Hands on sessions with faculty, provide an opportunity not only to learn/improve new skills, but also to interact with experts and gain from their experiences. New milestone evaluations by ACGME require Nephrology Fellow Graduates to be Competent in Renal Biopsy, Central Venous Catheter Insertions and Management of Dialysis Vascular/Peritoneal Access. JCM Kidney is pleased to announce workshop for Residents and fellows, targeting hands on skills. Models on Renal Biopsy, Central Venous Catheter Insertion and Vascular Ultrasound, shall provide opportunity to acquire required skills with live patients.
Features:
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Hands on exam of vascular access will be valuable to develop competency in diagnosing access dysfunction.
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Vascular Ultrasound training to diagnose common vascular access dysfunction
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Ultrasound use in determining Volume in a patient
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Ultrasound guided venous cannulation
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Central Venous Catheter placement using simulation models
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Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter placement training using Fluroscopic technique.
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Case discussions and literature review
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When and What Vascular Access to plan in CKD/ESRD patients
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Diagnosis of dysfunctional vascular access (AVF/AVG/CATHETERS).
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Management of dysfunctional vascular access (AVF/AVG/CATHETERS).
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Diagnosis of dysfunctional peritoneal dialysis catheter.
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Management of dysfunctional peritoneal dialysis catheter
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The Louisiana State University will fund 10 scholarship grants for internal medicine residents/ nephrology fellows (5 each) in the amount of $500.
Residents must submit a short half page paragraph about “why you are interested in nephrology and why you should receive this travel grant.”
Nephrology fellows should write a half page paragraph describing the most interesting case they have seen in fellowship and how it has changed the way you practice nephrology.
Applications must be emailed to Kaleigh Stevenson at Kaleigh.Stevenson@uhsystem.com by 5 pm on Sep 30, 2017. Applicants should attach a copy of their CV.