The curriculum standards are summarised as 21 learning goals. The learning goals articulate what trainees need to be, do and know, and are assessed throughout training.

BE
  1. Professional behaviours
DO
  1. Team leadership
  2. Supervision and teaching
  3. Quality improvement
  4. Clinical assessment and management
  5. Management of transitions in care
  6. Acute care
  7. Longitudinal care
  8. Communication with patients
  9. Prescribing
  10. Procedures
  11. Investigations
  12. Clinic management
KNOW
  1. Foundations of adult rheumatology
  2. Inflammatory arthritis
  3. Connective tissue disease
  4. Vasculitis
  5. Osteoarthritis, pain syndromes, and regional musculoskeletal disorders
  6. Muscle disorders
  7. Conditions that overlap with other specialties
  8. Autoinflammatory disease
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