Event Details

• Date: Friday, May 31, 2024
• Time: 8:15 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. *Time is subject to change
• Delivery: In-person
• Location: Hamilton Convention Centre, 1 Summers Lane, Hamilton, ON

The prevalence of chronic kidney disease in Canada is increasing. To ensure patients at high risk of progressing to end-stage kidney disease are seen in a timely fashion, the Ontario Renal Network developed the Kidneywise toolkit to determine which patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) need to be evaluated by a nephrologist. This has resulted in primary care providers having to provide CKD care for patients who are early in the disease trajectory or who are at low risk of progression. This continuing medical education event has been designed to provide primary care providers with the knowledge and tools to be able to provide evidence-based renal care to low-risk patients, know when to refer to nephrology and support patients with advanced kidney disease on their illness journey in collaboration with their primary nephrologist.

Target Audience

Family Physicians, Specialists, Internists, Hospitalists, Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners, Registered Nurses, Residents, Students, and Other Health Professionals.

Learning Objectives

By attending this activity, participants will be able to:

• Learn how to advance health equity within kidney disease.
• Apply an approach to the identification, diagnosis, and management of chronic kidney disease.
• Identify resources available to primary care providers for assisting in the identification and management of chronic kidney disease.
• Understand when and how to use new and emerging therapies in the management of chronic kidney disease.
• Determine which patients require nephrology referral and which can be managed by their primary care provider and be able to counsel their patients in this regard.
• Develop a basic understanding of renal transplantation and an approach to post-transplantation primary care.
• Develop an approach to dietary counselling for patients with chronic kidney disease.
• Apply an approach to the diagnosis and management of hyponatremia and hyperkalemia in the outpatient setting.

Accreditation Statement

McMaster University, Continuing Professional Development Program (CPD) is fully accredited by the Committee on Accreditation of Continuing Medical Education (CACME) to provide CFPC Mainpro+ and RCPSC Maintenance of Certification (MOC) study credits for Continuing Medical Education.

This one-credit-per-hour Group-Learning program meets the certification criteria of the College of Family Physicians of Canada and has been certified by the McMaster University Continuing Professional Development Program for up to 4.75 Mainpro+ credits.

This activity is an Accredited Group Learning Activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and approved by McMaster University Continuing Professional Development Program. You may claim a maximum of 4.75 MOC Section 1 hours (credits are automatically calculated)

Through an agreement between the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and the American Medical Association, physicians may convert Royal College MOC credits to AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Information on the process to convert Royal College MOC credit to AMA credit can be found at https://edhub.ama-assn.org/pages/about-ama-education.

Each attendee should only claim the hours they attended.

Agenda

*Agenda is subject to change

08:15–09:00
Registration and Breakfast

09:00–09:10
Opening Remarks
Dr. Meera Joseph
Assistant Professor, McMaster University

Morning Plenary Session

09:10–09:35
Equity and kidney disease
Dr. Scott Brimble
Professor, McMaster University

09:35–10:00
ABCs of renal transplantation and what to watch for in primary care
Dr. Ali Iqbal
Assistant Professor, McMaster University

10:00–10:25
Approach to hyperkalemia and hyponatremia in the outpatient setting
Dr. Catherine Clase
Professor, McMaster University

10:25–10:45
Refreshment Break

10:45–11:10
Dietary considerations in CKD
Cathryn Smith, RD
St. Joseph’s Healthcare

11:10–11:35
Kidneywise: How to manage and when to refer
Dr. Matthew Miller
Associate Professor, McMaster University

11:35–12:05
Panel discussion
Nephrology Staff

12:05–13:00
Lunch

Afternoon Group Session

13:30–15:30
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) small group problems with focus on new and emerging therapies
Nephrology Staff

15:30–15:45
Wrap-up