Department of Biomedicine, DENOThe Centre, Division of Rheumatology AOUC, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2011 Sep-Oct;29(5):843-5. Epub 2011 Oct 31.
To evaluate the level of education and participation in an internship abroad and to European league against rheumatism (EULAR) on line course of young rheumatologists. To define new tools for learning.
Questionnaires were administered to 170 trainees and young specialists in 2008-2009 during official EULAR meetings or using the mailing list of European young rheumatologists in training. The questions with related visual analogical scale (VAS score 0-10) for satisfaction encompassed the following issues: languages, computer, daily hours employed, different items of medical culture, internship abroad, EULAR on-line course and bursaries. VAS>6 was considered a good level of satisfaction.
170 young rheumatologists (113 trainees and 57 specialists, 33±4.2 years old) from 32 EULAR countries did not approve their own national training (42.3%), believed in an European common education system (90.5%), had a good knowledge of English (85.7%) and computer (90.5%) and spent the majority of time in clinical practice (57.5%) in comparison with study and research. The young rheumatologists had higher competence in drug management (93.5%) than in clinical assessment and knowledge of imaging and anatomy, and mostly suggested new ways of communication (61.4% on-line courses and 66.1% DVD) to improve their education. 38% made stage abroad and participated to EULAR on-line course, with high satisfaction, but only half of them were granted by bursaries.
Young rheumatologists are low confident in their own education and believe that visits to other training centers and new ways of learning (on line and DVD) might improve their competence.
评估年轻风湿病学家的教育程度和参与海外实习以及欧洲抗风湿病联盟（EULAR）在线课程的情况。定义新的学习工具。
2008-2009 年，在 EULAR 会议期间或通过欧洲培训青年风湿病学家的邮件列表，向 170 名受训者和青年专家发放了调查问卷。涵盖以下问题的满意度相关视觉模拟量表（VAS 评分 0-10）的问题包括：语言、计算机、每天使用时间、不同的医学文化项目、海外实习、EULAR 在线课程和奖学金。VAS>6 被认为是满意度良好的水平。
来自 32 个 EULAR 国家的 170 名年轻风湿病学家（113 名受训者和 57 名专家，33±4.2 岁）不认可自己的国家培训（42.3%），相信有一个欧洲共同的教育体系（90.5%），对英语（85.7%）和计算机（90.5%）有很好的了解，并且将大部分时间用于临床实践（57.5%），而不是学习和研究。年轻的风湿病学家在药物管理方面的能力较高（93.5%），而在临床评估和影像学和解剖学知识方面的能力较低，他们主要提出了新的沟通方式（61.4%的在线课程和 66.1%的 DVD）来提高他们的教育水平。38%的人在国外实习并参加了 EULAR 在线课程，满意度很高，但只有一半的人获得了奖学金。
年轻的风湿病学家对自己的教育水平缺乏信心，他们认为访问其他培训中心和新的学习方式（在线和 DVD）可能会提高他们的能力。
