Council on Renal Nutrition of the National Kidney Foundation
Educational Programs and Meetings
Educational Meetings
National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meetings
The Council on Renal Nutrition (CRN) organizes a dynamic and comprehensive clinical track each year for the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) Spring Clinical Meeting. Dietitians from across the nation and internationally attend the meeting to learn fresh approaches in dealing with difficult clinical issues, best practices, changes in the nephrology field, and much more. The program averages up to 30 hours of continuing education units (CEU).
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CRN Chapter Educational Meetings and Activities
Local CRN Chapters host a variety of educational meetings, conferences, and seminars throughout the country. These local educational opportunities allow individual chapters to design programming to address the regional needs of its membership. These educational meetings are operated independent of the National CRN and are not sponsored by NKF.
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NKF Affiliate Educational Meetings
NKF Affiliates host educational meetings and organize renal related activities across the country. These events are diverse in regards to content, goals, and target audiences.
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Educational Programs
CME/CE Information for Past Clinical Meetings
Spring Clinical Meeting attendees may now access CME/CEU information and obtain certificates online. If you attended a past clinical meeting, you may access your CME/CEU information.
Professional Education Stipend
Each year, CRN offers its national members the opportunity to apply for an educational stipend to attend the NKF Spring Clinical Meeting.
Purchase Meeting Audio Recordings
The NKF makes available for purchase audio recordings of each of its most recent Spring Clinical Meetings. Do you want to know more about purchasing the Audio Recordings?
The JRN CPE Program
The Commission on Dietetic Registration designates this educational activity for CPE Level 2. The self-study programs are worth a maximum of 2 credits for Registered Dietitians (RD) and Dietetic Technicians, Registered (DTR). Each CPE exercise consists of a single test with short questions that is based on a single article published in the Journal of Renal Nutrition (JREN).
Continuing Education Units (CE)
The Council of Renal Nutrition and the National Kidney Foundation will make every effort to obtain approval for continuing education units (CE) for the annual Clinical Meeting and other educational programming. However, it is the responsibility of each licensed dietician to contact their own state or provincial licensing board to make sure they can receive continuing education credit from the Clinical Meeting and other educational programming. Many states publish specific course content or course formats that they will not accept for CEU. Additionally, states can change their CEU approval requirements at any time. The final authority for approving any continuing education activity rests with the jurisdiction where the social worker is licensed.
