Research ArticleArticle
Measuring the Rheumatology Workforce in Canada: A Literature Review
Julie Brophy, Deborah A. Marshall, Elizabeth M. Badley, John G. Hanly, Henry Averns, Janet Ellsworth, Janet E. Pope and Claire E.H. Barber
The Journal of Rheumatology April 2016, jrheum.151174; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.151174
Julie Brophy
From the Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, and the Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, and McCaig Institute for Bone and Joint Health, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta; Toronto Western Research Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario; Dalhousie University, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Center, Halifax, Nova Scotia; Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton; Division of Rheumatology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada. J. Brophy, MD, FRCPC, rheumatologist in private practice, Guelph, Ontario, Canada; D.A. Marshall, PhD, Professor, Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, McCaig Institute for Bone and Joint Health; E.M. Badley, PhD, Toronto Western Research Institute, University of Toronto; J.G. Hanly, MD, Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology) and Pathology, Dalhousie University, attending staff rheumatologist, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Center; H. Averns, MB, ChB, FRCP (UK), FRCPC, rheumatologist in private practice, Kingston, Ontario, Canada; J. Ellsworth, MD, FRCPC, Professor and Head, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta; J.E. Pope, MD, MPH, FRCPC, Professor of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Western Ontario; C.E. Barber, MD, PhD, FRCPC, Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Cumming School of Medicine, McCaig Institute for Bone and Joint Health. Funding provided by the Arthur J.E. Child Chair in Rheumatology Outcomes Research. During the time this study was completed, Dr. Barber was a PhD candidate and held a Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship (2014-2015) as well as a Health Research Clinical Fellowship from Alberta Innovates Health Solutions (AIHS 2011-2015). A rheumatology postgraduate fellowship funded by UCB Canada, The Canadian Rheumatology Association, and The Arthritis Society also funded her PhD from 2011 to 2013. Dr. Marshall is a Canada Research Chair in Health Services and Systems Research and the Arthur J.E. Child Chair in Rheumatology Outcomes Research. Address correspondence to Dr. Barber, Division of Rheumatology, University of Calgary, HRIC 3AA20, 3280 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta T2N 4Z6, Canada. E-mail: cehbarbe@ucalgary.ca. Accepted for publication January 22, 2016.
Deborah A. Marshall
From the Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, and the Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, and McCaig Institute for Bone and Joint Health, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta; Toronto Western Research Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario; Dalhousie University, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Center, Halifax, Nova Scotia; Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton; Division of Rheumatology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada. J. Brophy, MD, FRCPC, rheumatologist in private practice, Guelph, Ontario, Canada; D.A. Marshall, PhD, Professor, Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, McCaig Institute for Bone and Joint Health; E.M. Badley, PhD, Toronto Western Research Institute, University of Toronto; J.G. Hanly, MD, Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology) and Pathology, Dalhousie University, attending staff rheumatologist, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Center; H. Averns, MB, ChB, FRCP (UK), FRCPC, rheumatologist in private practice, Kingston, Ontario, Canada; J. Ellsworth, MD, FRCPC, Professor and Head, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta; J.E. Pope, MD, MPH, FRCPC, Professor of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Western Ontario; C.E. Barber, MD, PhD, FRCPC, Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Cumming School of Medicine, McCaig Institute for Bone and Joint Health. Funding provided by the Arthur J.E. Child Chair in Rheumatology Outcomes Research. During the time this study was completed, Dr. Barber was a PhD candidate and held a Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship (2014-2015) as well as a Health Research Clinical Fellowship from Alberta Innovates Health Solutions (AIHS 2011-2015). A rheumatology postgraduate fellowship funded by UCB Canada, The Canadian Rheumatology Association, and The Arthritis Society also funded her PhD from 2011 to 2013. Dr. Marshall is a Canada Research Chair in Health Services and Systems Research and the Arthur J.E. Child Chair in Rheumatology Outcomes Research. Address correspondence to Dr. Barber, Division of Rheumatology, University of Calgary, HRIC 3AA20, 3280 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta T2N 4Z6, Canada. E-mail: cehbarbe@ucalgary.ca. Accepted for publication January 22, 2016.
