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17th Annual Scientific Meeting - Learning Objectives


ASDIN VIRTUAL 17th Annual Scientific Meeting Learning Objectives

 

Educational Objectives:

PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS/BEATHARD INTERVIEW
Discuss the current and future state of dialysis vascular access and the impact of recent changes in the field of Interventional Nephrology.

ESSENTIAL DIALYSIS ACCESS PROCEDURES DURING A PANDEMIC
Discuss the effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on dialysis vascular access practitioners and practice including infection, impact on ESRD patients, and dialysis access in general and specifically in an office-based setting.

LITERATURE UPDATE
Describe and discuss key and relevant recent literature that has impacted interventional nephrology and dialysis access.

INTERESTING CASE DISCUSSION/INTERESTING CASE DISCUSSION – PART II
Discuss differing treatment approaches to difficult vascular access cases.

ASSOCIATE SESSION
Discuss concepts of the KDOQI Guidelines, percutaneous AVF, Home Dialysis and the impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on dialysis vascular access.
Primary Target Audience is Nurses, Radiology Techs, Dialysis Techs, and Administrators, but all audiences are welcome to attend.

TUNNELED DIALYSIS CATHETERS
Discuss innovations in TDCs including bedside placement, catheter locks, device selection and translumbar and transhepatic access.

PERITONEAL DIALYSIS
Discuss the Best Practices in PD Placement, including placement at bedside, ultrasound guided placement, catheter salvage, general utilization and AAKH impact on PD utilization.

THE NEPRHOLOGIST AS AN ULTRASONOGRAPHER – UTILIZING POINT OF CARE ULTRASOUND OT IMPROVE PATIENT CARE
Discuss aspects of integrating POCUS into dialysis access practice including volume assessment, lung assessment, cannulation, transplant evaluation, and renal artery stenosis management.

RESEARCH KEYNOTE
Discuss the current and future state of dialysis vascular access research.

RESEARCH GRANT AND ORAL ABSTRACT PRESENTATIONS
Describe and discuss aspects of current ASDIN research grant activities and research abstract presentations.

CONDUCTING CLINICAL TRAILS IN VASCULAR ACCESS RESEARCH
Describe Best Practices in clinical research in the field of dialysis access.

MENTORSHIP FOR FELLOWS
Compare and contrast career opportunities and paths for physicians-in-training in academic medicine and private practice.

endoAVF
Identify the pros and cons of various aspects of the new endoAVFs in terms of maturation, maintenance, cannulation, and outcomes.

VASCULAR ACCESS SOCIETY OF THE AMERICAS (VASA) SESSION
Discuss surgical techniques and procedures in dialysis access practice.

ACCESS MONITORING AND SURVEILLANCE
Discuss a variety of surveillance methods including machine learning, Transonic surveillance, and predictors of maturation.

DISPARITY TOPICS
Discuss the impact of disparity on dialysis access patients including disparity for elderly and racial/ethnic divides.

PRAGMATIC APPROACHES TO VASCULAR ACCESS INNOVATION
Discuss innovations in dialysis access including new devices and techniques.

SOCIETY OF INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY (SIR) SESSION
Discuss interventional and radiological techniques and procedures in dialysis access practice.