Lack of undergraduate rheumatology exposure is associated with low uptake of rheumatology as a career¶

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Evidence · 1 study · review r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2025 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? The overall lack of exposure to rheumatology in undergraduate programmes has been associated with a lack of uptake of rheumatology as a career amongst medical students globally. → Kouranloo K 2025

Evidence¶

Kouranloo K 2025¶

Kouranloo K, Myall N, Christie J. (2025). Current level of rheumatology teaching amongst undergraduate medical students: a systematic literature review. Clinical Rheumatology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10067-024-07297-5

q2 · i? · review · r2

The review reports this association from its synthesis of included cross-sectional studies; the association is observational and the review cites specialist training competition ratio of "1 in 6.03 in year 2020".

"The overall lack of exposure to rheumatology in undergraduate programmes has been associated with a lack of uptake of rheumatology as a career amongst medical students globally."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Factors identified for poor rheumatology exposure include lack of full-time rheumatologists, absent local specialty training, and emphasis on acute specialties — related
• Exposure to and student awareness of clinical rheumatology has markedly decreased over time — related
• Undergraduate rheumatology teaching hours range widely from 4 to 120 hours per medical student across institutions — related
• Reported rheumatology teaching methods include lectures, PBL, inpatient service, shadowing, electives and patient educators — related
• In the UK, rheumatology is taught in the latter years of study, whereas in the USA it is taught every year — related