Renal Medicine-CKD: new medicines and tools

Wednesday

11 December

2024

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Overview

Online Half Day Course

With the huge advances in monitoring and treatments for people with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) to improve cardiorenal outcomes - this half day online course provides a timely synopsis for Nephrologists, General Physicians, and specialists such as Cardiologists and General Practitioners.

Topics covered by our respected speakers include:

Update on UK Kidney Association Guidelines on anaemia in CKD
SGLT2 inhibitors: pushing the boundaries
Predicting risk in CKD

By the end of this event you will:

Have an enhanced understanding of Renal Anaemia Management in CKD
Improved decision making skills with SGLT2 Inhibitors and GLP1 Receptor Agonists
Be better equipped in the Application of Risk Prediction Tools in CKD, to improve clinical practice and patient outcomes

Delegates will have access to the live event and also to catch-up for 6 months following the live webstream, ensuring plenty of time to watch and rewatch at your convenience.

Please note this event will be online only.

CPD

Please note in keeping with Federation regulations CPD certificates can only be sent to those who have completed the attendance/feedback survey before the close, which is 8 January 2025, 28 days following the live event.

We cannot extend past this date. Therfore, please ensure you complete the survey before this date to receive your CPD credit certificate.

Organising Committee

Professor Sunil Bhandari (Chair)

Dr Jane Goddard

Dr Rob Hunter

Programme

12:30	Welcome Slides
13:00	Welcome and Introductory Remarks Dr Jane Goddard, Consultant Nephrologist, NHS Lothian & Organising Committee

Session 1

Chair: Dr Jane Goddard, Consultant Nephrologist, NHS Lothian & Organising Committee

13:00	UK Kidney Association (UKKA) Clinical Practice Guideline on Anaemia of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) (2024) Professor Sunil Bhandari, Professor of Nephrology (Hull) & Vice President of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (England & Wales) * what is new in the updated renal anaemia guidelines? * how should we manage iron deficiency in CKD? * the role of novel oral agents (HIF PHis) in non-dialysis and dialysis-dependent CKD
13:45	SGLT2 inhibitors: pushing the boundaries Dr Kaitlin Mayne, Clinical Research Fellow (Oxford) & Renal Specialty Registrar (Glasgow),@KaitlinMayne * should we use SGLT2i in the frail and older person * what is the role for SGLT2i in patients with CKD but minimal albuminuria?
14:25	Finerenone (nsMRA): finding its place in treatment protocol Dr Will Hinchliffe, Consultant in Renal Medicine (Sunderland) * do we really need an additonal therapy in type 2 diabetes mellitus now we have SGLT2i and GLP1 receptor agonists? * does the real life experience of using nsMRAs match the RCT results?
15:05	Break

Session 2

Chair: Dr Rob Hunter, Consultant Nephrologist, NHS Lothian & Organising Committee, @renalrob

15:15	GLP1 receptor agonists: ration carefully or give to everyone? Speaker tbc * is the FLOW study truley another paradigm shift in diabetic kidney disease management? * starting patients on GLP1 receptor agonist: what practice pointers do we need to know? * should we be offering these drugs to every person with CKD and type 2 diabetes mellitus
15:55	Predicting risk in CKD Speaker tbc * is KDPredict better than the Kidney Failure Risk Equation (KFRE)? * how should we be using risk prediction tools for CKD in clinical practice?

16:35

Thanks and close

Fees

Attendance options

This is an online half day course. Catch-up on the Education Portal will be available for all registered delegates until 6 months after the live broadcast (11 June 2025)


		Fee
Standard Delegate Fee		£135
RCPE Member (Collegiate & Associate) & Fellow discounted rate		£85
Allied Health Professional		£85
RCPE Retired Fellow & RCPE Foundation Member		£35
RCPE Fellow in low or lower-middle income country, RCPE Student		£0

Invoices

If you wish us to invoice an employer/organisation, please contact the Event Coordinator. Payment via invoice is not available for online booking.

Free places

Refugee doctors – free places are available to refugee doctors who are Associate Members of the College. Associate Membership for refugee doctors is available free of charge. Please visit our website for instructions on how to join, and then apply to the Symposium Co-ordinator for your free place.

Cancellation policy

If you have to cancel your place within 3 days of this event, we regret that we are unable to provide a refund. However, you may nominate someone else to take your place at the discretion of the event co-ordinator.

Further Information

This event is open to all grades of medical, health care and scientific staff and to students. If you are unsure about eligibility, or the correct fee category, please contact the RCPE member of staff responsible for the event (see Fees page).

Please note that on occasion event programmes may be subject to change due to unforeseen circumstances.

Certificates

Please note in keeping with Federation regulations CPD certificates can only be sent to those who have completed the attendance/feedback survey before the close, which is 8 January 2025, 28 days following the live event.

We cannot extend past this date. Therfore, please ensure you complete the survey before this date to receive your CPD credit certificate.

On-demand Access

All presentations will be available to view on-demand by delegates from the second working day after the live event for 6 months, allowing you to catch-up in your own time. All delegates will have access to view the talks on-demand again during this period.

Venue:

Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, RCPE Online, Edinburgh, Online

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Event Coordinator

Marie Allan

Telephone

+ 44 (0)131 247 3680

Email

m.allan@rcpe.ac.uk