Career

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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.

Rheumatology Research Foundation Helps Medical Student Find Direction, Purpose

Staff | December 1, 2014

Medical resident, Brian Le, opted to pursue rheumatology after completing a preceptorship funded by the Foundation

Fallout from False Assumptions in Medicine

Simon M. Helfgott, MD | December 1, 2014

How the lack of clear, concise data has impacted opioid prescribing for chronic pain and is clouding the issue of medical recertification

The Science of Chronic Itch

Shivani V. Tripathi, MD, & Brian S. Kim, MD, MTR | December 1, 2014

Inside the pathophysiology, clinical presentations of chronic pruritus

Ebola: Hemorrhagic Fever and Macrophage Activation Syndrome

W. Winn Chatham, MD, & Randy Q. Cron, MD, PhD | December 1, 2014

Rheumatologists focus on similar clinical, laboratory findings to better
understand pathobiology of Ebola infection

Chikungunya: What Every Rheumatologist Needs to Know

Dany V. Thekkemuriyil, MD | November 2, 2014

How to spot, diagnose and treat this rapidly spreading mosquito-borne viral illness whose symptoms mimic arthritis

8 Steps To Produce Successful Clinical Vignette Submissions

Alfred Burger, MD, Elizabeth A. Paesch, MD, and Chad S. Miller, MD | November 2, 2014

Tips to recognize a good case, conduct a literature search and develop teaching points

7 Tips That Dermatologists Want Rheumatologists to Know

Vanessa Caceres | November 2, 2014

Recommendations on diagnosing, treating health conditions that cross over both specialties

Occupational Therapy Can Benefit Rheumatology Patients

Vanessa Caceres | November 2, 2014

Patients often manage their condition better, perform daily activities with more ease with help from therapists

What the Healthcare System Can Learn from the World of Bees

Rick Brasington, MD | November 1, 2014

Bees’ natural instinct to promote health of whole colony could inspire healthcare professionals to work together toward common good

2014 ACR Awards of Distinction, Masters & ARHP Merit & Lifetime Achievement Awards Announced

From the College | November 1, 2014

Award winners to be recognized at Nov. 15 ceremony before start of the ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting in Boston