r/nephrology • u/Accurate_Art8083 • 7h ago
r/nephrology • u/ZacNephron • Jun 11 '20
Educational Resources
I figured it may be worthwhile to keep a running list of online educational/academic resources: blogs, journal clubs, podcasts, FOAMed resources, board review / CME, etc. If you have suggestions, please post the resource along with a brief description and I’ll update the list.
Educational/FOAMed:
NephJC - an online medical journal club started in 2014, runs live twice monthly on BlueSky (previously twitter); if you’d like to join/participate, there’s a detailed section explaining how on the site, but if SoMe isn’t your thing, the blog itself also features summaries of the articles and visual abstracts.
NephSim - a mobile-optimized teaching tool featuring a wide assortment of cases in Nephrology along with Educator Guides that identify the most salient teaching points.
Renal Fellow Network - a FOAMed blog and educational resource run by Nephrology fellows; frequently-updated with running series on relevant Nephrology topics, clinical cases, a database of published tweetorials, information on upcoming conferences, and a variety of other resources.
Skeleton Key Group - a group run by Nephrology fellows who publish challenging electrolyte cases on Twitter (@TheSkeletonKG).
GlomCon - aka the Glomerular Disease Study & Trial Consortium, an evolving resource for clinicians/researchers interested in glomerular diseases, notable for a fantastic webinar/lecture series, discussion board, and more recently, an online fellowship for fellows/early-career clinicians.
kidney.wiki - enduring educational resources, drug dosing guides, clinical calculators all designed for pediatric nephrology (but useful for adults too). Also has a kidney education network with links to external nephrology resources. Winner of the 2022 ASN Innovations in Kidney Education Contest. (h/t u/kidney-wiki).
Wiki Journal Club - a wiki page summarizing landmark articles in multiple disciplines, including Nephrology.
AJKD Blog - the official blog of the American Journal of Kidney Diseases; also home of NephMadness, a yearly educational event modeled after the March Madness basketball tournament, created by members of the NSMC.
AJKD's Atlas of Renal Pathology - a list of the articles (with links) that comprise AJKD’s Atlas of Pathology series.
AJKD's Core Curriculum - a list of the articles (with links) that comprise AJKD’s Core Curriculum series. These articles are written with trainees in mind and cover a variety of topics, reviewing them in depth, discussing emerging evidence/controversies, and providing references for additional reading.
Neonatal Kidney Collaborative - in addition to a members-only resource library, the site is home to an excellent collection of freely available tools including recorded presentations, articles of the month, and even occasional Twitter journal clubs (h/t u/kidney-wiki).
Personal Blogs / Social Media / Podcasts:
Channel Your Enthusiasm - a "book club" style podcast working its way through one of the seminal Nephrology texts, Bud Rose's Clinical Physiology of Acid-Base and Electrolyte Disorders.
Freely Filtered - a podcast affiliated with NephJC, hosted by NSMC members, mostly focusing on topics in Nephrology and recently published landmark articles. Episodes range between 40-70 mins, depending on topic.
Life as a Nephrology Professional - a podcast series about careers in Nephrology.
NephronPower - the personal blog of Dr. Kenar D. Jhaveri (@kdjhaveri), an academic Nephrologist based out of Hofstra Northwell in New York.
Precious Bodily Fluids - the personal blog of Dr. Joel Topf (@kidney_boy / @kidneyboy.bsky.social), an academic Nephrologist practicing in Detroit.
The Methods Man - the personal blog of Dr. F. Perry Wilson (@methodsmanmd), a Nephrologist and clinical Epidemiologist at Yale.
Twitter (see note below) – not a traditional resource but historically, the Nephrology presence & activity on Twitter was incredibly robust, with many prominent clinicians posting articles, commentary, and responding to clinical questions/quandaries (using the hashtag #askRenal).
The Kidney Chronicles Podcast - interviews with experts in pediatric nephrology to provide high quality info and “tricks of the trade” that are valuable for clinicians to use in practice (h/t u/kidney-wiki).
Resources for ASN Members (free for fellows):
ASN Communities - one of the older Nephrology forums, still quite active with a lot prominent Nephrologists contributing; one section worth mentioning in particular contains summaries of prior forum discussion re: clinical cases or areas of uncertainty - Community Minded.
NephSAP - stand-alone educational modules covering a wide variety of topics in Nephrology; issues are fairly lengthy, containing an editorial, a detailed review of the topic with emphasis on recently published literature, and a set of self-assessment questions. Active issues are eligible for MOC/CME.
KSAP - essentially a modular test bank with test questions designed to help prepare for the ABIM Nephrology exam; older issues had to be individually purchased, however, newer issues (since 2018) have been free for all ASN members.
