the following info is an abstract from a EURORITS research and covers
training of rheumatologists
(www.abstracts2view.com)
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Most countries (12) have 1-2.5 trainees/million population (mp), 5
have 2.5-5/mp, 3 have 5-7.5/mp and Russia has 0.1/mp. 10 have
approximately 1 trainee/rheumatology centre, 5 have 2-3/centre, 3 have
4-5/centre. Russia trains 0.4/centre, Czech Republic 6-10/centre and
Slovak Republic 11-20/centre. The mean length of rheumatology training
is 2.73 years (4 months to 5 years); it differs between former
communist countries in comparison to Western countries, 2.5 years vs.
3.2 respectively. In all but 3 countries (Estonia, Russia and France)
a period of internal medicine is obligatory; mean 2.9 years median 2.5
years (range 1 to 6). In 20 countries the training period includes
specialty training: orthopedics (11), pediatric rheumatology (7),
radiology (9), clinical immunology (10), musculoskeletal ultrasound
(8), pain management (7), and rehabilitation (14). Eleven countries
have a defined syllabus for the training period. Clinical duties were
similar across countries (Mean 39 hours/week) with mean number of
on-call 3 times per month.Twelve countries have formal examinations at
the end of training 17 have continuous assessment and 11 a final
assessment panel. Research is compulsory in Serbia and Montenegro and
the Netherlands, optional in 4 others but in many others it is an
integral part of the internal medicine.All countries have National
scientific conferences (median 2 (1-10) times/year) and 18 have
regional meetings at which trainees participate. 10 national societies
sponsor trainees to present internationally; local institutions and
pharmaceutical companies are the source of funds in 15 and 17
countries respectively. The local economic situation was cited as the
reason for lower conference participation by former communist
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