[Education and training in pediatric and adolescent rheumatology - survey results : Gerd Horneff on behalf of the Committee for Undergraduate Training of the German Society for Rheumatology (DGRh)].

In child and adolescent medicine pediatric rheumatology does not carry great weight. This fact is contrasted by the frequent occurrence of symptoms concerning the musculoskeletal system in childhood and adolescence. The obviously low interest in pediatric rheumatology probably has its roots in the education of undergraduates just as the often delayed diagnosis and inadequate therapy can possibly be credited to the content of specialist's training. The improvement of the educational situation is both concern and task of the German Society for Rheumatology (DGRh) and the German Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Rheumatology (GKJR).