#KidneyWk 2016: Fellows’ Knowledge Competition
This year’s Nephron Challenge (aka Nephrology Jeopardy) was moderated by Dr. James Simon from the Cleveland Clinic. 3 teams of 4 fellows competed against each other with [...]
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#KidneyWk 2016: A Focus on Renal Fellow Education
Newer innovative teaching methods have several advantages over traditional lectures and powerpoints. Examples of effective clinical education tools such as team based [...]
Test Your Knowledge: Assessing Acid-Base Status
A recent AJKD Teaching Case by Adrogué & Madias contrasts the physiologic and physicochemical approaches to assessing acid-base status. Test your knowledge on this topic [...]
Potassium Intake: Does It Matter for CKD and Hypertension?
Invited commentary by Dr. Timothy Yau. As nephrologists who regularly manage the complications of chronic kidney disease (CKD), our visceral reaction to high potassium intake [...]