Standing Committee of Health Professionals in Rheumatology

Strategic Goals of the Standing Committee of Health Professionals in Rheumatology

As part of EULAR's 5-year strategic planning, the Health Professionals in Rheumatology developed specific goals to support the 8 main objectives. The goals for the HPR are:

• By 2012, the HPR in EULAR will be recognized as a professional and effective organisation, worth belonging to and working with. At least three working groups will be developing, for instance, educational courses, publications, policies, recommendations for care, scientific reviews of abstracts and grants identifying them.
  
  
• By 2012, the HPR in EULAR will have established effective partnerships by running at least one project both with international health professionals' organisations in rheumatology (non-European associations such as ARHP) as well as with international health organisations (such as WHO).
  
  
• By 2012, EULAR will compile a core curriculum of training and continuous education for Health Professionals in Rheumatology, with a focus on nurses, physical and occupational therapists. This core curriculum can be translated and transported to all member countries that wish to use it. ARHP/HPR should consider cooperation on education.
  
  
• By 2012, the HPR in EULAR will have encouraged local initiatives for establishing the foundation of five new national AHP organisations in rheumatology and thus enabling them to become official members in EULAR.
  
  
• By 2012, the HPR in EULAR will have established evidence-based recommendations for the nonpharmacological treatment of patients with the most common rheumatic diseases, e.g., osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. Encourage scientists to perform research in this field in order to provide this evidence.

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EULAR Strategic objectives 2012
In 2007, under the leadership of President Ferdinand C. Breedveld EULAR defined a 5-year strategic plan with eight objectives for 2012. Mobilizing the planet was the theme that accompanied the broad-based strategy discussions along the way. 
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