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EULAR Standing Committee for Education and Training
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Report June 2001
The Standing Committee for Education and Training continues to work closely with the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS) and European Board of Rheumatology to achieve its goals.
When the committee was created eight years ago it agreed a mission statement and it has largely achieved these goals since then.
Undergraduate educationGuidelines for rheumatology undergraduate education have been developed and published. In most medical schools, rheumatology undergraduate education is concerned with musculoskeletal conditions, and a curriculum that covers all musculoskeletal conditions is being developed in collaboration with other relevant organisations, most importantly EFORT and UEMS Orthopaedic Committee. A draft document was produced after a workshop held in Lisbon, Portugal, 2001.
A workshop was also organised during ILAR in Edmonton, Canada, in August 2001, to achieve internationally agreed guidelines for musculoskeletal undergraduate education. This is part of the Bone and Joint Decade initiative.
Surveys have been undertaken of
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