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Connections
Career
The revamped ACR CareerConnection website offers
several new features for rheumatology professionals and employers,
making it rheumatology's premier job resource.
The rheumatology workforce shortage in the United States will
likely have profound effects on patient care. According to the
2015 ACR Workforce Study, the number of rheumatologists in
the U.S. is projected to decline by 25 percent between 2015
and 2030. With a workforce reduction that profound, the
demand for rheumatologic care would exceed the number of
rheumatologists by more than 100 percent.
To address this critical shortage, the ACR approved a threeyear
workforce plan in October 2021. The plan is built on
three pillars of workforce interventions, one of which is the
need for recruitment opportunities to sustain the workforce.
" In pediatric rheumatology, we don't fill our training spots, so
we have a hard time recruiting people into the field, " said ACR
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Workforce Solutions Committee member
Colleen Correll, MD, MPH. " The issue
with adult rheumatology is that there is a
geographic maldistribution. The coasts,
for example, have many rheumatologists,
but the middle of the country doesn't
have enough. "
Colleen Correll, MD,
MPH
Enter the revamped ACR CareerConnection website,
a resource for rheumatologists and members of the
interprofessional team to discover job opportunities
that align with their passions while providing career
development resources to guide professionals through
every stage of their careers. The fully revamped site
launched earlier this year.
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