CME Course

 

Optimizing CKD Care: Integrating Knowledge and Practice
 

June 21, 2007 - 09.00-13.00 hrs
Barcelona, Spain

 

ERA-EDTA
European Council for Accreditation in CME in Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation (ECANDT of the ERA-EDTA accredited by the European Accreditation Council for CME - EACCME).
Chair-person:
R. Coppo (Italy)
Secretary:
A.L.M. De Francisco (Spain)
Members:  

J. Floege (Germany)

R. Vanholder (Belgium)
A. Wiecek (Poland)
C. Zoccali (Italy)
J. Cannata-Andia, ERA-EDTA President (Spain)

 

CME Courses Coordinators:
Basic Science and Clinical Nephrology:
R. Coppo (Italy) and P. Ronco (France).
Chronic Renal Failure, Hypertension and Clinical Epidemiology:
C. Zoccali (Italy) and G. London (France).
Dialysis:
R. Vanholder (Belgium), S. Davies (UK) and C. Wanner (Germany).
Transplantation:
C. Ponticelli (Italy), A. Torres (Spain) and K. Olgaard (Denmark).
Collaboration with ISN for courses in Eastern Europe:
N. Lameire (Belgium), A. Covic (Romania).

 

Course organiser: Adeera Levin

 

Information and registration
Participation is free of charge but is open only to delegates registered in the Congress
     
If you have pre-registered to the Congress, you can participate in the Courses by simply downloading the form and send it by fax to +39-0521-959242
or by email to registrations@era-edta.org within and no later than June 7, 2007.
If you haven’t pre-registered, you will have the possibility of registering onsite, first for the Congress and thus after also for the Course, directly on June 21 starting at 8.00. Admission to the Course is limited to the seating capacity of the lecture hall, thus “first come first served” basis will be applied.
Course participants will be awarded 3 UEMS credits (convertible in AMA credits).
 
A coloured sticker will be attached to your badge at the entrance of the hall of the CME Course chosen and will entitle entrance to that course only.
 

 

 

 

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME

 

Introductory Talk
The problem of optimal and coordinated care in CKD: health Care systems and design of care 1

Donal o’Donoghue, UK

 
Talk 1
Designing CKD care: Co management with Primary Care
Paul Stevens, UK
 
Talk 2
Diabetes and CKD Care: Challenges and Opportunities

Alberto Martinez Castelao, Spain
 
 

Talk 3

CKD care in France
Marc Froissart, France
 

Workshop 1:

  • Define key elements required for CKD care (personnel, space, philosophy)
  • Describe what currently exists in your country / region
  • What tools to you currently use for care of pts (electronic, paper, educational)

Report Back: Common Themes, Key issues/ similarities/ differences between countries

 
Talk 4
Care of the Transplant Patient: Coordinating
Mariarosaria Campise, Italy
 
Talk 5
CKD Clinic Outcomes and Combined Cardiac Diabetes Kidney Care Clinic: a new paradigm
Adeera Levin, Canada
 
Talk 6
Organizing clinical care in immunological renal disease
David Jayne, UK
 

Workshop 2:

  • Define outcomes that would be important in measuring success of clinical care
  • Define process and patient outcomes separately
  • Describe key issues related to measurement of outcomes in clinical care
Report Back: Key lessons learned
 
Summary and Key Messages: A Levin