Renal: Next steps in learning...
Your education as a professional never stops, but here are some suggestions to take you beyond what's on this site.
If you have an interest in caring for patients with renal
disease, then consider joining the
UK Renal Pharmacy Group. It’s
an opportunity to make contact with colleagues with similar interests, share expert resources, receive
training, and keep up-to-date. Most of the RPG website is only accessible to
members, but the site provides
free beginners lectures on guide to chronic kidney disease, acute kidney injury and pharmacokinetics and drug dosing in renal impairment. It also has as some brief leaflets on these topics as well as one on caring for a patient with a kidney transplant and one on haemodialysis.
CPPE has links to useful resources via its
renal gateway page including an introduction to renal therapeutics, hospital and community case stuides and a quiz.
The Kidn-e Project is a collaboration between the
Renal Association, the Royal College of Physicians, and e-LfH. Interactive case-based modules cover the causes,
assessment, diagnosis and management of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) and Chronic
Kidney Disease (CKD). The Kidn-e programme is available to NHS staff in England
via the
Electronic Staff Record. Your tutor or education & training lead
can show you how to access this.
