CME/CE Activities
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, and dialysis technicians on an array of topics in varied formats for the user.
Diabetes, Nutrition, and Chronic Kidney Disease: New Guidelines for a New Clinical Approach (PDF 400KB)- For physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, dietitians, dialysis technicians
- Available through January 31, 2010
- CD-ROM available for order online here or by calling (800) 622-9010, Membership Services
- Online webcast, click here to view this activity
- Achieving and Maintaining KDOQI Targets For Hemoglobin: A Case Study Approach (PDF 1.68MB)
- For physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, dietitians, pharmacists
- Available through February 28, 2009
- Printed monograph available for order online here or by calling (800) 622-9010, Membership Services
- Online monograph, click here to view this activity
- Living Longer, Living Better: A Heart-Healthy Wellness Program for People on Dialysis
- For social workers
- Available through October 17, 2009
- Click here to view this program
- Current Perspectives on Anemia Management in the Dialysis Patient (PDF 1.39MB)
- For physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, dietitians, social workers, pharmacists, dialysis technicians
- Available through July 31, 2009
- Printed monograph available for order online here or by calling (800) 622-9010, Membership Services
- Online monograph, click here to view this activity
- Fabry Disease: Could Any of Your Patients Have it? A Guide To Early Detection. (PDF 1.97MB)
- For physicians, pharmacists and optometrists
- Available through March 31, 2009
- CD-ROM available for order online here, or by calling (800) 622-9010, Membership Services
- Seize Chronic Kidney Disease, Celebrate Collaboration (PDF 3.32MB)
- For nurses, dietitians, social workers, and dialysis technicians
- CD-ROM available for order online here, or by calling (800) 622-9010, Membership Services
- Available through November 11, 2009
- Online webcast, click here to view this activity
- Managing CKD-Related Anemia in the Pre-Dialysis Patient: A Team Approach to Overcome Obstacles and Optimize Outcomes (PDF 2.62MB)
- For physicians, physicians assistants, nurses, nurse practitioners, dietitians, dialysis technicians and pharmacists
- CD-ROM available for order online here, or by calling (800) 622-9010, Membership Services
- Available through August 31, 2009
- Advances in the Management of Secondary Hyperparathyroidism: A Clinical Update and Overview (PDF 3MB)
- For physicians, physicians assistants, nurses, nurse practitioners, dietitians, pharmacists and dialysis technicians
- Available through August 31, 2009
- Printed monograph available for order online here, or by calling (800) 622-9010, Membership Services
- Online webcast available click here to view this activity
- The Diabetes-CKD Link: New Strategies to Impact Disease Progression. (PDF 1.2MB)
- For physicians, physicians' assistants, nurses, nurse practitioners, dietitians, social workers, and pharmacists
- Available through August 31, 2009
- Online webcast available click here to view this activity
- The Relationship Between CKD & CVD: Updates in Target Organ Protection and Cardiovascular Risk Reduction (PDF 2.4MB)
- For physicians, physicians assistants, nurses, nurse practitioners, dietitians, and pharmacists
- CD-ROM available for order online here online here, or by calling (800) 622-9010, Membership Services
- Available through July 31, 2009
- Online webcast, click here to view this activity
- Anemia Management in Earlier Stage CKD: Recent Advances and Emerging Concepts (PDF 2.6MB)
- For physicians, physicians assistants, nurses, nurse practitioners, dietitians, and pharmacists
- CD-ROM available for order online here online here, or by calling (800) 622-9010, Membership Services
- Available through August 31, 2009
- Online webcast, click here to view this activity
- Optimizing Patient Outcomes in End-Stage Renal Disease: Management of Mineral and Metabolic Abnormalities (PDF 4.8MB)
- For physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, dietitians, pharmacists, dialysis technicians
- Available through August 31, 2009
- Online webcast, click here to view this activity
- Clinical Outcomes in CKD Stage 5: The Impact of Mineral and Bone Disorders (PDF 761KB)
- For physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, dietitians, pharmacists, dialysis technicians
- Available through July 31, 2009
- Printed monograph available for order online here or by calling (800) 622-9010, Membership Services
- Online monograph, click here to view this activity
- Continuum of Care in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease: An Update on Recent Findings (PDF 160KB)
- For physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, dietitians, physician assistants, pharmacists and dialysis technicians
- CD-ROM available for order online here online here, or by calling (800) 622-9010, Membership Services
- Available through August 31, 2009
- Online webcast
- Bridging Interdisciplinary and Resource Gaps in CKD-Anemia Management (PDF 761KB)
- For physicians, family physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, dietitians, pharmacists, dialysis technicians
- Available through July 31, 2009
- Online monograph, click here to view this activity
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Improving Recipient Care: Kidney Transplantation and Options in Immunosuppressive Therapy (PDF 5MB) - For physicians, fellows, physician assistants, transplant coordinators, nurses, nurse practitioners, technicians
- Available through August 30, 2008
- Go to www.epocrates.com to download this MobileCME activity to your PDA.
