Rheumatology 2004; 43: 387
Rheumatology Vol. 43 No. 3 (c) British Society for Rheumatology 2003; all rights reserved
Letter to the Editor |
Joint examination skills: are rheumatology specialist registrars adequately trained?
Department of Rheumatology, Guys Hospital, London SE1 9RT, UK
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SIR, History-taking and clinical examination are the cornerstones of clinical medicine. Most aspects of clinical examination are well covered at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. There is a potential deficit in training in musculoskeletal and joint examination [1, 2]. Rheumatology specialist registrars (SpRs) are involved in educating medical students [3, 4] and junior doctors in locomotor examination [5].