Nephrology CME

The BoardVitals Nephrology CME Review offers clinicians 40 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM, MOC points, and over 450 Nephrology board review questions. The questions cover key topics including kidney transplantation, hypertension, and chronic kidney disease. This question bank will assist clinicians with Nephrology certification and recertification.

The BoardVitals Nephrology CME Review also features:

• Quick and Convenient CME
• Computer, phone, and tablet access
• Constantly updated up-to-date questions
• Questions that are targeted specifically to the exam
• Online CME tracker
• 100% Pass Guarantee
• Statistical comparison to other Nephrology test-takers (Nationally)

After completing this activity, you should be able to:

• Describe the underlying pathophysiology of neurology disease
• Interpret exam, history, laboratory and imaging findings to make a diagnosis
• Understand the appropriate work up and management of neurologic disorders
• Recognize potential adverse effects of treatment and assess potential risk vs benefit

Target Audience: Clinicians focusing in Nephrology

Stay on top of your game with the StatPearls Physician Unlimited CME programs. With 6,046 activities, StatPearls is the largest CME provider in the world. These Pub-Med Indexed articles are categorized into 162 specialty areas which lets you better access activities that will make the biggest impact on your practice. One subscription allows access to all the activities, including all state-requirements.

Pricing Options

• 6 Month subscription: All 6,339 CME Activities – $249 per 6 months
• Annual subscription: All 6,339 CME Activities – $349 per 1 year
• Lifetime: All 6,339 CME Activities + Access to Board Reviews Forever – $1999

Expert Advice and Insightful Commentary

The MKSAP® 19 Audio Companion sheds light on the latest diagnostic approaches, management strategies, and treatment guidelines. In this comprehensive audio CME program, you’ll join host Donald L. Deye, MD, FACP, as he leads lively discussions with esteemed colleagues in 11 internal medicine subspecialties. Listen as experienced clinicians from some of the world’s finest medical institutions share patient stories, insightful views of recent clinical advances, and more.

Anytime, Anywhere Audio CME

With the MKSAP 19 Audio Companion, you get:

• All-new advice and commentary — a reliable, and entertaining way to learn current oncology trends, the latest approaches to diabetes treatment, COVID updates, new tactics for managing patients with COPD, and so much more
• An easy way to prep for your ABIM certification or MOC exam
• Flexible learning to fit your schedule — in your car, between appointments, while you work out
• Companion booklets — high-impact PDF learning aids to quickly review and retain key points (print booklets available for an additional charge)
• The opportunity to earn AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ and ABIM MOC points
• Four FREE sets of extension questions — a $350 value that brings you incremental AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ and MOC points

Audience

General internists and primary care physicians; subspecialists who need to remain up to date in internal medicine; residents preparing for the certifying examination in internal medicine; physicians preparing for the recertification examination. 

Learning Objectives

• Discuss the most clinically relevant patient care information in all subspecialties of Internal Medicine based on the medical literature of the last 3 to 5 years
• Describe clinical situations in which this new knowledge will improve quality of care
• Diagnose disease states that are less common and sometimes overlooked and confusing
• Determine when to refer patients for surgery or care by subspecialists

Nephrology CME: Board Prep, Best Practices and More

With 70+ lectures, case discussions, and board preparation sessions, this online CME program is an indispensable and comprehensive review of state-of-the-art nephrology practices offered by the clinical faculty of Harvard Medical School.

Intensive Review of Nephrology also offers board review practice sessions and board-relevant Q&As, with a particular focus on acid base and electrolyte disorders, glomerulonephritis, transplantation, renal pathology, and clinical images. Plus, you get valuable continuing medical education insight on:

• Genetic testing for improved prognosis and therapy selection
• Introduction to point-of-care ultrasound: fundamentals for acquisition and interpretation
• Physical exam of the dialysis access
• Expanding the role of SGLT2i in diabetic and non-diabetic kidney disease
• Cases in cryptonephrology
• The new fundamentals in immunology and nephrology (it’s not just for transplant patients)

Medical videos & lectures explained clearly by world-class instructors.

