Michrochimerism research offers insights into several autoimmune conditions
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ARHP Positioned for Continued Success in 2007
The ARHP is committed to advancing the knowledge and skills of health professionals in the area of rheumatology in order to improve health outcomes for people with or at risk for rheumatic disease and musculoskeletal conditions. In 2005, the ARHP Executive Committee developed a three-year, long-range plan, which identified the following priorities for our organization…
Student’s Journey to Medicine Starts with Rheumatology
An REF Success Story
Audioconference on Emergency Situations
Patient and staff education is the key to effectively handling emergencies and flares in rheumatic disease,” says Gail McIlvain-Simpson, MSN, RN, CS, an advanced practice nurse at Al DuPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, Del.
In the Car with ACR
A former ARHP president reminisces about her roadtrip in the organization
ACR Activism Resources
Practice advocacy: not just for private practitioners
Who Will Treat Arthritis in 2005?
ACR study documents shortage of rheumatologists and predicts greater shortfalls to come
Labored Breathing
Strategies to diagnose and manage dyspnea in the scleroderma patient
Reading RHEUM
Handpicked Reviews of Contemporary Literature
Better Physicians—One Student at a Time
For Maribeth Morral, a third-year medical student at Penn State College of Medicine in State College, Pa., and ACR Research and Education Foundation (REF) Preceptorship winner, her first exposure to rheumatology was the product of a chance encounter. In the first year of medical school at Penn State, students are assigned to track a chronically ill patient throughout the year as a learning experience. Morral’s patient happened to be an 11-year-old girl diagnosed with juvenile RA.