Online continuing education
The American Kidney Fund (AKF) offers online courses that meet the continuing education requirements of health care professionals caring for patients with, or at risk for, kidney disease. To earn credits, select a course, complete the learning module(s), and take the associated exam and evaluation.
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American Kidney Fund's free, accredited, online CE and CME courses address critical topics related to kidney disease and are designed to meet continuing education requirements for prescribers and allied health professionals. All courses are developed, and peer reviewed by renal subject matter experts.
Kidney Diseases: Making an Accurate Diagnosis in Clinical Practice
Target audience: Nephologists, PCPs, Geneticists/Counselors, Nurses, NPs
Primary learning objective: For HCPs to gain greater competence in their ability to provide an accurate diagnosis for kidney diseases
Availability: On-demand through March 24, 2024
Educational partner: Medscape
Kidney Disease in Primary Care: From Diagnosis to Referral
Target audience: PCPs and Nephrologists
Primary learning objective: Apply the guidelines and process that PCPs should follow when referring patients to nephrologists
Availability: On-demand through December 15, 2023
Educational partner: Pri-Med
Mineralocorticoid Receptor Antagonists: Addressing Residual Risk in Patients with Cardiac Disease, T2DM, and CKD
Target audience: Nephrologists, Cardiologists, Physicians
Primary learning objective: To provide cardiologists with information about the interrelationship of CVD and renal disease and the efficacy and safety of MRAs as well as expert guidance about the role of MRAs in the management of patients with T2DM, CKD, and CVD.
Availability: On-demand through December 20, 2023
Educational partner: Rockpointe/CEA
Lowering the Burden of anemia in CKD: Looking to the Future with HIF-PHIs
Target audience: Nephrologists, Cardiologists, Nurses
Primary learning objective: To familiarize nephrology clinicians with the etiology of anemia in CKD, the effects on health outcomes, quality of life, and function, advantages and limitations of current management strategies and the economic advantages of their use, and the efficacy and safety data for HIF-PHIs in late-stage development for the management of CKD-related anemia.
Availability: On-demand through December 19, 2023
Educational partner: Rockpointe/CEA
Anemia in patients with CVD and CKD: Current Management and Potential Role of HIF-PHIs
Target audience: Cardiologists, Nephrologists, Physicians
Primary learning objective: To provide physicians with information about the etiology of anemia in CKD, the effects on CV disease, HRQOL, and function, advantages and limitations of current management strategies, and the efficacy and safety data for HIF-PHIs in late-stage development for the management of CKD-related anemia.
Availability: On-demand through November 16, 2023
Educational partner: Rockpointe/CEA
Your donation directly supports the fight against kidney disease
When you give to The American Kidney Fund, you provide lifesaving assistance directly to kidney patients who have nowhere else to turn. We help more people than any other kidney organization – from making 150 kidney transplants possible every month to delivering financial relief to 1 in 7 dialysis patients. We also fund clinical research, provide financial assistance for kidney patients affected by natural disasters, and support a National virtual pediatric camp and a Kidney Health Coach community program.