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The ISN Academy is the International Society of Nephrology’s educational platform, designed and curated by the ISN Education Working Group (EWG). The ISN Academy has hundreds of hours of original content developed and published each year under EWG’s guidance and review. You will find content from regionally diverse group of presenters and contributors, from high and low to middle-income countries to ensure relevance to all who work in the nephrology community.

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ISN Awareness-building Campaign for the General Public: “A Beginner’s Guide to Kidney Health,” an ISN Global Kidney Care Podcast:

As part of an ongoing educational campaign, the ISN has recorded the podcast "A Beginner's Guide to Kidney Health," part of ISN's Global Kidney Care Podcast Series. The podcast features Professor Ifeoma Ulasi, Nigeria, ISN Executive Committee and Advocacy Working Group (AWG) member, and the late Professor Donal O’Donoghue, United Kingdom, chair of the AWG...

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Final Webinar in the SGLT2i Series: Toward Equitable Access to Kidney Treatment

The ISN Webinar, Dissemination and Implementation of Therapies for Kidney Diseases in Low- and High-Income Countries, will be broadcast on Thursday, April 29, at 3 p.m. CEST (convert to your time zone here). Register here. SGLT2i inhibitors protect the heart and the kidney, but equitable access to these and other drugs for Chronic Kidney Disease and...

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Launching this Week: First Session of the “Grand Rounds in Pediatric Nephrology” Program

The first "Grand Rounds" session, “Management of Renal Bone Disease,” will be presented by Ruskshana Shroff from Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK, and Sukanya Govindan, Mehta Multispeciality Hospitals, Chennai, India, on Friday, April 30 at 3 p.m. CEST. Pooja G N (India) and Marcelo Orias (USA) are also speakers at the event.  Register here.  This session will...

EACCME Extends Accreditation for the ISN Academy

The ISN Academy has had accreditation renewed by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME) for a further two years. Modules will be credited with one European CME credit (ECMEC®) per hour of e-learning provided that users complete the module and relevant assessment. Through an agreement between the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS)...

A Beginner's Guide to Kidney Health

World Kidney Day: Listen to the New ISN Global Kidney Care Podcast

Join Roberto Pecoits-Filho and Smeeta Sinha in conversation with Philip Kam Tao Li and Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh, co-chairs of the World Kidney Day (WKD) Steering Committee. Listen to episode eight of the ISN GKHP here. Their discussion covers the 2021 WKD theme, "Living well with Kidney Disease,” and the need to increase education and awareness about effective...

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Watch the ISN Middle East Regional Board Webinar on Glomerulonephritides

Following the success of its first webinar in 2020, the ISN Middle East Regional Board held its second webinar on January 21, "Epidemiology and Management of Glomerulonephritides – Middle-East Perspective." Watch a recording of this webinar here. The webinar, introduced by Dr. Shahrdzad Ossareh, ISN Middle East Regional Board Chair, discussed: Epidemiology of glomerulonephritides in the Middle...