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SURVEY ON MUSCULOSKELETAL (MSK) MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (MRI)

(with the exception of questions with yes/no options, or requiring numbers, more than one box can be ticked)

"*" indicates required fields

Name*
Country*
Q1. What is your main work setting?*
Q2. Do you have access to MRI?*
Q3. Who reads your MRI?*
Q4. In clinical practice do you perform MRI for helping in*
(you may tick more than 1 box)
Q5. What are the main clinical indications for ordering MRI for diagnostic purposes?
Suspicion
(% of patients in which MRI is ordered)
Degenerative back pain
Sacroiliitis
Spinal involvement in spondyloarthritis
Peripheral arthritis
Myositis
Others
Q6. What are the main clinical indications for ordering MRI for management purposes (excluding diagnosis)?
Indication
(% of patients in which MRI is ordered)
Degenerative back pain
Sacroiliitis
Spinal involvement in spondyloarthritis
Peripheral arthritis
Myositis
Other
Q7. Do you use MRI for teaching purposes?
Q7.1 What form of teaching do you provide?
Q8. How have rheumatologists been trained in reading MSK MRI in your country?*
*offered by national rheumatology or radiology societies
Q9. Is MSK MRI included in the rheumatology training curriculum?*
Q9.2 Is competency assessed?
Q9.3. If assessed what is necessary to achieve competency?*
Q10. Does the National Society of Rheumatology in your country offer courses on reading MSK MRI?
Q10.3. How many training levels are there?*
Q10.6. Is competency in MRI assessed at the end of the courses?*
Q10.7. What is necessary to achieve competency?
Q11. Do you perform MRI research?
Q11.1 What kind of research do you perform?*
Q11.2 With regard to studies, how do you perform your reading?*
Q11.3 If you read the images, have you received training in specific MRI scores (for peripheral or axial MRIs)?*
Q12. Who is officially responsible for reading MSK MRI in rheumatological patients in your country (more than one option)?
Q13. Who reads MSK MRI images regularly in your country?
Q14. What % of rheumatologists routinely reads MSK MRI in your country?*
Q15. What % of rheumatology departments/units have their own MRI unit?*
Q16. What % of rheumatologist departments/units have access to MSK MRI in your country?*
Q17. What % of rheumatologists are trained in reading MSK MRI in your country?*
Q18. Is there any sort of national register of rheumatologists reading MSK MRI?*
Q19. Is there a committee/subgroup in the National Society of Rheumatology responsible for practice and/or training in MSK MRI?*
Q20. Do rheumatologists get reimbursement for reading MRI images?*
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