title: Rheumatoid arthritis in Latin America: challenges and solutions to improve its diagnosis and treatment training for medical professionals.
abstract: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a disease with multiple clinical manifestations and chronic complications that requires a multidisciplinary team to treat and monitor patients. This understanding between the different medical and health professionals is essential in obtaining patient well-being. This is the reason behind the assessment of the difficulties and limitations seen in Latin America in the field of rheumatology. The aim is to suggest possible mechanisms and solutions to strengthen the knowledge and understanding of the way the disease behaves and how it can be handled by doctors and medical professionals.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Docente Padre Billini, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. rmunozlouis@gmail.com.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Munoz-Louis
authors.affiliation: Hospital Docente Padre Billini, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Medrano-Sánchez
authors.affiliation: Consultorio de Especialidades del Instituto Salvadoreño del Seguro Social, San Salvador, El Salvador.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Montufar
mesh_terms: D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D007843:Latin America; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000592:standards*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012955:Societies, Medical
keywords: Complete solutions; Difficulties in education; Medical professionals; Rheumatoid arthritis