Elizabeth M. Badley
From the Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, and the Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, and McCaig Institute for Bone and Joint Health, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta; Toronto Western Research Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario; Dalhousie University, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Center, Halifax, Nova Scotia; Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton; Division of Rheumatology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada. J. Brophy, MD, FRCPC, rheumatologist in private practice, Guelph, Ontario, Canada; D.A. Marshall, PhD, Professor, Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, McCaig Institute for Bone and Joint Health; E.M. Badley, PhD, Toronto Western Research Institute, University of Toronto; J.G. Hanly, MD, Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology) and Pathology, Dalhousie University, attending staff rheumatologist, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Center; H. Averns, MB, ChB, FRCP (UK), FRCPC, rheumatologist in private practice, Kingston, Ontario, Canada; J. Ellsworth, MD, FRCPC, Professor and Head, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta; J.E. Pope, MD, MPH, FRCPC, Professor of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Western Ontario; C.E. Barber, MD, PhD, FRCPC, Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Cumming School of Medicine, McCaig Institute for Bone and Joint Health. Funding provided by the Arthur J.E. Child Chair in Rheumatology Outcomes Research. During the time this study was completed, Dr. Barber was a PhD candidate and held a Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship (2014-2015) as well as a Health Research Clinical Fellowship from Alberta Innovates Health Solutions (AIHS 2011-2015). A rheumatology postgraduate fellowship funded by UCB Canada, The Canadian Rheumatology Association, and The Arthritis Society also funded her PhD from 2011 to 2013. Dr. Marshall is a Canada Research Chair in Health Services and Systems Research and the Arthur J.E. Child Chair in Rheumatology Outcomes Research. Address correspondence to Dr. Barber, Division of Rheumatology, University of Calgary, HRIC 3AA20, 3280 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta T2N 4Z6, Canada. E-mail: cehbarbe@ucalgary.ca. Accepted for publication January 22, 2016.
John G. Hanly
From the Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, and the Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, and McCaig Institute for Bone and Joint Health, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta; Toronto Western Research Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario; Dalhousie University, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Center, Halifax, Nova Scotia; Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton; Division of Rheumatology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada. J. Brophy, MD, FRCPC, rheumatologist in private practice, Guelph, Ontario, Canada; D.A. Marshall, PhD, Professor, Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, McCaig Institute for Bone and Joint Health; E.M. Badley, PhD, Toronto Western Research Institute, University of Toronto; J.G. Hanly, MD, Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology) and Pathology, Dalhousie University, attending staff rheumatologist, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Center; H. Averns, MB, ChB, FRCP (UK), FRCPC, rheumatologist in private practice, Kingston, Ontario, Canada; J. Ellsworth, MD, FRCPC, Professor and Head, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta; J.E. Pope, MD, MPH, FRCPC, Professor of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Western Ontario; C.E. Barber, MD, PhD, FRCPC, Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Cumming School of Medicine, McCaig Institute for Bone and Joint Health. Funding provided by the Arthur J.E. Child Chair in Rheumatology Outcomes Research. During the time this study was completed, Dr. Barber was a PhD candidate and held a Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship (2014-2015) as well as a Health Research Clinical Fellowship from Alberta Innovates Health Solutions (AIHS 2011-2015). A rheumatology postgraduate fellowship funded by UCB Canada, The Canadian Rheumatology Association, and The Arthritis Society also funded her PhD from 2011 to 2013. Dr. Marshall is a Canada Research Chair in Health Services and Systems Research and the Arthur J.E. Child Chair in Rheumatology Outcomes Research. Address correspondence to Dr. Barber, Division of Rheumatology, University of Calgary, HRIC 3AA20, 3280 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta T2N 4Z6, Canada. E-mail: cehbarbe@ucalgary.ca. Accepted for publication January 22, 2016.
