title: EFSUMB minimum training requirements for rheumatologists performing musculoskeletal ultrasound.
abstract: In order to optimize and standardize musculoskeletal ultrasonography education for rheumatologists, there is a need for competency assessments addressing the required training and practical and theoretical skills. This paper describes how these competency assessments for rheumatologists were developed and what they contain.
authors.affiliation: Center of Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Glostrup University Hospital, Glostrup.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Terslev
authors.forename: H B
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Hammer
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Torp-Pedersen
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Szkudlarek
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Iagnocco
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: D'Agostino
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Uson
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Bruyn
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Filippucci
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Möller
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Balint
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wakefield
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Naredo
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003479:Curriculum / Q000592:standards; D005060:Europe; D006801:Humans; D009140:Musculoskeletal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012219:Rheumatology / Q000193:education*; D012955:Societies, Medical; D013044:Specialty Boards; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000592:standards*