienced academic rheumatologist, a researcher or a rheumatologist in private practice, you'll find resources in the articles here designed to help you at every stage of your career. You can find information on academic vs. private practice, how to navigate an employment offer, compensation models, noncompete agreements and even tips for selling your practice.
In addition, be sure to review the ACR's career resources: ACR CareerConnection and FIT Career Roadmap.
Questions, concerns and spirited debate have surrounded the Graduate Medical Education (GME) system for decades. The program that trains nearly 120,000 physicians per year is under constant scrutiny.1 Changes to the political landscape, combined with ongoing efforts by health industry payers and regulators to squeeze inefficiency out of the system, have kept the GME in…
The beep of the cellphone text got me off the armchair. I had been feeling cozy and comfortable. Outside the window, it was a blissful winter wonderland—the one, I believe, Nat King Cole intended when recording “The Christmas Song.” But at the same time, I was anxious to hear whether my clinic would be canceled…
Rheumatologists, immunologists from both countries gather, mark new era of collegiality between counterparts
Rheumatology experts to discuss latest therapeutic developments, research findings, scientific advances in specialty
The ACR supports revisions planned by the American Board of Internal Medicine to modify its MOC program
A rheumatologist says current maintenance of certification requirements put unnecessary stress on clinicians
Patient-centeredness, teaching hospitals, clinical competency most popular published topics in medical literature last year
The ACR’s certified coding in rheumatology certificate trains individuals in coding concepts, principles in rheumatology
Foundation’s Student and Resident Experience event at the ACR/ARHP annual meeting encourages students to pursue career in rheumatology
Medical residents relay insights on annual meeting sessions, lectures, networking events, and Boston tourism