The WFRMD first convened on 26th September 2014, to identify and discuss key challenges for the RMDs community. Forum participants included rheumatology experts from five different continents and discussions covered multiple topics including access to rheumatology services, diagnostics and therapies, rheumatology education and training, clinical trials, and investigator-initiated and epidemiological research.
Discussions from this inaugural meeting formed the basis of a white paper, entitled:
published by the leading international journal Clinical Rheumatology. An editorial article for this paper is also available.