Henry Averns
From the Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, and the Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, and McCaig Institute for Bone and Joint Health, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta; Toronto Western Research Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario; Dalhousie University, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Center, Halifax, Nova Scotia; Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton; Division of Rheumatology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada. J. Brophy, MD, FRCPC, rheumatologist in private practice, Guelph, Ontario, Canada; D.A. Marshall, PhD, Professor, Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, McCaig Institute for Bone and Joint Health; E.M. Badley, PhD, Toronto Western Research Institute, University of Toronto; J.G. Hanly, MD, Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology) and Pathology, Dalhousie University, attending staff rheumatologist, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Center; H. Averns, MB, ChB, FRCP (UK), FRCPC, rheumatologist in private practice, Kingston, Ontario, Canada; J. Ellsworth, MD, FRCPC, Professor and Head, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta; J.E. Pope, MD, MPH, FRCPC, Professor of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Western Ontario; C.E. Barber, MD, PhD, FRCPC, Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Cumming School of Medicine, McCaig Institute for Bone and Joint Health. Funding provided by the Arthur J.E. Child Chair in Rheumatology Outcomes Research. During the time this study was completed, Dr. Barber was a PhD candidate and held a Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship (2014-2015) as well as a Health Research Clinical Fellowship from Alberta Innovates Health Solutions (AIHS 2011-2015). A rheumatology postgraduate fellowship funded by UCB Canada, The Canadian Rheumatology Association, and The Arthritis Society also funded her PhD from 2011 to 2013. Dr. Marshall is a Canada Research Chair in Health Services and Systems Research and the Arthur J.E. Child Chair in Rheumatology Outcomes Research. Address correspondence to Dr. Barber, Division of Rheumatology, University of Calgary, HRIC 3AA20, 3280 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta T2N 4Z6, Canada. E-mail: cehbarbe@ucalgary.ca. Accepted for publication January 22, 2016.
Janet Ellsworth
From the Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, and the Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, and McCaig Institute for Bone and Joint Health, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta; Toronto Western Research Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario; Dalhousie University, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Center, Halifax, Nova Scotia; Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton; Division of Rheumatology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada. J. Brophy, MD, FRCPC, rheumatologist in private practice, Guelph, Ontario, Canada; D.A. Marshall, PhD, Professor, Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, McCaig Institute for Bone and Joint Health; E.M. Badley, PhD, Toronto Western Research Institute, University of Toronto; J.G. Hanly, MD, Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology) and Pathology, Dalhousie University, attending staff rheumatologist, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Center; H. Averns, MB, ChB, FRCP (UK), FRCPC, rheumatologist in private practice, Kingston, Ontario, Canada; J. Ellsworth, MD, FRCPC, Professor and Head, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta; J.E. Pope, MD, MPH, FRCPC, Professor of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Western Ontario; C.E. Barber, MD, PhD, FRCPC, Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Cumming School of Medicine, McCaig Institute for Bone and Joint Health. Funding provided by the Arthur J.E. Child Chair in Rheumatology Outcomes Research. During the time this study was completed, Dr. Barber was a PhD candidate and held a Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship (2014-2015) as well as a Health Research Clinical Fellowship from Alberta Innovates Health Solutions (AIHS 2011-2015). A rheumatology postgraduate fellowship funded by UCB Canada, The Canadian Rheumatology Association, and The Arthritis Society also funded her PhD from 2011 to 2013. Dr. Marshall is a Canada Research Chair in Health Services and Systems Research and the Arthur J.E. Child Chair in Rheumatology Outcomes Research. Address correspondence to Dr. Barber, Division of Rheumatology, University of Calgary, HRIC 3AA20, 3280 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta T2N 4Z6, Canada. E-mail: cehbarbe@ucalgary.ca. Accepted for publication January 22, 2016.
