The ISN Academy is the International Society of Nephrology’s educational platform, designed and curated by the ISN Education Working Group (EWG). The ISN Academy has hundreds of hours of original content developed and published each year under EWG’s guidance and review. You will find content from regionally diverse group of presenters and contributors, from high and low to middle-income countries to ensure relevance to all who work in the nephrology community.
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Explore the Newly Revised Edition of the ISN-ACT Clinical Trials Toolkit
Access the third edition of the ISN-ACT Clinical Trials Toolkit here. The toolkit, launched in 2020, was designed to guide anyone wishing to start a clinical trial or participate as a trial site. Watch a short introductory video on the toolkit here. Listen to a podcast here. This user-friendly online toolkit is for nephrologists and researchers in...
New! Quick Guide to Early CKD Identification and Intervention for Primary Care Settings – Available in 50 Languages by Year End
This simple guide based on the “ISN-KDIGO CKD Early Identification and Intervention” booklet facilitates the easy implementation of steps toward the early identification and intervention of CKD. Download the guide here. It serves as a handy quick reference document for kidney health professionals, primary care physicians and nurses working in primary care settings. This guide will be released...
The ISN Academy Presents the Latest Interventional Nephrology Case: Watch the Video Now!
“Right External Jugular Vein Tunneled Catheter in a Case with Multiple Vascular Access Failures” Watch the interventional nephrology case video here. Vineet Behera, an interventional nephrologist at INHS Asvini, Mumbai, India, presents the latest interventional nephrology case on multiple vascular access failure in a 46-year-old female who is obese, hypertensive, and non-diabetic.
Listen to the Global Kidney Care Podcast on the Revolutionary Dual Transplant Approach Developed by Doctors at Stanford Medicine
Listen to the podcast here. ISN Education Working Group member, Maria E. Diaz-Gonzalez de Ferris, hosts this edition of the ISN Global Kidney Care Podcast. She talks to Paul Grimm, MD at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health, about a revolutionary method in kidney care where the donor’s immune system is transplanted to the patient before surgeons implant...
First of the WCN’23 Spotlight Session Recordings Out Now for ISN Members on the ISN Academy – Look Out for the Complete WCN’23 Program in July!
The ISN Academy has published three recordings from the WCN’23 “Spotlight Sessions.” Access the sessions here. All the “Spotlight Sessions” will be published on the Academy over the next five weeks. These “Spotlight Sessions” addressed various topics, from global nephrology geared toward low to moderate-income countries to exploring the relationship between nephrology and primary care. They included...
Access a Free Electronic Version of “Living Well With Kidney Disease” in Traditional and Simplified Chinese
Access the publication via the ISN website here. The International Association of Chinese Nephrologists (IACN) and the CUHK Carol and Richard Yu PD Research Centre have published an educational e-book for kidney patients through the Chinese University Press. The publication guides patients on living positively with chronic kidney disease, hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis and kidney transplant.