ACR Committee on Workforce Solutions

Opportunity Overview

The ACR Committee on Workforce Solutions has the following open positions. All positions are virtual only.

• ACR Member-at-Large (1)
• Fellow-in-Training (1)

Eligibility

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Committee Description

The ACR Committee on Workforce Solutions addresses issues related to adult and pediatric workforce shortages in academics and private practice.

Responsibilities

• The committee has established 5 long-range goals and has created projects to meet those goals.
• These projects range from developing tools specifically for PCPs to expand knowledge and improve referrals, creating educational products to increase exposure of rheumatology within resident programs, and producing guidance materials for onboarding of APPs in practice.
• The committee works collaboratively with other ACR standing committees on various topics related to improving workforce challenges.

The ACR staff is responsible for the administration and project management of all initiatives and programs.

Time Commitments

Virtual

• Meetings: Virtual meetings held approximately every 3 months for 1–1.5 hours; scheduling is dependent on the availability of the committee members
• Asynchronous Work: 2–3 hours per month

Recommended Qualifications

The ACR Committee on Workforce Solutions welcomes anyone interested in addressing workforce challenges.

Interested participants for this committee should have knowledge or experience in one or more of the following areas:

• Private practice