Training the Next Generation of Rheumatologists: What Is the Best Way to Teach Fellows About Scleroderma?

Tatiana S Rodríguez-Reyna; Faye N Hant; Maurizio Cutolo; Vanessa Smith

doi:10.1016/j.rdc.2023.01.013

Training the Next Generation of Rheumatologists: What Is the Best Way to Teach Fellows About Scleroderma?

Rheum Dis Clin North Am. 2023 May;49(2):425-444. doi: 10.1016/j.rdc.2023.01.013.

Authors

Tatiana S Rodríguez-Reyna¹, Faye N Hant², Maurizio Cutolo³, Vanessa Smith⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Vasco de Quiroga 15, Col. Belisario Domínguez Sección XVI, Tlalpan, Mexico City 14080, Mexico.
² Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Medical University of South Carolina, 96 Jonathan Lucas Street Suite 822, Charleston, SC 29425, USA.
³ Laboratory of Experimental Rheumatology and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, University of Genova, IRCCS San Martino Polyclinic Hospital, Viale Benedetto XV, 6, Genova 16132, Italy.
⁴ Department of Internal Medicine, Ghent University, Corneel Heymanslaan 10, Ghent 9000, Belgium; Department of Rheumatology, Ghent University Hospital, Corneel Heymanslaan 10, Ghent 9000, Belgium; Unit for Molecular Immunology and Inflammation, VIB Inflammation Research Center (IRC), Ghent, Belgium. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 37028845
DOI: 10.1016/j.rdc.2023.01.013

Abstract

Rheumatology is rich in educational opportunities, learning about a variety of diseases. Rheumatology subspecialty training is a time of unparalleled learning, and within the curriculum of a training program, the connective tissue diseases (CTDs) represent a unique challenge to the fellows. The challenge therein lies in the multisystem presentations they are faced with mastering. Scleroderma, as a rare and life-threatening CTD, remains one of the most difficult conditions to manage and treat. In this article, the authors focus on an approach to training the next generation of rheumatologists to take care of patients with scleroderma.

Keywords: Capillaroscopy; Systemic sclerosis; Training; mRSS.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Clinical Competence
Curriculum
Education, Medical, Graduate
Humans
Rheumatologists*
Rheumatology* / education