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Register online for ISN Nexus Symposium 2016 in Berlin

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] There is still time to register for the upcoming ISN Nexus Symposium taking place in Berlin, Germany, from April 14 to 17, 2016. You can register for the standard rate to take part in this event. CLICK HERE to get the latest information about the venue, travel and accommodation options. The scientific program is now available, and you...

Baxter and University Health Network to co-fund home dialysis training

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] ISN is happy to announce that Baxter and the University Health Network in Toronto is set to co-fund ISN Fellows wishing to receive training in home dialysis. As required in all ISN Fellowship Programs, participants are encouraged to share what they have learned with their colleagues once they return to their home institution. This particular...

Four chapters of Understanding Kidney Diseases available on ISN Education

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] ISN Education has released four free chapters of Understanding Kidney Diseases by Hugh Rayner, Mark Thomas and David Milford. Kidney diseases and the speciality of nephrology have traditionally been regarded as difficult to understand, particularly due to the use of complex definitions and terminology. This text aids medical students and trainee doctors in developing their knowledge...

Nature Reviews Nephrology: Now only available via subscription

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Starting January 2016, online access to Nature Reviews Nephrology (NRN) is no longer available to ISN members. Kidney International now includes a new section called Nephrology Digest, replacing access to NRN and presenting summaries and commentary on recently published basic science and clinical investigations. By logging into the ISN Member Portal, ISN Members can sign...

Special ISN Membership offer for Seminars in Nephrology

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] ISN Members can subscribe to Seminars in Nephrology at a special rate. This publication provides scholarly review articles focusing on subjects of current importance in clinical nephrology and related fields. Each issue is devoted to a specific topic in nephrology and articles provide updates on the clinical relevance of new investigations. A 12-month online subscription...

EAP gives cost-effective training for the pediatric medical community in Myanmar

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] This blog post is provided thanks to reports from Hui Kim Yap from the National University of Singapore and Yi Yi Khin from the Yangon Children's Hospital and Mandalay Children's Hospital. They both took part in ISN’s Educational Ambassador Program. In January, ISN Educational Ambassador Hui Kim Yap visited Yangon Children Hospital, Myanmar to share...

Free online patient education resource available in 20 languages

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]I would like to introduce everyone to a free online patient education resource that has now been translated into 20 languages and has over 20 million hits - http://kidneyeducation.com/ A revised and updated English version, edited by Edgar Lerma, has now been digitized and is ready to be released.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]

Elsevier to publish KI in 2016

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] As of January 2016, Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, is publishing Kidney International (KI). “We are extremely pleased to have entered into this relationship with Elsevier,” says ISN Executive Director Luca Segantini. “Kidney International serves as ISN’s primary journal for disseminating original research in basic science and...

First dialysis course in Senegal hosts the Saving Young Lives project

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] This blog post is provided by the Saving Young Lives Initiative following the team's recent visit to Senegal. In December 2015, the Senegalese Society of Nephrology held its first course on dialysis in West Africa. More than 300 delegates attended this highly successful conference. The course tackled peritoneal and hemodialysis and hosted side events for allied...

Presentations from SLANH’s AKI Online Course available in Spanish

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] In partnership with the Latin-American Society of Nephrology and Hypertension (SLANH), ISN Education is pleased to release presentations from SLANH’s Online Course: AKI in Primary Health Care. These presentations are in Spanish and were part of a previous online e-learning module. ISN Education offers various content throughout various topical channels, Ask the Expert and Educational Webinars and...