A rheumatology curriculum in Pakistan for empowering family physicians and fighting disability.

Empowering family physicians by training them in rheumatology care can be an effective tool to fight unmet needs in access to musculoskeletal health care. We plan to offer a shortened version of the course at regular intervals.Key Points• Pakistan has a huge shortage of rheumatology care with only 75 rheumatologists caring for a population of over 200 million.• To improve access to rheumatology care,the "Empowering Family Physicians; Fighting disability" course was launched in 2018 with the help of anILAR grant.• A blended learning approach comprising of 9 online modules sandwiched between two face-to-face sessions was chosen.• A statistically significant difference between pre- and post-courseself-assessment of participantssuggests that the courseis an effective tool for teaching Family Physicians.