{"title":"The Challenge of Addressing the Rheumatology Workforce Shortage","authors":"E. Miloslavsky, Bethany Marston","doi":"10.3899/jrheum.220300","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The rheumatology workforce faces a deficit of physicians trained to provide high-quality care to patients with rheumatic diseases, and this deficit is projected to worsen over the next 10 to 15 years in many countries and regions around the world. Rheumatology workforce studies carried out in the US, Canada, and in Europe have revealed expected shortages driven by projections for increased demand; changes in demographics among providers, including increasing proportions of women and part-time clinicians as well as high levels of expected retirements; and geographic maldistribution of providers.1,2,3,4,5 In the last 2 years, practice changes caused by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic have affected, and likely exacerbated, workforce limitations.","PeriodicalId":35278,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of rheumatology. Supplement","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2022-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"3","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"The Journal of rheumatology. Supplement","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.220300","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"Medicine","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The rheumatology workforce faces a deficit of physicians trained to provide high-quality care to patients with rheumatic diseases, and this deficit is projected to worsen over the next 10 to 15 years in many countries and regions around the world. Rheumatology workforce studies carried out in the US, Canada, and in Europe have revealed expected shortages driven by projections for increased demand; changes in demographics among providers, including increasing proportions of women and part-time clinicians as well as high levels of expected retirements; and geographic maldistribution of providers.1,2,3,4,5 In the last 2 years, practice changes caused by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic have affected, and likely exacerbated, workforce limitations.
期刊介绍:
The Journal of Rheumatology is a monthly international serial edited by Duncan A. Gordon, The Journal features research articles on clinical subjects from scientists working in rheumatology and related fields, as well as proceedings of meetings as supplements to regular issues. Highlights of our 36 years serving Rheumatology include: groundbreaking and provocative editorials such as "Inverting the Pyramid," renowned Pediatric Rheumatology, proceedings of OMERACT and the Canadian Rheumatology Association, Cochrane Musculoskeletal Reviews, and supplements on emerging therapies.