Curriculum
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About this course
This course provides a comprehensive clinical approach to chronic kidney disease (CKD), focusing on identifying reversible causes, slowing disease progression, and managing CKD due to diabetic and non-diabetic conditions. It covers assessment, diagnosis, and treatment strategies for glomerular diseases, UTIs, and kidney stones. You'll learn about vascular access for dialysis, indications for referral, and management in special populations like pregnant women, children, and the elderly. Key topics include hypertension and diabetes in CKD, nutritional therapy, and care for dialysis and transplant patients. The course also emphasises on the importance of early detection and individualized patient care.Course Structure
Text-based modules - 12
Video lectures - 12
Qualification for certificate
For successful completion of the course minimum passing percentage required is 70%
Eligibility criteria
Candidates must hold an MBBS degree from a recognized institute
Contact Us
For more details please contact
Kupgrade: Ms Aqsa Ali
Email: aqsa@kupgrade.com
Telephone: 021 135315677
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Course Directors
Dr. Ahad Qayyum
Dr. Ahad Qayyum is a Consultant Nephrologist and Medical Director & Chief of Nephrology at a leading trust hospital in Pakistan. He has specialist training in Peritoneal Dialysis and Renal Transplantation from the Royal London Hospital, UK, and Shaikh Zayed Hospital, Lahore. His academic and clinical work has contributed to establishing an ISPD-recognised Peritoneal Dialysis training centre and advancing transplant services in Pakistan. His current research focuses on Green Nephrology and reducing the environmental impact of dialysis.
Dr. Kieran Walsh
Clinical director - BMJ Learning and BMJ Best Practice, UK
Dr Kieran Walsh is the clinical lead of the medical education and clinical decision support products at BMJ. He has a vast amount of experience in online medical education, clinical decision support, face to face delivery of medical education, and both summative and formative assessment. He has published over 200 papers in biomedical literature and has written four books: the first and only book on cost effectiveness in medical education; a dictionary of quotations in medical education; a history of medical education in 100 images; and the Oxford Textbook of Medical Education. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Educators, and Adjunct Associate Professor at Monash University. In the past he has worked as a hospital doctor specialising in General Internal Medicine and Geriatric Medicine.
Course Objectives
- Understand the treatment of reversible causes of renal failure in a patient with chronic kidney disease (CKD), and implement measures to slow the progression of kidney disease
- Basic principles of clinical assessment and management of CKD due to diabetic and other non-diabetic kidney diseases, glomerular diseases, UTIs, and renal calculi diseases
- Evaluate the need, various types, and correct time for creating a vascular access in dialysis
- Identify high-risk groups; understand the pathophysiology; decode the clinical presentation; form the diagnosis of CKD, and prevent its complications
- Explore complete management of CKD and indications for referral to a nephrologist
- Understand and evaluate chronic kidney disease in special populations like pregnant women, the elderly, and children
- Learn the management of CKD associated with diabetes and hypertension
- Learn to manage protein-energy wasting by understanding focused nutritional therapy.
