Table 1

Curriculum content for management of common and uncommon RMD conditions

ConditionN (% schools)
Osteoarthritis20 (95.2%)
Chronic back pain18 (85.7%)
Nerve root entrapment19 (90.5%)
Fibromyalgia17 (81%)
Osteoporosis including primary preventions20 (95.2%)
Gout including treatment to target20 (95.2%)
CPP deposition disease16 (76.2%)
Apatite crystal deposition13 (61.9%)
Rheumatoid arthritis20 (95.2%)
Spondyloarthritis20 (95.2%)
SLE21 (100%)
Anti-phospholipid syndrome19 (90.5%)
Systemic sclerosis19 (90.5%)
Sjögren’s syndrome*18 (85.7%)
Polymyalgia rheumatica21 (100%)
Giant cell arteritis19 (90.50%)
Systemic vasculitis18 (85.7%)
Inflammatory myopathies17 (81%)
Bone/joint infection19 (90.5%)
Osteomalacia16 (76.2%)
Osteonecrosis15 (71.4%)
Paget’s disease of bone15 (71.4%)
  • *Either primary or secondary.

  • CPP, calcium pyrophosphate; RMD, rheumatic and musculoskeletal disease; SLE, systemic lupus erythematosus.