This document discusses opportunities for online education in nephrology. It identifies many free resources available online, including blogs, websites, videos, and social media platforms. However, it notes that one challenge is curating and organizing the large amount of available educational content. Mentorship and sharing clinical experience and judgment are also important parts of learning that can be difficult to provide online. The future may involve more interactive online education models like massively open online courses and games to help address these challenges.

1. Cybernephrology: The
internet and training of
nephrologists
1Daniel Schwartz, MD | Oct 17, 2014

2. Disclosure
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Medical leadership, founder @ QxMD

3. Objectives
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• Recognize the opportunity for digital
education in nephrology
• Identify high-yield resources for online
nephrology education

4. Learning Nephrology
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• Access to content
• Primary literature
• Summaries
• Comprehension of concepts
• Acquisition of judgement/wisdom
• Being human: caring/compassion

5. 5
Drowning in Educational Content

6. Free open access medical education
blog posts, podcasts, online discussions, videos, recorded presentations
FOAMed
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7. Blogs
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Bite size bits of knowledge

8. Sites
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•Reference materials
•Ask experts
•Educational Videos
•Guidelines

9. ISN Resources
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Live Streaming WCN
CME Modules ISN Young Nephrologists on Facebook

10. ASN Resources
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11. Organizing Resources
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• Institutional subscriptions

12. Organizing Resources
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• Institutional subscriptions

13. UpToDate
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Personal Subscription
UpToDate Anywhere
Institutional Subscription

14. UpToDate | Values
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• Summaries
• Evidence
• Actionable
http://www.ghdonline.org/uptodategrant/

15. Crowdsourcing education
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16. Twitter
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by @Kidney_boy
http://www.nephjc.com/twitter4nephrons/

17. Twitter journal club
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18. Free, safe photo sharing for healthcare
professionals

19. Thousands of
healthcare
professionals and
students discuss
cases together.
Do you know what
could have caused this purple urine
bag syndrome?

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21. Problem
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• 20M papers available in PubMed
• 25K journals
• 16K new papers each week
HCPs Face Information Overload
• Difficult to identify important content
HCPs Want to Apply Best Evidence &
Provide Best Care

22. Solution
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• Automated discovery and delivery of the most important
research directly to physicians
• Provide a platform for easy sharing and discussion of
published papers
Save
Time
Learn
Improve
Care

23. Read by QxMD
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Personalized
Medical Journal
qxmd.com/read

24. Future?
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25. MMOG
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26. Massively Multiplayer Online Game
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27. MOOC
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28. Massively Open Online Course
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29. Massively Open Online Course
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30. End of Paywalls?
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31. End of Paywalls?
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32. Scaling mentorship,
judgment & experience
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33. Summary
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Content not limiting factor
Challenges
• Curation
• Mentorship
• Sharing experience
Slides via twitter: @drdschwartzMD