Future Directions

Abstract

We envisage and hope that future work in rheumatology will pay more attention to:

• 1. More emphasis on the thus far rather neglected patient phenotype in otherwise cutting edge basic scientific studies;

• 2. The understanding that this emphasis is all important as it applies to clinical studies as well, since many of our diseases are still only constructs;

• 3. More, close and early collaboration with the statisticians and other methodology experts in our clinical work and basic science in addition to a better grasp of Bayesian methodology in our research;

• 4. Few but higher quality publications.