General Information
Through ISN's Continuing Medical Education (CME) program, the Society brings essential teaching and training to some 14,000 doctors and health care practitioners in the emerging world annually. These medical professionals would otherwise be limited in their exposure to formal nephrology education. The CME Program is a COMGAN Global Outreach Program.
Programs typically focus on:
- General Nephrology
- Prevention of CKD
- Basic Science
- Hemodialysis
- Peritoneal Dialysis
- Transplantation
- Renal Pathology
- Tropical Nephrology
- Renal Registries
Prevention, dialysis and transplantation are three of the most requested CME topics. Virtually every national nephrology society in the world has partnered with ISN to offer prevention, dialysis and/or transplantation programs, and many do so on a regular basis.
ISN's roster of just over 200 speakers includes most of the world's leading authorities in the field. They participate on a completely volunteer basis.
Visit the Conference Center to search for upcoming CME courses.
CME attendance in Mozambique
ISN-COMGAN offers support to the local meeting organizers on several fronts:
- Help and advice in establishing a suitable scientific program developed to meet the precise needs of the local nephrological community.
- Advice in selecting expert speakers in relation to the scientific program.
- Funding the travel of a maximum of 3 ISN- COMGAN sponsored speakers.
- Involving the ISN- COMGAN regional sub-committee for advice and support.
ISN-COMAN CME Requirements:
- In order to be eligible for support, a CME meeting is to have a formal scientific programme as well as national or intra-regional attendance of at least 70-100 expected participants. Classroom type courses for in-house faculty are not considered eligible.
- Applications should be received at least 3 to 6 months prior to the start of the meeting.
- ISN COMGAN CME supported speakers give at least 2 lectures per CME and agree to send their slides to the ISN after the meeting.
- Speakers should be active ISN members and should declare their COI
- The Organisation of the event, will be asked to submit a report after the meeting. The information provided in the report will be posted on the ISN Gateway. If possible, a delegates list should be added to the report. A report template is provided here below.
If you would like ISN's involvement or support to organize a CME meeting in your region, please submit the CME Application Form to the CME Chair, Prof. Norbert Lameire and to the ISN Global Operations Center.
In order to submit your CME report, please use the Report Template.
CME Application Form
(doc, 53.5 KB)
CME Post-Meeting Report
(doc, 409.5 KB)
Drs. N. Lameire and J. Dirks attend a CME in Nigeria
Contact
CME Program Chairman: Professor Norbert Lameire (Belgium) (isabel.vandorpe@ugent.be)
Staff Contact: Ms Sophie Dupuis
ISN Global Outreach Programs Coordinator
ISN Global Operations Center
22-24 Rue du Luxembourg
1000 Brussels, Belgium
sdupuis@isn-online.org
