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The Brigham Renal Board Review Course
Last visited...2/2012.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD,
Credit hours...46.75.
Awarded by....Harvard Medical School.
Cost...........Prices vary according to the format, from $1095 to 2095.
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Instruction Type...Slide-Video Lectures.
Format...Video DVD, Video MP4, Audio CD, Audio MP3 DVD and others.
Target Audience...NEPH.
Educational material last updated...November 1, 2011.
Financial support...None Stated.
CME Credit Expires...October 31, 2014.

The major objective of The Brigham Renal Board Review Course is to prepare you for the ABIM Subspecialty Board Examination in Nephrology (Certification or Re-Certification). It conveys state-of-the art information on the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management of renal disorders. The Brigham Renal Board Review Course also addresses fluid and electrolyte problems, hypertension, renal disease, and the management of acute and chronic renal failure. Additionally, the activity emphasizes the practical application of physiological principles to the understanding and management of clinical problems.
After viewing The Brigham Renal Board Review Course, you will be able to:
• Understand current pathophysiological mechanisms of renal disease;
• Discuss differential diagnosis of complex clinical presentations of patients with renal disorders;
• Identify therapeutic options for specific renal disorders;
• Review renal pathology relevant to both the nephrology boards and clinical practice; and
• Understand pathophysiology and discuss the management of clinical problems in transplant patients.

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Free CME Nephrology. Many CME activities listed below offer Free Nephrology CME. Look for "Cost...Free" on the left side of each entry.

Free CME Nephrology. Many CME activities listed below offer Free Nephrology CME. Look for "Cost...Free" on the left side of each entry.

Cleveland Clinic Nephrology
Last visited...2/2012.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD
Credit hours....9 activities offering 6.25 hours.
Awarded by....Cleveland Clinic.
Cost..........Free.
Instruction Type...Case-Based Interactive, Slide-Video and Slide-Audio Lectures, Podcasts, Text-Only.
Target Audiences...NEPH.
Educational material last updated....2011.
Financial Support...Some activities have commercial support.
CME Credit Expires...2 years after posting.

Some recent activities include:
• Nocturia in the elderly: A wake-up call;
• Small renal masses: Toward more rational treatment;
• Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibodies (ANCA);
Interpreting the estimated glomerular filtration rate in primary care: Benefits and pitfalls; and
• Goal-directed antihypertensive therapy: Lower may not always be better.

eNephrologyReview.org
Last visited...2/2012.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...1.0 per newsletter, 0.5 per podcast. (6 hours or 3 hours).
Awarded by.... Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Cost...........Free.
Instruction Type...Text-Only (pdf) or audio podcast
Target Audience...NEPHROLOGY.
Educational material last updated...2010; Monthly issues.
Financial support...Amgen and Centocor Ortho Biotech.
CME Credit Expires...2 years after posting (December 2012).

Each month, participants receive an email linking to a current topic in nephrology. You receive 6 bi-monthly issues and 6 podcasts (clinical practice case-study scenarios) which are delivered directly to your email box. You can also view or listen to any of the archived subjects at the web site.
Topics include: New Dialysis Modalities and Home Dialysis; Acute Renal Failure; Renovascular disease; Kidney Transplant; Diabetic Renal Disease; and Glomerulonephritis.
By participating in eNephrologyReview.org you should be better able to:
• Assess the wide variety of complications presenting in your nephrology patients;
• More effectively diagnose renal dysfunctions and related conditions; and
• Apply evidence-based practices to manage renal dysfunction and related comorbidities.

Medscape Nephrology
Last visited...2/2012.
Reviewed by... Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours... Varies from time to time.
Awarded by....Medscape and 50 other sponsoring organizations.
Cost...........Free.
Instruction Type...Text-and-Graphics, Text-Only, Slide-Audio Lecture, Slide-Video Lecture and Case-Based-Interactive.
Target Audiences....NEPH.
Educational material last updated...New activities posted daily.
Financial Support...Many academic, specialty, and commercial sources as well as self-supported by Medscape.
Expiration of CME Credit...Credit for most activities expires one year after posting.

CME activities of special interest to nephrologists. Medscape contains a variety of educational formats:
CONFERENCE COVERAGE - Reports of advances presented at major medical conferences; typically includes several tracks with news stories, expert interviews, and in-depth topic overviews.
CLINICAL UPDATE - Comprehensive original review article on scientific advances in a clinical topic.
FAST TRACK CLINICAL UPDATE – Narrowly focused original review article on scientific advances in a clinical topic.
CME-LIVE - Real-time online events with streaming video, synchronized visuals, and interactive questions and answers; archived for 1 year.
CLINICAL BRIEFS - Daily reports of major current medical research articles; 0.25 credits each
JOURNAL CME - Articles selected from a wide selection of peer-reviewed journals.
SPECIAL REPORT CME – Topic-based monthly email newsletter distributed to Medscape’s professional member database by specialty.
INTERACTIVE PATIENT CASES – Original CME activity presented to the physician in an interactive, clinical case-based format. (See especially eMedicine CME Case Presentations.)
CME CIRCLE – Multimedia content certified by other accredited professional education providers, typically from live symposia or monographs, and then posted on Medscape and archived for one year.
CME CIRCLE – Multimedia content certified by other accredited professional education providers, typically from live symposia or monographs, and then posted on Medscape and archived for one year.

NEJM Weekly CME Program
Last visited...2/2012.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours ...One per exam, three per week. (Total of about 140 hours now available).
Awarded by....Massachusetts Medical Society.
Cost..........Free to subscribers to NEJM; $15 (or $100 for bundles of ten) for non-subscribers).
Instruction Type....Text-and-Graphics.
Target Audiences....FP, IM, IM subspecialists.
Educational material last updated....Weekly.
Financial Support...None Stated.

Each week, three articles in the New England Journal of Medicine have a companion CME exam available online. You can earn up to one CME credit for each exam successfully completed. NEJM subscribers receive 20 online exams per year as part of their subscription. Non-subscribers may pay on an hourly basis ($15 per single credit or $100 for 10 exams) and read the articles and take the exams completely online.

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