For an additional fee, registration is open until July 1. Subspecialty exams are offered annually. The Recertification Examinations in internal medicine and its subspecialties will also be held Nov. 3. Registration is ongoing and continuous. 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.