Conferences form an important part of the nephrology fellowship training program. A series of case-based and didactic lectures have been assembled to meet the educational goals of the program. These include:
Nephrology Case Conference
Weekly. Attended by the nephrology consult service and the inpatient service team. The nephrology resident is responsible for presenting cases at this conference or in assisting other team members in the preparation of their cases. This conference also serves as a morbidity and mortality conference as issues of quality of care and complications of treatment may arise.
Nephrology Morning Report
Weekly meeting focused on the clinical management of complicated hospitalized patients seen by either the nephrology consult or inpatient service teams. It also provides an opportunity for consult or inpatient service residents to update other residents or attendings on the progress of their hospitalized patients.
Dialysis Care Conference
Multidisciplinary conference which stresses system improvement issues and individual patient data trending.
Journal club
Monthly. Each nephrology resident is responsible for presenting at least 6 journal articles per year at this conference. Additionally, journal articles may be presented by attending physicians.
Clinical Transplant Conference
Weekly multidisciplinary conference reviewing all transplant patients. Long-term medical management of transplant patients is stressed. Quality improvement indicators are reviewed and developed.
Research Conference
Monthly. Nephrology attendings and residents present the progress of their research, explore research ideas, or present interesting new findings that pertain to their field of research study. All nephrology residents are required to participate in a research project and will therefore periodically present at this conference.
Basic Science Conference
Occurs in conjunction with Nephrology Grand Rounds, but does not occur every month. Faculty typically present at this conference and may be invited from other departments.
Nephrology Grand Rounds
Monthly. Includes an extensive review of a topic within nephrology. Speakers include nephrology residents, faculty, and invited guests. The nephrology resident is expected to present at least once per year at this conference.
Renal Pathology Fellows Conference
Monthly. A didactic conference for nephrology residents and given by the ECU renal pathologist. This conference educates residents in various areas of renal pathology and prepares them to present at Renal Biopsy Conference.
Renal Biopsy Conference
Monthly. A review of 4-7 recent biopsy cases. Residents present any patients they have biopsied, and are called upon to describe pathology findings on presented tissue slides.
Nephrology Resident Lecture Series
Twice per month. This lecture series is designed to provide a didactic supplement to the nephrology residents’ clinical training and encompasses a spectrum of topics appropriate for meeting curriculum requirements. Nephrology residents are expected to attend this conference and may prepare for the lecture with reading assignments, but do not present at this conference.
Internal Medicine Grand Rounds
Weekly. All nephrology residents are expected to attend and on rare occasion may be involved in supplementary fashion in a presentation.
