Higher specialist training in rheumatology

Should training in colposcopy be obligatory in higher specialist training in genitourinary medicine?

Plantar Fasciitis - Effect of Treatment in a Specialist Rheumatology Clinic

Objectives: To investigate the effect of conservative treatment of patients, diagnosed with plantar fasciitis (PF) in a specialist rheumatology clinic, and uncover

Optimizing pediatric rheumatology training of adult rheumatology fellows

Purpose The approximately 250 board certified Pediatric Rheumatologists in the United States are unable to see all of the children in need of specialized rheumatologic care. Consequently, many pediatric patients receive this care from practitioners trained in internal medicine and/or adult rheumatology. With only 10-20 fellows graduating from pediatric rheumatology training programs each year, ...

Perceptions of the learning environment in higher specialist training of doctors: implications for recruitment and retention.

INTRODUCTION Career choice, sense of professional identity and career behaviour are influenced, subject to change and capable of development through interaction with the learning environment. In this paper workplace learning discourses are used to frame ongoing concerns associated with higher specialist training. Data from the first stage of a multimethods investigation into recruitment into an...

MRCPCH Higher Specialist Trainee in Neonatology

Preterm newborn infants are vulnerable to a number of problems due to the immaturity of various organ systems. Apnoea of prematurity (AOP) is one such problem, thought to be due to immaturity of the cardiorespiratory centre. Although the underlying pathophysiological mechanism of AOP is not fully understood, there have been concerns that recurrent apnoeic episodes, particularly those accompanie...