Online pre-registration has closed; however, RPA will accept on-site registrations at the hotel.

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Plan to attend RPA's Advance Practitioner Annual Conference in Brooklyn, New York.

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Registration Fees:
Meeting materials, continental breakfast, breaks, lunch and reception are included in your registration fee.

To qualify for the member fee you must be a member of either the:

• Renal Physicians Association (RPA)*
  *RPA physician members may send their nurse practitioners and physician assistants at the member price.

OR

• American Academy of Nephrology Physician Assistants (AANPA)

**This rate is for those who plan to attend the full conference on July 23-24

Educational Objectives:
At the conclusion of the workshop, participants should be able to:

• Recognize symptoms and side effects related to dialysis and common therapeutic strategies to treat these maladies
• Analyze the variety of imaging tools typically used in nephrology care and review common electrocardiographic (ECG) findings in patients with kidney failure
• Apply vascular access care including hemodynamics, anatomy, physiology and long term management strategies for the
  dialysis vascular access
• Summarize the preparation of the US healthcare system to deliver care to all patients with CKD
• Identify the major categories in diseases and clinical presentations that result in kidney failure
• Review the major comorbid conditions that impact ESRD care and complications in dialysis with a review of strategies to mitigate their impact on ESRD patients
• Describe the framework for being an effective nephrology consultant to other healthcare providers in both the inpatient and outpatient sites of care.
• Identify key laboratory markers to be included in the monthly review of ESRD patients
• Classify early mid and long term post transplant care renal allograft issues
• Apply therapeutic strategies and predict expected outcomes in the management of the pregnant dialysis patient
• Explain the recently adopted conditions for coverage for dialysis facilities
• Apply effective methods to talk to patients about their renal disease and optimally educate them on how to improve their own outcomes

For more details, view the meeting agenda.

Continuing Education
This program has been reviewed and is approved for a maximum of 15.5 hours of AAPA Category I CME credit by the Physician Assistant Review Panel. Physician assistants should claim only those hours actually spent participating in the CME activity. This program was planned in accordance with AAPA’s CME Standards for Live Programs and for Commercial Support of Live Programs.

This program has been submitted to the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners for continuing education credit.

ADA

CME Consultants and the Renal Physicians Association fully intend to comply with the legal requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. If any participant of this conference is in need of accommodation, please do not hesitate to contact the RPA office at 301-468-3515.

Dissemination

CME Consultants has authorized Genzyme to disseminate this activity announcement to the medical community.

FDA Disclosure

The contents of some CME activities may contain discussions of non-approved or off-label uses of some of the agents mentioned. Please consult the prescribing information for full disclosure of approved uses.

This meeting was made possible through an educational grant provided by:
Genzyme Corporation