This program is designed to introduce students to the specialty of rheumatology through full-time support of rheumatic disease research. All applications are peer-reviewed. For those who have an abstract selected for presentation, travel to the ACR Annual Scientific Meeting is provided as well. The REF also funds the Medical Student Summer Clinical Preceptorship Program. This program is designed to introduce students who are between the first and second years of medical school to the specialty of rheumatology.
All applications are peer-reviewed.
Examples of experiences that a student might encounter in this program include observing patient contact in a clinical office, accompanying the preceptor on rehabilitation facility visits, attending hospital rounds, and participating in conferences at the preceptor's institution. Three North American junior rheumatology faculty members will represent the ACR in an academic exchange program in June. The goal of the program is to give aspiring adult and pediatric rheumatology junior faculty a global perspective in rheumatologic medicine. In the week following the meeting, they participated in additional academic site visits. Dr. Singer is an assistant professor of pediatric rheumatology as well as an assistant professor of rheumatology at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, and is a board-certified adult and pediatric rheumatologist.