Let’s face it. Everything changed. Despite this, many educators and training programs have heroically attempted to keep structure, didactics, and interactive learning alive in the face of such significant change. Historically, many GME training programs still rely on…
Over the past decade, as more is revealed about the intricacies between the heart and kidney, their relationship to one another is becoming better defined. Though this paradigm of integrative physiology is being adapted across all of medicine,…
A few months ago, we posted about an acid-base primer that was being offered free for fellows in the US. During the 5-day period from Wednesday, August 23 – Sunday, August 27, you can get a free copy…
ASN is looking for fellows interested in writing for the Kidney News “Fellow’s Corner” column. It’s part of the monthly in-print ASN newsmagazine that goes to all ASN members. More importantly, it’s a great opportunity to express your…
Jordan Weinstein (UKidney) has done it again. UKidney has assembled a great collection of high impact articles. What I love about UKidney is the organization and the style. If you are interested in learning more about a particular…
I ran into a colleague from Children’s Hospital over the weekend and she pointed me in the direction of this great education website that they have created for the education of students, residents and fellows. In particular, they…
Apologies to Ben for the delay in posting about this. Ben Abelow is an MD in New Haven who has long had an interest in teaching basic acid base physiology. In the late 1990s he published a primer…
The International Society for Hemodialysis’ Hemodialysis University is a two-day course that will be taking place in Chicago Sept 9-10th this year. The course covers many issues current in dialysis and of particular interest are talks on HIF stabilizers for anemia…
It’s almost March, time to fill out your bracket. No not college hoops, it’s time for the annual Nephrology SoMed educational phenomenon that is NephMadness. The brainchild of Matt Sparks and Joel Topf has grown legs in its…
Much is being said about the steady and dramatic decline in applications to nephrology training programs. The recent match shows a continuation of this trend: 67.9 percent of offered positions filled, leaving 50% of US programs unfilled on…