Memorable illustrations, clinical scenarios, and passionate instructors set MedCram apart from other online medical lectures.

We prioritize the most important clinically relevant and practical information for clinical practice.

Understanding medicine has never been so simplified.

Target Audience:
Physicians specializing in Immunology, Nephrology, Urology

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.

Target Audience: Physicians specializing in Nephrology

Activity Description / Statement of Need:

In this online, self-learning activity:

 Chronic kidney disease (CKD) affects about 15% of the general population in the United States and is the tenth-leading cause of death, accounting for 52,260 deaths in 2020. Along with the risk for end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) and cardiovascular disease (CVD), CKD has also been associated with a number of complications, including anemia and hyperphosphatemia. Anemia occurs in about 15% of patients with CKD and arises from decreased erythropoiesis and abnormal iron metabolism. Hyperphosphatemia occurs in the later stages of CKD because the kidney is the primary method by which the body maintains phosphate. This retention of phosphate leads to the development of CKD-mineral bone disorder (CKD-MBD), with the literature suggesting that hyperphosphatemia occurs in a large portion of patients on dialysis based on phosphate binder (PB) usage.

This learning activity has been designed to bring HCPs’ knowledge of the treatment and screening of anemia and hyperphosphatemia in patients with CKD up to date and to improve their competence and performance in treating it. It will walk participants through treatment pathways and review of the evidence behind therapies to treat CKD’s complications.

Target Audience:

The following HCPs: nephrologists and primary care physicians; physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and pharmacists who practice in nephrology; and any other HCPs with an interest in or who clinically encounter patients with CKD.

Some newer presentations are:
• Management of Bone-Mineral-Vascular Disorders: Insights Into Chronic Kidney Disease and Cardiovascular Disease
• Inflammation and Oxidative Stress in Diabetic Nephropathy
• Achieving Better Outcomes for Kidney Transplant Recipients: Optimizing Patient Management — Integrated Management for Immunosupression
• Anemia in CKD Stage 5: Balancing Morbidity, Mortality, and Quality of Life
• Glomerular Diseases: Updates on Pathogenesis and Treatment of IgA Nephropathy and Hereditary Nephropathies (4 modules)
• Chronic Mild Hyponatremia Is Not Benign: Implications for Clinical Practice
• Bone-Intestinal-Vascular Renal Axis: Modeling and Managing Calcium and Phosphorus Disturbances in Chronic Kidney Disease

Target Audience: Physicians specializing in Nephrology

Activity Description / Statement of Need:

In this online, self-learning activity:

Cardiovascular (CV) disease (CVD) is the leading cause of mortality and morbidity in adults worldwide, accounting for around one-third of mortality in the United States. High blood pressure, diabetes, and obesity are health conditions that can increase the risk of heart disease, and over half of American adults have at least one major risk factor for adverse cardiovascular events. In particular, T2DM is a risk factor, with CV events implicated in the mortality of two-thirds of patients with T2DM. About one and a half million new cases of diabetes mellitus are diagnosed in in the United States each year, and the incidence of T2DM is increasing owing in part to Western-style diets, sedentary lifestyle, and changing demographics, and the disease is the largest contributor to a number of vascular outcomes, including end-stage chronic kidney disease (CKD) and blindness in individuals under age 75. CKD is itself a major CVD risk factor and affects millions, yet the literature shows that patients with CKD are underserved with respect to CV risk reduction efforts.

This activity has been proposed to enhance the knowledge, competence, and performance of several members of HCPs in mitigating heart and kidney disease risk in patients with T2DM while addressing barriers to optimal care.

Target Audience:

The following HCPs: Endocrinologists, nephrologists, cardiologists, and primary care physicians; certified diabetes educators, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses, and pharmacists who practice in diabetes and endocrinology; and any other HCPs with an interest in or who clinically encounter patients with diabetes.