Undergraduate rheumatology teaching hours range widely from 4 to 120 hours per medical student across institutions¶

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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 · recheck by 2030: baselines and conditions change

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Reported dedicated rheumatology teaching hours per student range from 4 to 120 hours across the included studies. → 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

Systematic review of eight cross-sectional surveys of undergraduate rheumatology teaching; the review reports that exposure hours were "variable, ranging from 4 to 120 h per medical student".

"Where reported, data on the number of hours of exposure to rheumatology were variable, ranging from 4 to 120 h per medical student."

Discussion¶

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