TARGETED CanMEDS SKILLS:

• Medical Expert
• Scholar

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

1. To discuss the latest updates of KDIGO and EULAR guidelines regarding the management of lupus nephritis, in relation to induction and remission treatments.
2. To explore the benefits of usage of multiple different therapies (such as belimumab and voclosporin) to treat patients afflicted by lupus nephritis.
3. To schematize an algorithm of therapies and follow-up tests (blood tests, kidney biopsies) to optimize the management of these patients.
4. To suggest therapeutic approaches in the presence of refractory disease.

TARGETED CanMEDS SKILLS:

• Medical Expert
• Scholar

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

Using clinical cases

1. To explore the spectrum of ciliopathies and monogenic cystic renal diseases, notwithstanding polycystic kidney diseases.
2. To discuss the clinical presentation of some of these ciliopathies (nephronophthisis, Bardet-Biedl syndrome, Joubert syndrome, ciliopathies with extra-renal manifestations), ARPKD, Meckel-Gruber syndrome, tuberous sclerosis complex, or other diseases.
3. To integrate usage of genetic testing, if appropriate, to optimize the diagnosis and the management of these diseases.
4. To propose useful clinical tools to help healthcare professionals to detect and diagnose these diseases.

TARGETED CanMEDS SKILLS:

• Medical Expert
• Health Advocate
• Scholar

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

1. To recognize the problem of resistant hypertension, to discuss its major etiologies and its prevalence in reference centers.
2. To explore methods to better assess patients suffering from resistant hypertension, and to integrate useful diagnostic tools to better manage these patients.
3. To debate the benefits and limitations of renal denervation in this context.
4. To schematize useful diagnostic and therapeutic approaches for nephrologists involved in the care of these patients.

TARGETED CanMEDS SKILLS:

• Medical Expert
• Scholar
• Professional

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

1. To briefly review the prevalence, etiologies and classification of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis.
2. To explore mechanisms explaining the occurrence of this disease.
3. To discuss the benefits and limitations of usage of genetic testing in the presence of this disease, for adult patients.
4. To recommend useful therapeutic strategies to treat this disease, and debate their benefits and limitations.
5. To propose an investigation and therapeutic plan useful in the process of kidney graft, for patients suffering from end-stage kidney failure related to focal segmental glomerulosclerosis.

TARGETED CanMEDS SKILLS:

• Medical Expert
• Leader
• Health Advocate
• Scholar

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

Using clinical cases

1. To briefly review the regulation of body tonicity and the mechanisms explaining the occurrence of hyponatremia.
2. To define hyponatremia, its classification and discuss its etiologies.
3. To integrate in daily clinical practice an algorithm of investigation and approaches of hyponatremia.
4. To explore strategies to correct hyponatremia in different clinical situations, and to prevent complications related to its occurrence or to its overcorrection.
5. To propose helpful clinical tools to healthcare professionals in this context.

TARGETED CanMEDS SKILLS:

• Medical Expert
• Collaborator
• Leader
• Health Advocate
• Scholar

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

1. To briefly review the consequences of hypovolemia and hypervolemia for patients staying in intensive care units
2. To explore techniques, tools, biomarkers to assess adequately fluid needs and body fluid status of these patients, such as
1. ultrasound.
2. pulse pressure variation.
3. oxygen saturation.
4. bioimpedance.
5. some biomarkers.
6. other useful tools.
3. To discuss the impact of usage of different types of available fluids on outcomes of patients staying in intensive care unit.
4. To propose an algorithm based on useful tools and techniques to better manage these patients in the future