Target Audience:
Nephrology fellows, nephrology faculty/attendings, transplant surgery section/department and any trainee including resident or medical student and outside nephrologists.
 

Overall Objective:
Develop a thorough differential diagnosis of acute and chronic kidney diseases encountered in clinical practice
Identify the pathological manifestations and pathophysiological mechanisms of kidney diseases
Discuss and obtain the appropriate diagnostic studies
Describe state-of-the-art/standard and novel therapeutic modalities of kidney related diseases
 

Faculty/Planning Committee:
Afolarin Amodu, MD, Course Co-Director,
Jocelyn Aristhomene, Activity Admin
Elizabeth Drury, Senior Program Operations Manager

Faculty  and planning members have no relevant financial relationships to disclose. They do not plan on discussing unlabeled/investigational uses of a commercial product.

Disclosure Policy:
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine asks all individuals involved in the development and presentation of Accredited Continuing Education activities to disclose all financial relationships with ineligible companies. This information is disclosed to all activity participants prior to the start of the educational activity. Boston University School of Medicine has procedures to mitigate all relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies. In addition, faculty members are asked to disclose when any unapproved use of pharmaceuticals and devices is being discussed. In accordance with the Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education, all relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies that faculty, planners, authors and anyone who may be in control of content have been mitigated.

Accreditation:

In support of improving patientcare, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.


Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 52.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
 

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