CME/CE Activities
Cardio-Renal Care: An Integrated Best Practice Approach
This CME/CE program will include definitions, epidemiology, pathophysiology, and risk factors related to cardio-renal syndromes. An interactive case study will be presented using both the nephrology and cardiology perspective and then combining these for an integrated best practice approach to care.
Target Audience: Physicians (cardiologists, nephrologists, family physicians), Physician Assistants, Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Dietitians, Pharmacists
For dates, locations and registration information click here
From Silos to Teams: Tackling Risks for Cardiovascular Disease
This half–day, live CME/CE activity focuses on the benefits of a team approach to CVD risk management that incorporates the different inter-professional skill sets as well as available community resources to get more patients with risk factors to established goals set by evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. Registration is $20.00 and space is limited, so please reserve your place today. Participants will be accommodated on a first-come, first-served basis. Read more.
Target Audience: Physicians, Physician Assistants, Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Dietitians, Pharmacists, Social Workers, Case Managers
For dates, locations and registration information click here
Gout, Hyperuricemia, and Chronic Kidney Disease: Optimizing Patient Management (PDF* 348kb)
- Physicians (nephrologists, rheumatologists, primary care physicians, geriatricians, family physicians), Physician assistants, Nurse practitioners, Nurses, Dietitians, Pharmacists, Case managers
- Available through January 16, 2014
- Online webcast, click here to view this activity
- Protecting the Kidney in People with Type 2 Diabetes: Case Simulations to Improve Real Outcomes (PDF* 348kb)
- Physicians (nephrologists, endocrinologists, cardiologists, family physicians), Physician assistants, Nurses, Nurse practitioners, Dietitians, Pharmacists
- Available through December 20, 2013
- Online webcast, click here to view this activity
- Managing Chronic Kidney Disease: New and Emerging Concepts in Reducing Risk for CKD Progression (PDF* 330kb)
- Physicians, Physician assistants, Nurse practitioners, Nurses, Dietitians, Pharmacists
- Available through November 5, 2013
- Online webcast, click here to view this activity
- The Healthcare Team Approach to Managing Metabolic and Regulatory Disturbances of Chronic Kidney Disease (PDF* 474kb)
- Physicians, Physician assistants, Nurses , Nurse practitioners, Dietitians, Dialysis technicians, Pharmacists, Social workers, Case managers
- Available through November 29, 2012
- Online webcast, click here to view this activity
- Getting More High Cardiovascular Disease Risk Patients to Goal: Simulations to Improve Real Outcomes (PDF* 788kb)
- Physicians, Physician assistants, Nurse practitioners, Nurses, Dialysis technicians, Dietitians, Pharmacists
- Available through October 18, 2013
- Online webcast, click here to view this activity
- A Case-Based Approach to Managing Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease – Mineral and Bone Disorder: A Focus on Hyperphosphatemia (PDF* 788kb)
- Physicians, Physician assistants, Nurses, Dialysis technicians, Nurse practitioners, Dietitians, Pharmacists
- Available through September 30, 2013
- Online webcast, click here to view this activity
- Reducing Cardiovascular Complications of CKD: New Perspectives in Improving Patient Outcomes (PDF* 788kb)
- Physicians, Physician assistants, Nurses, Nurse practitioners, Dietitians, Pharmacists
- Available through November 5, 2012
- Online webcast, click here to view this activity
- Challenges and Opportunities in the Management of Dialysis Associated Anemia (PDF* 408kb)
- Physicians, Physician Assistants, Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Dietitians, Dialysis Technicians and Pharmacists.
- Available through September 30, 2013
- Online webcast, click here to view this activity
- Hyponatremia: Etiology and Management in High-Risk Patients (PDF* 408kb)
- Physicians, Physician assistants, Nurses, Dialysis technicians, Nurse practitioners, Dietitians and Pharmacists
- Available through September 30, 2013
- Online webcast, click here to view this activity
- On Course With Cannulation Part 1: Assessment
- Dialysis Technicians and Nurses
- Available through April, 2013
- Online webcast, click here to view this activity
- On Course With Cannulation Part 2: Preparation & Techniques
- Dialysis Technicians and Nurses
- Available through March, 2013
- Online webcast, click here to view this activity
- Walk That Line: The Challenge of Hypoglycemia in the CKD Patient with Diabetes. (PDF* 165kb)
- Physicians, Physician Assistants, Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Dietitians, Dialysis Technicians, Pharmacists, and Certified Case Managers
- Available through February 28, 2012
- Online webcast, "click here" to view this activity
- Nutrition and Chronic Kidney Disease: First-Line Defenses for Improving Patient Outcomes (PDF* 123kb)
- Physicians, Physician Assistants, Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Dietitians, Dialysis Technicians, Pharmacists, Case Managers, Diabetes Educators, Transplant Coordinators
- Available through April 14, 2012
- Online webcast, click here to view this activity
- Case Management and Chronic Kidney Disease: Integrating Best Practices to Improve Outcomes (PDF* 148kb)
- Certified Case Managers, Physicians, Physician Assistants, Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Dietitians, Pharmacists, Certified Rehabilitation Counselors, and Social Workers
- Available through April 30, 2012
- Online webcast, click here to view this activity
- Strengths and Drawbacks of Current Immunosuppressant Agents(PDF* 1.5mb)
- Physicians, Physician Assistants, Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Dietitians, Dialysis Technicians, Pharmacists, Transplant Coordinators and Social Workers
- Available through June 30, 2012
- Online webcast, "Click Here" to view this activity
- Effective Management of Hyponatremia (PDF* 180kb)
- Physicians, Physician Assistants, Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Dietitians, Dialysis Technicians and Pharmacists.
- Available through July 31st, 2012
- Online webcast, "Click Here" to view this activity
- Chronic Kidney Disease And Hyperphosphatemia: In Search Of Better Outcomes (PDF* 182kb)
- Physicians, Physician Assistants, Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Dietitians, Dialysis Technicians and Pharmacists.
- Available through November 30, 2012
- Online webcast, "Click Here" to view this activity
- The National Kidney Foundation's Your Treatment, Your Choice: A Model for Implementing Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 (MIPPA) Kidney Disease Education Benefit (PDF* 1.4mb)
- Physicians, Physician Assistants, Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Dietitians, Dialysis Technicians, and Social Workers
- Available through June 30, 2012
- Online web cast, click here to view this activity
Approval for professional continuing education activities is sought through several bodies:
The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The National Kidney Foundation is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the New York State Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
It has been assigned Provider code 7QPLGU-PRV-09.
The NKF 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), through the Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program, on a program specific basis.
The National Kidney Foundation is a Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Accredited Provider with the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR).
To further improve the knowledge and understanding of chronic kidney disease, NKF offers continuing education activities that are accredited for physicians, physician assistants, nurses, nurse practitioners, dietitians, pharmacists, social workers, transplant coordinators and dialysis technicians on an array of topics in varied formats for the user.
Please contact a member of our KLS staff for more information on these and other KLS programs.
