The American Board of Internal Medicine will conduct the 1999 Certification Examination in Rheumatology on Nov. 3. The registration period is open until April 1. 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.