- Evaluating Anemia In High-Risk Populations with Early Kidney Disease (PDF 172KB)
- For physicians (including endocrinologists, nephrologists, cardiologists, internal medicine practitioners), physician assistants, and nephrology fellows.
- Available through March 18, 2008
- Go to www.epocrates.com to download this MobileCME activity to your PDA.
- New Strategies for the Prevention and Treatment of Adverse Events Related to Immunosuppressive Therapy (PDF 1.5MB)
- For physicians, physician assistants, nurses, nurse practitioners, and transplant professionals.
- Available through April 30, 2009
- Printed monograph available for order online here, or by calling (800) 622-9010, Membership Services
- Online monograph, click here to view this activity
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Improving Recipient Care: Kidney Transplantation, Immunosuppressive Therapy and Malignancy (PDF 751 KB)
- For physicians (including transplant physicians, nephrologists, dermatologists, oncologists), fellows, physician assistants, transplant coordinators, nurses, nurse practitioners, technicians
- Available through August 2, 2008
- Go to www.epocrates.com to download this MobileCME activity to your PDA.
- Improving Recipient Care: Kidney Transplantation, Immunosuppressive Therapy and Cardiovascular Disease (PDF 5.5MB)
- For physicians (including transplant physicians, nephrologists, endocrinologists, cardiologists, dermatologists, oncologists), fellows, physician assistants, transplant coordinators, nurses, nurse practitioners, technicians
- Available through May 24, 2008
- Go to www.epocrates.com to download this MobileCME activity to your PDA.
- Improving Recipient Care: Kidney Transplantation, Immunosuppressive Therapy and Infection (PDF 5.5MB)
- For physicians (including transplant physicians, nephrologists), fellows, physician assistants, transplant coordinators, nurses, nurse practitioners, technicians
- Available through June 28, 2008
- Go to www.epocrates.com to download this MobileCME activity to your PDA.
- Chronic Kidney Disease: Preventing and Treating Malnutrition (PDF 2.4MB)
- For physicians, physician assistants, nurses, nurse practitioners, pharmacists and dietitians.
- Available through March 2009
- Online webcast, click here to view this activity
- Comprehensive Strategy for Diagnosis and Treatment of Fabry Disease (PDF 1.0MB)
- For physicians, nephrology fellows and nurses
- CD-ROM available for order online here online here, or by calling (800) 622-9010, Membership Services
- Available through January 31, 2009
- Online webcast, click here to view this activity
- Teaming Up for Peak Performance: Early Identification and Optimal Management of CKD-Related Anemia (PDF 292KB)
- For physicians (including family practitioners and doctors of osteopathy), physician assistants, nurses, nurse practitioners, dietitians, pharmacists and social workers
- Available through July 31, 2008
- CD-ROM available for order online here, or by calling (800) 622-9010, Membership Services
- Online webcast, click here to view this activity
- Practical Approaches to a Complex Science: Effective Management of the Metabolic Syndrome in the CKD Patient with Diabetes (PDF 216KB)
- For physicians (including family practitioners and doctors of osteopathy), physician assistants, nurses, nurse practitioners, dietitians and pharmacists
- Available through July 31, 2008
- Online webcast, click here to view this activity
- Cause or Casualty? The Impact and Role of the Kidney on Inflammation, Metabolic Syndrome and Atherogenesis (PDF 214KB)
- For physicians (including family practitioners and doctors of osteopathy), physician assistants, nurses, nurse practitioners, dietitians, pharmacists and social workers
- Available through July 31, 2008
- Online webcast, click here to view this activity
- Chronic Kidney Disease — Mineral and Bone Disorder — A NEW PARADIGM for bone disease, mineral imbalance and vascular calcification in CKD (PDF 410KB)
- For physicians, nephrology fellows, physician assistants, nurses, dialysis technicians, nurse practitioners and dietitians
- Available through September 11, 2008
- CD-ROM available for order online here, or by calling (800) 622-9010, Membership Services
- The Essential Role of Vitamin D in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease on Dialysis: Linking Theory to Evidence for Improved Survival (PDF 000KB)
- Available through February, 2008
- Printed monograph available for order online here, or by calling (800) 622-9010, Membership Services
- Refocusing Nephrology Social Work: An Outcomes Training Program
- Module 1: Introduction to Outcomes Driven Nephrology Social Work Practice (available on VHS or DVD)
- Module 2: Outcomes Driven Nephrology Social Work Practice: Modality Education, Rehabilitation and Documentation (available on VHS or DVD)
- For Social Workers
- Video available for rent on DVD of VHS by request at (800) 622-9010, x163 or online form here. (PDF 54KB)
Upcoming CME/CE Activities
- Refocusing Nephrology Social Work: An Outcomes Training Program
- Module 3: Understanding the Epidemic of Cardiovascular Disease
- Module 4: Working in a Corporate Environment
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 NKF is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the New York State Nurses Association, which is accredited as an approver of continuing education in nursing by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
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.
Commission on Dietetic Registration through the American Dietetic Association for CPEU's (continuing professional education units) credits for dietitians.
Please contact a member of our KLS staff for more information on these and other KLS programs.
