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Make the Most of ACR’s Job Bank
More and more members are making the ACR’s Career Connection job bank their first choice for job searches and recruitment. The recently updated site offers tools for both job seekers and employers. Visit the career center online at www.rheumatology.org/practice/careers. The new job seeker section offers these free tools:
Mayo and Grady CONNect
A journey from physician’s mecca to public hospital
Avert Rheum’s Coming Crisis
We must build our foundation from within
What Causes Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis?
Imaging studies and kidney problems may trigger this gadolinium-induced fibrosing syndrome
New ACR Strategic Plan Approved
On May 11, the ACR leadership approved a revised strategic plan for 2007–2009 that will guide the College’s work and determine the path the organization will take. The plan has a direct effect on the way the organization serves its members because ACR committees develop and implement programs and services based on the priorities it outlines.
Public Service and the Rheumatologist
Civic duties may soon be too burdensome for even willing public servants
Top 11 Ways You Can Advocate
Many of the specialty’s challenges and goals hinge on your participation
Rheumatology Attracts TOP Fellows
Workforce study shows positive trends in rheumatology training
The Quality Movement Explained
“To Err is Human,” published by the Institute of Medicine in 1999, set off a firestorm of quality initiatives when it announced that at least 44,000 to 98,000 people die in hospitals every year because of medical errors. The first quality initiatives, which were aimed at hospitals, have now trickled down to physician practices. For two years there have been reports of payors moving to a pay-for-performance system or value-based purchasing.