Selected Talks

ASN Annual Board Review Course
San Francisco, August, 2006


1.5
Disorders of Sodium Metabolism: Case Presentations
Tomas Berl, MD, and John Stokes, MD


1.0
Transplant Biopsy
Jean Olson, MD


1.5
Calcimimetics: Monotherapy for Secondary Hyperparathyroidism?
William G. Goodman, MD
Audience Questions. Calcimimetics: Monotherapy for Secondary Hyperparathyroidism?
William G. Goodman, MD


1.5
Secondary Hypertension, including Chronic Kidney Disease
Ray Townsend, MD


1.0
Magnesium Balance: Hypomagnesemia and Hypermagnesemia
Daniel W. Coyne, MD


1.5
Transplantation: Medical and Immunosuppressive Management
William M. Bennett, MD


Please look also at related talks from
2005 ASN Annual Board Review Talks
2004 ASN Annual Board Review Talks
2003 ASN Annual Board Review Talks
2002 ASN Annual Board Review Talks
2001 ASN Annual Board Review Talks
2000 ASN Annual Board Review Talks
1998 ASN Annual Board Review Talks

  1. Prepare attendees for the Nephrology Board Certification and Recertification Examinations
  2. Provide a timely, comprehensive, and thorough update for the practicing nephrologists
  3. Translate the results of clinical investigations into practical use in patient care
See individual talk files for faculty bios and disclosures.
Each talk is designated for AMA PRA Category 1 credit&trade by the American Society of Nephrology. Shorter talks are organized into groups of two and paired with a CME post-test, which must be completed along with an evaluation form to earn CME Category 1 credits.
Date of Web Release: See individual talks
CME Credit Eligible Through: February 28, 2008
CME Category 1 Credits/Completion Time: See individual talks
Target Audiences: Nephrology Board and Recertification candidates; practicing nephrologists and internists.
Method of participation: Listen to the talk, read the PubMed abstracts linked to data slides and talk references, take the post-test, read the abstracts linked to post-test answer feedback material.

STATEMENT OF NEED :
Chronic kidney disease affects 30-40 million Americans, of whom several thousand require renal replacement therapy. These selected lectures are chosen by the HDCN editor and ASN Postgraduate Medical Director to reflect those areas of practice of greatest interest to the clinician, and areas where recent progress has occurred. The web extension of these ASN lectures will allow nephrologists and other physicians who were unable to attend the live sessions to gain similar benefit from these presentations.

ACCREDITATION AND DESIGNATION STATEMENTS:
Accreditation Statement
The American Society of Nephrology is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The American Society of Nephrology designates this educational activity for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

FACULTY DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS :
American Society of Nephrology as well as HDCN have conflict of interest policies that requires course faculty to disclose any real or apparent commercial financial affiliations related to the content of their presentations/materials. It is not assumed that these financial interests or affiliations will have an adverse impact on faculty presentations; they are simply noted here to fully inform participants. Speaker disclosures are posted on each individual talk page.

DISCLOSURE OF UNLABELED USE:
This educational activity may contain discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by FDA. The American Society of Nephrology and HDCN do not recommend the use of any agent outside of the labeled indications. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications and warnings. Speaker disclosure about individual talks is posted on each individual talk page.

DISCLAIMER:
Participants have an implied responsibility to use the newly acquired information to enhance patient outcomes and their own professional development. The information presented in this activity is not meant to serve as a guideline for patient management. Any procedures, medications, or other courses of diagnosis or treatment discussed or suggested in this activity should not be used by clinicians without evaluation of their patient's conditions and possible contraindications on dangers in use, review of any applicable manufacturer's product information, and comparison with recommendations of other authorities.

USER INSTRUCTIONS:
To complete this educational activity, the user will need Windows or Macintosh operating software, a connection to the internet with a 28.8 kbps MODEM or better. The computer should have an audio card with speakers. An audio player, either the Windows Media Player from Microsoft or the Flash Player plug-in from Adobe (www.adove.com) is required and either can be downloaded for free per instructions on the individual lecture pages. Acrobat Reader is required to print the CME certificate, and this can be download free from www.adobe.com.

For any questions concerning this specific activity please send an email to or email@asn-online.org, or call HDCN at 630-325-3276 during normal business hours, central standard time.

For any general questions concerning ASN CME, please contact the American Society of Nephrology.