Program

Continuing Medical Education (CME) & Continuing Education (CE) Information

*As of March 19, 2010

PHYSICIANS
The National Kidney Foundation is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (CME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The National Kidney Foundation designates this educational activity for a maximum of 29.5 AMA PRA Category 1 creditsTM. Physicians should claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Note: Acquiring 29.5 hours requires continuous participation from Thursday morning through Sunday morning. Many participants opt for periodic breaks, which make their reported credit hours somewhat less. Additional credits are provided for courses requiring separate registration.

Trends in Kidney Transplantation: What’s Hot in 2010	6.5 credit hours
Integrated Hemodialysis/Peritoneal Dialysis Course	8.0 credit hours
Interventional Nephrology Course	7.5 credit hours
Dialysis Unit Management Course	7.5 credit hours
Nephrology Recertification Course	8.0 credit hours
Nephrology 201 for Advanced Practitioners	8.5 credit hours
Ray W. Gifford, Jr., MD Hypertension Symposium	8.0 credit hours
CKD Clinics	6.5 credit hours

PHARMACISTS

ACPE The University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Pharmacy, is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.

The following activities have been approved:

Trends in Kidney Transplantation: What’s Hot in 2010 (Knowledge) 6.5 contact hours (0.65 CEUS)
016-999-10-049-L01-P
Inflammation and Wasting Syndrome and Nutrition in CKD (Knowledge) 1.5 contact hours (0.15 CEUS)
106-999-10-050-L01-P
Treatment/Prevention of Diabetic Nephropathy (Knowledge) 1.5 contact hours (0.15 CEUS)
016-999-10-051-L01-P
Health-Related Quality of Life in ESRD (Knowledge) 1.5 contact hours (0.15 CEUS) 016-999-10-052-L01-P
Glucose Management in ESRD: Do No Harm (Knoweldge) 1.5 contact hours (0.15 CEUS) 016-999-10-053-L01-P
Secondary Hypertension (Knowledge) 1.5 contact hours (0.15 CEUS)
016-999-10-054-L01-P
Work Up and Treatment of Nephrolithiasis (Knowledge) 1.5 contact hours (0.15 CEUS) 016-999-10-055-L01-P
Estimating Equations For Kidney Function – One Size Does Not Fit All (Knowledge) 1.5 contact hours (0.15 CEUS)
016-999-10-056-L01-P
Kidney Early Evaluation Program (KEEP) Update (Knowledge) 1.5 contact hours (0.15 CEUS) 016-999-10-057-L01-P
Workshop: KDOQI Guidelines for Lipids Should be Considered Obsolete: Debate (Knowledge) 1.5 contact hours (0.15 CEUS) 016-999-10-058-L01-P
Workshop: Management of Diabetes in ESRD – Cases (Knowledge) 1.5 contact hours (0.15 CEUS)
016-999-10-059-L01-P
Critical Care Updates (Knowledge) 1.5 contact hours (0.15 CEUS) 016-999-10-060-L01-P
Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring – Standard of Care of CKD? (Knowledge) 1.5 contact hours (0.15 CEUS)
016-999-10-061-L01-P
Implications of the New ESRD Bundled Payment System (Knowledge) 1.0 contact hours (0.1 CEUS)
016-999-10-062-L01-P
First, Do No Harm: Medication-Related Problems and Safety in CKD (Knowledge) 1.5 contact hours (0.15 CEUS)
016-999-10-063-L01-P
Management Challenges in CRRT (Knowledge) 1.5 contact hours (0.15 CEUS)
016-999-10-064-L01-P
Anemia Management in CKD (Knowledge) 1.5 contact hours (0.15 CEUS)
016-999-065-L01-P

PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS

AAPA accepts Category 1 credit from AOACCME, prescribed credit from AAFP, and AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) ™ for the PRA from organizations accredited by ACCME.

The National Kidney Foundation is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The National Kidney Foundation designates this educational activity for a maximum of 26.0 AMA PRA Category 1 credits™. Physicians should claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

NURSE PRACTITIONERS

This program is approved for up to 26 contact hours of continuing education (which includes up to 10.5 hours of pharmacology) by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. Program ID 1003071.

This program was planned in accordance with AANP CE Standards and Policies and ANNP Commercial Support Standards.

The following courses have been approved by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners:

Trends in Kidney Transplantation: What’s Hot in 2010	6.25 contact hours (0.75 pharmacology)	Program ID 1001016
CKD Clinics	6.4 contact hours	Program ID 1001012
Nephrology 201 for Advanced Practitioners	8.5 contact hours (4.5 pharmacology)	Program ID 1001029
Interventional Nephrology	7.5 contact hours (0.5 pharmacology)	Program ID 1001030
Integrated Hemodialysis/Peritoneal Dialysis	8.0 credit hours	Program ID 1001023
Dialysis Unit Management Course	7.5 contact hours	Program ID 1002054

Nephrology Nurses and Technicians

The National Kidney Foundation is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the New York State Nurses Association, an accredited approved by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Renal and Clinical Dietitians

CPE Accredited Provider The National Kidney Foundation is a Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Accredited Provider with the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR). Registered dietitians (RDs) and dietetic technicians, registered (DTRs) will receive up to 36.0 continuing professional education units (CPEUs) for completion of this program/material.

Nephrology Social Workers

A minimum of 32.0 continuing education credit hours for social workers (for the entire program) have been applied for through the following agencies:

The National Kidney Foundation Council of Nephrology Social Workers, provider #1014, is approved as a provider for social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) www. aswb.org, phone: 1-800-225-6880, through the Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. The National Kidney Foundation Council of Nephrology Social Workers maintains responsibility for the program.
The National Kidney Foundation Council of Nephrology Social Workers, approval number PCE 2410, is approved as a Continuing Education Provider by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. This course meets the qualifications for continuing education credit for LCSWs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.

Conference registrants are responsible to make sure their home state (if not noted above) accepts the ASWB ACE provider as sufficient for CEUs, or if they need to do anything additional to independently receive state CEUs.