RT Journal Article
T1 Multidisciplinary collaboration among young specialists: results of an international survey by the emerging EULAR network and other young organisations
A1 Najm, Aurélie
A1 Kostine, Marie
A1 Pauling, John D.
A1 Ferreira, Ana Carina
A1 Stevens, Kate
A1 Smith, Evelyn
A1 Eguiluz-Gracia, Ibon
A1 Studenic, Paul
A1 Rodríguez-Carrio, Javier
A1 Ramiro, Sofia
A1 Alunno, Alessia
A1 Richez, Christophe
A1 Nikiphorou, Elena
A1 Sepriano, Alexandre
K1 Surveys and questionnaires
K1 Research personnel
K1 Work
K1 Research
K1 Specialization
K1 Intersectoral collaboration
K1 Social networking
K1 Patient care
K1 Encuestas y cuestionarios
K1 Investigadores
K1 Trabajo
K1 Investigación
K1 Especialización
K1 Colaboración intersectorial
K1 Red social
K1 Atención al paciente
AB Background: Multidisciplinary collaboration is defined as a collective work involving multiple disciplines and is common in clinical care and research. Our aim was to describe current clinical and research collaboration among young specialists and to identify unmet needs in this area.Methods: An online survey was disseminated by email and social media to members of the EMerging EUlar NETwork, the Young Nephrologists' Platform, the Paediatric Rheumatology European Society Emerging Rheumatologists and Researchers and the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Junior Members.Results: Of 303 respondents from 36 countries, 61% were female, 21% were aged below 30 years and 67% were aged 31-40 years. Young rheumatologists were the most represented (39%), followed by young nephrologists (24%), young paediatricians (20%), young allergologists (11%) then young internists (3%) and 3% other specialities. Collaborations were reported frequently by phone and email, also by various combined clinics while common local multidisciplinary meetings were uncommon. 96% would like to develop clinical research collaborations and 69% basic research collaborations. The majority of young specialists would be interested in online (84%) and/or 1-2 days (85%) common courses including case discussion (81%) and training workshops (85%), as well as webinars recorded with several specialists on a specific disease (96%).Conclusions: This collaborative initiative highlighted wishes from young specialists for developing (1) regular local multidisciplinary meetings to discuss complex patients, (2) clinical research collaboration with combined grants and (3) multidisciplinary online projects such as common courses, webinars and apps.
PB BMJ Publishing Group
YR 2020
FD 2020-09-15
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10668/3557
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10668/3557
LA en
NO Najm A, Kostine M, Pauling JD, Ferreira AC, Stevens K, Smith E, et al. Multidisciplinary collaboration among young specialists: results of an international survey by the emerging EULAR network and other young organisations. RMD Open. 2020 Sep;6(2):e001398
DS RISalud
RD Apr 19, 2025