A survey of anatomical items relevant to the practice of rheumatology: upper extremity, head, neck, spine, and general concepts

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A survey of anatomical items relevant to the practice of rheumatology: upper extremity, head, neck, spine, and general conceptsAuthor(s)
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2016-08-18Citation
Villaseñor-Ovies P, Navarro-Zarza JE, Saavedra MÁ, Hernández-Díaz C, Canoso JJ, Biundo JJ, Kalish RA, de Toro Santos FJ, McGonagle D, Carette S, Alvarez-Nemegyei J. A survey of anatomical items relevant to the practice of rheumatology: upper extremity, head, neck, spine, and general concepts. Clin Rheumatol. 2016 Dec;35(12):3025-3030.
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[Abstract] This study aimed to identify the anatomical items of the upper extremity and spine that are potentially relevant to the practice of rheumatology. Ten rheumatologists interested in clinical anatomy who published, taught, and/or participated as active members of Clinical Anatomy Interest groups (six seniors, four juniors), participated in a one-round relevance Delphi exercise. An initial, 560-item list that included 45 (8.0 %) general concepts items; 138 (24.8 %) hand items; 100 (17.8 %) forearm and elbow items; 147 (26.2 %) shoulder items; and 130 (23.2 %) head, neck, and spine items was compiled by 5 of the participants. Each item was graded for importance with a Likert scale from 1 (not important) to 5 (very important). Thus, scores could range from 10 (1 × 10) to 50 (5 × 10). An item score of ≥40 was considered most relevant to competent practice as a rheumatologist. Mean item Likert scores ranged from 2.2 ± 0.5 to 4.6 ± 0.7. A total of 115 (20.5 %) of the 560 initial items reached relevance. Broken down by categories, this final relevant item list was composed by 7 (6.1 %) general concepts items; 32 (27.8 %) hand items; 20 (17.4 %) forearm and elbow items; 33 (28.7 %) shoulder items; and 23 (17.6 %) head, neck, and spine items. In this Delphi exercise, a group of practicing academic rheumatologists with an interest in clinical anatomy compiled a list of anatomical items that were deemed important to the practice of rheumatology. We suggest these items be considered curricular priorities when training rheumatology fellows in clinical anatomy skills and in programs of continuing rheumatology education.
Keywords
Clinical anatomy
Physical examination
Regional pain syndromes
Rheumatology education
Physical examination
Regional pain syndromes
Rheumatology education
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0770-3198
1434-9949
1434-9949