General Information
As one of the youngest disciplines in internal medicine, Nephrology became recognized as a specialty only in the second half of the 20th century. This recognition was soon followed by the development of training programs to educate future researchers, teachers, and practitioners in this field.
Recognizing the importance of improving the training of nephrologists in developing areas of the world, the ISN Global Outreach (GO) Programs created an Education Committee to provide clarity and support on this issue.
Activities
The Education Committee recently developed a set of recommendations and a curriculum which incorporate the input of various Nephrology societies as well as suggestions resulting from several ISN meetings:
- The Core Curriculum for Postgraduate Training in Nephrology provides a detailed curriculum for the optimal training of nephrologists.
- The recommendations for Post Graduate Training in Nephrology set out minimum requirements for the training of nephrologists worldwide.
Since the beginning of 2008 the Education Committee has undertaken the responsibility of several Global Outreach Programs and initiatives that have the potential to be of a particularly high educational impact among which the Educational Ambassadors Program.
COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Chair: Saraladevi Naicker (South Africa) Saraladevi.Naicker@wits.ac.za
Co-Chair : Vivekanand Jha (India) vjha@pginephro.org
Marc Courtenay (Canada)
Valerie Luyckx (Canada)
Vishnu Moorthy (USA)
Laszlo Rosivall (Hungary)
Peter Stenvinkel (Sweden)
Natalia Tomilina (Russia)
Neil Turner (UK)
Tushar Vachharajani (USA)
Luis Yu (Brazil)
Ming-hui Zhao (China)
Advisory members
Giovambattista Capasso (Italy)
Ricardo Correa Rotter (Mexico)
Michael Field (Australia)
Pablo Massari (Argentina)
Asghar Rastegar (USA)
Nestor Schor (Brazil)
Raymond Vanholder (Belgium)
Zaki Morad Mohamed Zaher (Malaysia)