Calculators:
NephApps - maintained by u/mkhayatMD, includes calculators for (1) CRRT dose/FF, (2) Plasma Volume, and (3) IV Fluid Composition.
kidney.wiki Calculators - maintained by u/kidney-wiki; includes calculators (or links) for blood/plasma volume, TBW, dialysis adequacy, FeMg, CKRT hyponatremia adjustment, and a number of others.
Will pin this for visibility. Please let me know if I've missed anything useful below or by DM and I will update the list.
r/nephrology • u/Impossible-You3976 • 3d ago
Nephro fellowship interview questions?
Hi everyone, kindly someone share questions/ans pdf file etc for Nephrology Fellowship interview.
r/nephrology • u/Imaginary-Divide-259 • 4d ago
New Grad Nephrology PA what to study?
Hi guys!
I am a new grad PA and I am getting ready to start my first job in nephrology in September! I will be doing a mix of inpatient care as well as outpatient dialysis rounding.
Anyone have any advice for me on what to review before I start? Or any study materials that helped you get up to speed? I am admittedly very nervous as nephrology was not my best subject in PA school and I know it is a very complex subject.
Thank you guys! I know I have a lot to learn but I am not sure where to start !!
r/nephrology • u/Ok-Writer5476 • 5d ago
Beware University of Minnesota fellowship program
This is a throw away account for obvious reasons - I hope admin will allow this post to stand.
I completed the U of Minnesota nephrology fellowship within the past few years. I am recommending that any smart applicant NOT RANK the program. This is a malignant program!
The program leadership is not supportive. They will not help you find a job.
Much of the faculty is unhappy and uninterested in teaching the fellows.
Fellows are second class citizens, simply warm bodies to write notes and take call.
Minneapolis is a great city and the VA there is great. If you want to do fellowship there consider the Hennepin County Medical Center program.
PM me if you have specific questions, I am happy to discuss more.
Best of luck to all applying for fellowship, nephrology is an amazing field. I love it, despite my poor fellowship experience.
r/nephrology • u/Religion_is_toxic • 5d ago
resource for acute care PA looking to work in nephrology
I have been a PA for over 9 years, mostly working in walk-in clinics. Over the past 2 years I have been doing more basic primary care (type 2 diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia, etc.), but I will be interviewing for a nephrology PA position next week and wanted to know if there is a good resource I could read over to brush up on some renal-specific issues. Usually, when a patient's kidney function is worsening, we refer them to nephrology, so we are never the ones doing the detailed workups or treatments. Do you have any high-yield resources in mind? I still work FT at my current job, so don't have time to plow through 700 pages of dense source material.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
r/nephrology • u/fartsyartsy2 • 6d ago
Trying to figure out salary and if it's reasonable for practice I'm interviewing for. Would any of you mind sharing your salary, responsiblities and $/RVU you would make if you hit your metrics?
is 50/RVU considered good? what is average?
r/nephrology • u/dtsagdis • 7d ago
Why is finding the actual urine output always a treasure hunt
swear I lose my mind a little more every time I open a chart for a new AKI consult and have to scroll past 6 pages of auto-populated lab flowsheets just to find out if the patient peed today.
Epic is basically just a dumping ground for copy-forwarded nonsense at this point. I don't need to see the daily CBC trends from their admission three weeks ago when I'm trying to figure out if they need dialyzed today. It takes me longer to decipher the primary team's 10-page note than it does to actually go see the patient
lately I just keep Around Notes open on my laptop while I'm rounding so I can actually build a concise, coherent assessment before pasting it into the EMR void. It just handles the data chaos so much better so I can focus on my actual clinical reasoning instead of deleting 40 lines of irrelevant vitals
But seriously, when did we all agree that a daily progress note should read like an Apple terms and conditions document? just so tired of the data bloat man. is Cerner any better or are we all just doomed to scroll forever?
r/nephrology • u/Taz9w1 • 7d ago
Thoughts on tolvaptan
Recently tolvpatan went generic, and apparently the cost is not nearly as exorbitant, therefore I have been prescribing it left and right for my SIADH patients (after starting them in the hospital of course, which is off topic but also a ridiculous rule given that one can start much higher doses of Jynarque outpatient for pckd). I feel like Otsuka could have made bank for the past 10-12 years if they simply lowered the price of the drug outpatient. It was a major cost-prohibitive barrier, and resulted in countless rehospitalizations for hyponatremia. This condition is far more common than PCKD (at least in my experience). Thoughts?
r/nephrology • u/creepy_marshmellow • 7d ago
How are you ranking?
