WCN 2017 is about sustainable and diverse nephrology teaching. Several courses offer continuous learning for nephrologists of all levels. Register for the early bird deadline before January 23, 2017. This time around, the WCN 2017 scientific program is complemented by novel Nephrology Biennial Review (NBR) courses given in English, Spanish and Portuguese, covering the most...
The Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine at the University of British Columbia is seeking applications for the home dialysis clinical scholar training program: 2018-2019. This is a 12-month fellowship offered through a collaboration with the BCPRA and UBC Division of Nephrology. Deadline is April 20, 2017. While the practice of nephrology will always require...
As a young pathologist working at Madras Medical Mission Hospital in Chennai and through her ties with ISN ANIO Programs, Priyanka Koshy got the opportunity to gain further training at the University of Vanderbilt. She explains how Prof. Georgi Abraham, head of Madras Medical Mission’s Institute of Kidney, Urology and Organ Transplantation, gave her the...
The Division of Nephrology, University of British Columbia (UBC) is pleased to offer a position in the Advanced Training in Nephrology Clinical Fellowship Program. This Fellowship is a post-certification program and is open to those who have completed at least two years of nephrology in an accredited training program. A certificate from UBC Division of...
With support from Fondazione della Comunità Bergamasca, Fluorseals SPA, and the ISN, the Mario Negri Institute ran the Scientific Writing Academy (SWA) welcoming students from all corners of the world to share tips and experience on submitting project proposals. This edition was led by Martin de Borst, Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of...
ISN Education is happy to announce a new series of webinars for the coming weeks. The webcast focusing on living donor guidelines is now available. ISN Education organises short webinars lasting a maximum of 30 minutes. Presented by renowned ISN experts, they take place every month and are followed by a live Q&A session. This is...
The SAMA Renal Review and Update course took place recently. Every year, this ISN endorsed meeting sets out to enhance renal education and training in Sudan. The course is organized by the Sudanese American Medical Association (SAMA) in partnership with the Sudanese Nephrology Society and the Sudan Medical Specialization Board. SAMA is a non-profit professional organization...
ISN Education has released video presentations from the ISN Nexus Symposium held in Berlin, Germany from April 14 to 17, 2016. This content comes from the congress sessions on "Humoral Mediators" and "Immune Cell Depletion." More will be released later this month. Thanks to a collaboration with the Chinese Society of Nephrology, two Kidney International...
In its continued partnership with Cochrane Kidney and Transplant, ISN Education is pleased to announce that the spoken podcast for the Cochrane Library is now available in Russian. You can now find out more about corticosteroid therapy for nephrotic syndrome on ISN Education. This Cochrane Kidney and Transplant review from 2015 evaluates how corticosteroids treatment...
Bernadette Thomas travelled to Phnom Penh, Cambodia for an educational site visit and evaluated the possibility of carrying out an acute kidney injury incidence study. This blog post details the outcome of her trip. Medical Students who are at the end of their medical training assembled for two teaching sessions over two consecutive days. Day...
This week ISN Education brings a collection of presentations from ISN leaders on the topic of Acute Kidney Injury that were presented within the context of recent Continuing Medical Education programs in Indonesia and Mexico. The presentations cover recent advances in nephrology and treatment strategies. CLICK HERE for further information.
In collaboration with ISN’s Dialysis Committee, ISN Education is launching a new series of webinars focused on prominent themes in dialysis in 2016 and 2017. They will be moderated by renowned dialysis experts. The first will kick off next on June 10, 2016 with Brett Cullis’ talking about "PD Access in Acute and Chronic Kidney...
Kidney International (KI) has now reported on the success of the ISN ANIO Online Clinical Nephropathology Certificate (CNC) Program as an innovative form of training for renal pathologists globally. ISN and the American Nephrologists of Indian Origin (ANIO) developed a year-long web-based Clinical Nephrology Certificate Program for physicians looking for training in the principles and...
As of April 29, 2016, send your abstracts and register for the ISN Forefronts symposium taking place in Vienna from December 9 to 11, 2016. The theme for this meeting is regulatory RNAs and the kidney. Non-coding RNAs regulate normal cellular functions but are also critical regulators of disease processes. Therefore, they are being explored...
Following this year’s World Kidney Day, The Mario Negri Institute is happy to announce that there will be another edition of the Scientific Writing Academy, taking place from September 12 to 18, 2016 in Ranica, Bergamo, Italy. Fighting kidney diseases involves research and publication, as much as working directly with patients. “Our academy hopes to...
Having discussed the influence of lifestyle modification on prevention of chronic kidney disease in previous columns extensively, I will now turn my attention to its effect on prevention of kidney stones. Almost five percent of adults in the US suffer from kidney stones, with more than half having multiple recurrences. Patients end up in...
In partnership with Cochrane Kidney and Transplant, ISN Education is pleased to present new Cochrane Library materials on Corticosteroids for nephrotic syndrome in children. This Cochrane review evaluates how corticosteroids treatment might be safely and most effectively used to treat steroid-sensitive nephrotic syndrome in children. Find out more, HERE. In addition to this publication on ISN Education, the full Cochcrane review...
Kumar Sharma shares his views on the theme of the ISN Forefronts symposium - the interaction of the metabolome and microbiome and its link to kidney disease. San Diego is the location of the first of two* ISN Forefronts Symposia in 2016. The city is the bed of much fundamental knowledge on metabolites that has led to many breakthroughs in...
This week ISN Education is proud to present a new research article published from the Global Outreach Postings (GOP) Program. Submitted by Augusto Cesar Soares dos Santos Junior, the article, "Prevalence of patients receiving publicly-funded renal replacement therapy in Brazil: regional inequities and costs," will also be published in a next edition of The Open Urology &...
ISN Education has released four free chapters of Understanding Kidney Diseases by Hugh Rayner, Mark Thomas and David Milford. Kidney diseases and the speciality of nephrology have traditionally been regarded as difficult to understand, particularly due to the use of complex definitions and terminology. This text aids medical students and trainee doctors in developing their knowledge...
