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Our goal for this series is to explore nephrology as a career and provide some insight into why people choose to pursue it. We’ll explore what day to day life is like for nephrologists at different points in their careers with various interests and expertise. We’ll talk about why it’s exciting, why it’s challenging, and why we hope more physicians will pursue nephrology as a specialty.
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The National Kidney Foundation is the leading organization in the U.S. dedicated to the awareness, prevention and treatment of kidney disease for hundreds of thousands of healthcare professionals, millions of patients and their families, and tens of millions of Americans at risk. For more information, visit www.kidney.org.
Our goal for this series is to explore nephrology as a career and provide some insight into why people choose to pursue it. We’ll explore what day to day life is like for nephrologists at different points in their careers with various interests and expertise. We’ll talk about why it’s exciting, why it’s challenging, and why we hope more physicians will pursue nephrology as a specialty.
Promoting Advance Care Planning Among Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease
Life as a Nephrology Professional
24 minutes 25 seconds
1 year ago
Promoting Advance Care Planning Among Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease
Utilizing a creative and interactive approach within an interdisciplinary team promotes easy conversation around difficult topics such as advance care planning. Effective communication between team members and with patients helps increase awareness of this critical topic. Join our host and guests in a discussion focused on why, despite the availability of numerous tools designed to assist professionals in guiding patients through the process of planning for future healthcare needs, a noticeable gap persists between our aspirations and the current reality.
Learn more on this topic from the SCM24 abstract, Promoting Advance Care Planning Among Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease, published in April 2024 in the Journal of Nephrology Social Work.
Host: Raphy Rosen, MD
Guests: Michelle Rowlett, MSW, LICSW & Grace Scarborough, RDN, CD
Life as a Nephrology Professional
The National Kidney Foundation is the leading organization in the U.S. dedicated to the awareness, prevention and treatment of kidney disease for hundreds of thousands of healthcare professionals, millions of patients and their families, and tens of millions of Americans at risk. For more information, visit www.kidney.org.
Our goal for this series is to explore nephrology as a career and provide some insight into why people choose to pursue it. We’ll explore what day to day life is like for nephrologists at different points in their careers with various interests and expertise. We’ll talk about why it’s exciting, why it’s challenging, and why we hope more physicians will pursue nephrology as a specialty.