Janet E. Pope
From the Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, and the Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, and McCaig Institute for Bone and Joint Health, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta; Toronto Western Research Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario; Dalhousie University, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Center, Halifax, Nova Scotia; Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton; Division of Rheumatology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada. J. Brophy, MD, FRCPC, rheumatologist in private practice, Guelph, Ontario, Canada; D.A. Marshall, PhD, Professor, Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, McCaig Institute for Bone and Joint Health; E.M. Badley, PhD, Toronto Western Research Institute, University of Toronto; J.G. Hanly, MD, Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology) and Pathology, Dalhousie University, attending staff rheumatologist, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Center; H. Averns, MB, ChB, FRCP (UK), FRCPC, rheumatologist in private practice, Kingston, Ontario, Canada; J. Ellsworth, MD, FRCPC, Professor and Head, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta; J.E. Pope, MD, MPH, FRCPC, Professor of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Western Ontario; C.E. Barber, MD, PhD, FRCPC, Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Cumming School of Medicine, McCaig Institute for Bone and Joint Health. Funding provided by the Arthur J.E. Child Chair in Rheumatology Outcomes Research. During the time this study was completed, Dr. Barber was a PhD candidate and held a Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship (2014-2015) as well as a Health Research Clinical Fellowship from Alberta Innovates Health Solutions (AIHS 2011-2015). A rheumatology postgraduate fellowship funded by UCB Canada, The Canadian Rheumatology Association, and The Arthritis Society also funded her PhD from 2011 to 2013. Dr. Marshall is a Canada Research Chair in Health Services and Systems Research and the Arthur J.E. Child Chair in Rheumatology Outcomes Research. Address correspondence to Dr. Barber, Division of Rheumatology, University of Calgary, HRIC 3AA20, 3280 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta T2N 4Z6, Canada. E-mail: cehbarbe@ucalgary.ca. Accepted for publication January 22, 2016.
Claire E.H. Barber
From the Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, and the Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, and McCaig Institute for Bone and Joint Health, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta; Toronto Western Research Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario; Dalhousie University, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Center, Halifax, Nova Scotia; Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton; Division of Rheumatology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada. J. Brophy, MD, FRCPC, rheumatologist in private practice, Guelph, Ontario, Canada; D.A. Marshall, PhD, Professor, Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, McCaig Institute for Bone and Joint Health; E.M. Badley, PhD, Toronto Western Research Institute, University of Toronto; J.G. Hanly, MD, Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology) and Pathology, Dalhousie University, attending staff rheumatologist, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Center; H. Averns, MB, ChB, FRCP (UK), FRCPC, rheumatologist in private practice, Kingston, Ontario, Canada; J. Ellsworth, MD, FRCPC, Professor and Head, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta; J.E. Pope, MD, MPH, FRCPC, Professor of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Western Ontario; C.E. Barber, MD, PhD, FRCPC, Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Cumming School of Medicine, McCaig Institute for Bone and Joint Health. Funding provided by the Arthur J.E. Child Chair in Rheumatology Outcomes Research. During the time this study was completed, Dr. Barber was a PhD candidate and held a Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship (2014-2015) as well as a Health Research Clinical Fellowship from Alberta Innovates Health Solutions (AIHS 2011-2015). A rheumatology postgraduate fellowship funded by UCB Canada, The Canadian Rheumatology Association, and The Arthritis Society also funded her PhD from 2011 to 2013. Dr. Marshall is a Canada Research Chair in Health Services and Systems Research and the Arthur J.E. Child Chair in Rheumatology Outcomes Research. Address correspondence to Dr. Barber, Division of Rheumatology, University of Calgary, HRIC 3AA20, 3280 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta T2N 4Z6, Canada. E-mail: cehbarbe@ucalgary.ca. Accepted for publication January 22, 2016.
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Measuring the Rheumatology Workforce in Canada: A Literature Review
Julie Brophy, Deborah A. Marshall, Elizabeth M. Badley, John G. Hanly, Henry Averns, Janet Ellsworth, Janet E. Pope, Claire E.H. Barber
The Journal of Rheumatology Apr 2016, jrheum.151174; DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.151174