Educational needs and preferences of young European clinicians and physician researchers working in the field of rheumatology

Beyer C, Ramiro S, Sivera F, Mandl P, MacHado PM, Ospelt C, Moltó A, Radner H, Iagnocco A, Bijlsma JW, Lundberg IE, Grigoriou A, Fanouriakis A, Hueber A, Maurer B, Scirè CA, Gaujoux-Viala C, Karpec D, Van Der Woude D, Rimar D, Deseatnicova E, Nikiphorou E, De Langhe E, Haavardsholm EA, Starodubtseva I, Nagy G, Biliavska IV, Sznajd J, Karlsson JA, Zepa J, Cassar K, Šenolt L, Ghukasyan L, Barešić M, Frank-Bertoncelj M, Ziade N, Gobejishvili N, Ostojic P, Østgård R, Dobrota R, Shumnalieva R, Tälli S, Panchal S, Volpinari S, Rannio T, Romão VC (2016)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2016

Journal

Book Volume: 2

Pages Range: e000240

Journal Issue: 2

DOI: 10.1136/rmdopen-2015-000240

Abstract

To understand the educational needs and preferences of young clinicians and physician researchers in the field of rheumatology in Europe.An international online survey was performed as a joint venture of ESCET and EMEUNET. The survey assessed the acceptance of and the access to the current European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) educational portfolio, as well as the unmet educational needs and learning preferences among individuals below the age of 40 years working in rheumatology in Europe.Among 568 European clinicians and physician researchers, 65% indicated that the existing EULAR educational portfolio adequately covers their educational needs. Within the EULAR portfolio, the online course on rheumatic diseases and the postgraduate course were the most appreciated. Participants were very much in favour of new educational courses on imaging techniques, and 63% of participants indicated a particular interest in musculoskeletal ultrasound. A strong interest in refresher (60%) and general review (55%) courses was observed. Lack of funding was considered the major obstacle to participating in existing EULAR programmes. Finally, participants showed diverse preferences regarding learning modalities with common interests in live courses and conferences.EULAR's training opportunities are well appreciated among young clinicians and physician researchers in rheumatology. The results from this survey will help to develop EULAR's future educational portfolio.

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Università degli studi "La Sapienza" Italy (IT) Hospital de Santa Maria Portugal (PT) Central Finland Central Hospital Finland (FI) University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust United Kingdom (GB) East Tallinn Central Hospital Estonia (EE) Medical University Sofia / Медицински университет Bulgaria (BG) Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy / Universitatea de Medicină și Farmacie „Carol Davila” (UMF București) Romania (RO) Aarhus University Hospital / Aarhus Universitetshospital Denmark (DK) University of Belgrade / Универзитет у Београду Serbia (RS) Research Institute Of Clinical Medicine Georgia (GE) Hôtel-Dieu de France Lebanon (LB) University of Zagreb / Sveučilište u Zagrebu Croatia (HR) Erebuni Medical Center Armenia (AM) Univerzita Karlova v Praze / Charles University in Prague Czech Republic (CZ) Mater Dei Hospital Malta (MT) Pauls Stradiņš Clinical University Hospital / Paula Stradiņa Klīniskā universitātes slimnīca Latvia (LV) Lund University / Lunds universitet Sweden (SE) Jagiellonian University Medical College Poland (PL) M.D. Strazhesko Institute of Cardiology Ukraine (UA) Semmelweis University / Semmelweis Egyetem Hungary (HU) Voronezh State Medical University named after N. N. Burdenko Russian Federation (RU) Diakonhjemmet Hospital Norway (NO) University Hospital Leuven (UZ) / Universitaire ziekenhuizen Leuven Belgium (BE) The Whittington Hospital NHS Trust United Kingdom (GB) Nicolae Testemițanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy / Universitatea de Stat de Medicină și Farmacie „Nicolae Testemițanu” Moldova, Republic of (MD) Technion - Israel Institute of Technology Israel (IL) Leiden University Medical Center Netherlands (NL) Vilnius University / Vilniaus universitetas Lithuania (LT) Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Carémeau France (FR) Italian Society of Rheumatology / Società Italiana di Reumatologia (SIR) Italy (IT) University of Crete / Πανεπιστήμιο Κρήτης Greece (GR) St George's Hospital United Kingdom (GB) University Medical Centre Utrecht (UMC Utrecht) Netherlands (NL) Medizinische Universität Wien Austria (AT) University of Paris 5 - René Descartes / Université Paris V René Descartes France (FR) University College London (UCL) United Kingdom (GB) Hospital General Universitario de Alicante Spain (ES) Karolinska University Hospital / Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset Sweden (SE)

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APA:

Beyer, C., Ramiro, S., Sivera, F., Mandl, P., MacHado, P.M., Ospelt, C.,... Romão, V.C. (2016). Educational needs and preferences of young European clinicians and physician researchers working in the field of rheumatology. RMD Open, 2(2), e000240. https://doi.org/10.1136/rmdopen-2015-000240

MLA:

Beyer, Christian, et al. "Educational needs and preferences of young European clinicians and physician researchers working in the field of rheumatology." RMD Open 2.2 (2016): e000240.

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