title: Rising to the challenge: rheumatology can lead in multi-professional education and training globally in the 21st century.
abstract: Healthcare delivery is changing, responding to needs of an ageing population with multiple long-term conditions. Safe and effective patient care in rheumatology should be delivered by a multi-professional team who understand how their roles fit individually and collectively within the team. This requires an understanding from healthcare educators and managers as to how to equip team members with the appropriate knowledge skills and behaviours, both as students and when working in clinical practice. Educational models exist that can facilitate this, and rheumatology teams in primary, community and secondary care provide an excellent opportunity to demonstrate effective team working and its impact on patient care through research and evaluation on health systems, and educational and patient outcomes.
authors.affiliation: University of Cambridge, School of Clinical Medicine, Cambridge.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lillicrap
authors.affiliation: School of Health Science, University of Brighton, Eastbourne.
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Otter
authors.affiliation: Brighton and Sussex Medical School, University of Brighton, Sussex, UK inam.haq@sydney.edu.au.
authors.forename: Inam
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Haq
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000592:standards; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000592:standards*; D012216:Rheumatic Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D012219:Rheumatology / Q000193:education*; D000066908:Simulation Training / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends
keywords: attitude of health professionals; education research; health policies; medical education; outcome measures