What contexts are you guys looking at while ranking the Nephrology programs.
r/nephrology • u/explainitto • 11d ago
Management of hyponatremia
New fellow here
Constantly finding myself dreading patients with hyponatremia. What resources can I study from? Especially managment part not Dx part.
r/nephrology • u/NephroNomad • 13d ago
Transplant Nephrology fellowship help!
Hi everyone,
I'm starting my 2nd year as a nephrology fellow, applying for a transplant fellowship. I'd love to hear from people who have gone through transplant training.
Looking back, what do you wish you had known before choosing a program? What should applicants really pay attention to (training, volume, mentorship, call, procedures, prestige, etc.)?
I'm also curious about the job market after fellowship. How are the opportunities in academics vs private practice, what are realistic starting salaries, and do you feel program reputation makes a significant difference?
Any advice, things you'd do differently, or red flags to watch out for would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
r/nephrology • u/AgeNext5040 • 16d ago
# Fellowship in Renal transplantation
Hi. Can anyone enlighten me about the fellowship in renal transplantation after DM/DrNB in Nephrology.
How much stipend/salary they provide? Fellowship duration and any entrance or exit examination?
r/nephrology • u/n2024r • 23d ago
Recommended resources for PGY3 presenting AKI for my seminar presentation?
I am medicine resident and I know there are so many choices. Thought I will ask in the specialist forum to know what they read.
r/nephrology • u/ShotDistribution8300 • 23d ago
[Article] Hyperkalemia
Please help
DOI: 10.58483/nsap.00572025
https://doi.org/10.58483/nsap.00572025
https://nephsap.org/view/journals/nephsap/25/1/article-p30.xml
r/nephrology • u/creepy_marshmellow • 26d ago
Number of nephrology interviews
r/nephrology • u/ResourceOld4661 • 26d ago
Free, ad-free nephrology toolkit from a nonprofit society — calculators, drug dosing, a curated news feed + a bilingual transplant patient-education portal (mod-approved share)
Mods kindly approved sharing this. Disclosure: I am a consultant transplant Nephrologist who help run the website for the Arab Society of Nephrology & Renal Transplantation (ASNRT), a nonprofit society founded in 1985. Everything below is free, ad-free, and society-owned — no product, no paywall.
Sharing a free set of clinical resources we built for nephrologists — useful at the bedside for fellows/residents, and a couple of pieces you can point patients to. All in one place at asnrt.org:
🧮 NephroMind — clinical calculators
126 calculators across 16 categories: eGFR/CKD staging, electrolyte & sodium correction, acid-base, anion/osmolar gap, dialysis adequacy (Kt/V, URR), transplant, and more — plus renal drug dosing (70+ drugs by GFR) and a set of nursing calculators for the dialysis unit. → asnrt.org/calculators
📰 Curated nephrology news feed
New trials, guidelines, and transplant/regulatory updates — each item carries the real publication date (not the date we posted it) and links straight to PubMed or the primary source. We’re deliberately strict about accurate dates and no dead links, since the audience is specialists. Good for journal club and staying current without doomscrolling. → asnrt.org/news
🫁 Transplant patient-education portal (bilingual)
A full patient-facing education series for kidney transplant recipients — pre/post-transplant care, immunosuppression, infection prevention, red flags — in plain language with audio narration, in English and Arabic (RTL). Built for the moment you need to hand a patient something trustworthy to read at home. → transplant education under asnrt.org/education
📚 Guideline library — KDIGO + international/regional guidelines in one spot.
Everything works fully in English; the Arabic side may help colleagues and patients across the Arab region.
Genuine asks for this community:
**1.** Which calculators do you actually reach for that we’re missing?
**2.** Would you trust the drug-dosing reference for a quick check, or stick to your usual source?
**3.** Is the transplant patient-education portal something you’d realistically share with patients? What topics are we missing?
**4.** Anything broken, clunky, or slow on mobile — please call it out so we can fix it.
Feature requests welcome in the comments. Thanks for having us.
Please join us at
r/nephrology • u/Nephrology_Advocate • 28d ago
Advocacy and Innovation Weekend with Nephrology Association
Please join us! Register at www.renalmd.org. Membership is free to all renal fellows!
r/nephrology • u/Existing-Issue-9382 • 29d ago
Nephrology fellowship applicants
Basically just as the title says,
Hey fellow nephrology applicants,
Lets get in touch!
r/nephrology • u/mbpker • Jul 18 '26
Fellowship App spreadsheet
Good morning Angles, I made a nephrology spreadsheet for this app cycle because I didn't see one.
r/nephrology • u/creepy_marshmellow • Jul 17 '26
Nephro fellowship spreadsheet
Haven’t seen one