Integrated Renal System

The year-two MD Program curriculum at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in Madison includes a course called Integrated Renal System.

Overarching Course Goals for Integrated Renal System

• Review and expand knowledge of the structure and function of the various parts of the nephron and the homeostatic role of the kidney in normal body function
  
  
• Recognize the epidemic of chronic kidney disease, the causes of this epidemic, and the medical, social, economic, and occupational effects of chronic kidney disease
  
  
• Recognize how disease processes disrupt homestatic mechanisms for fluid, electrolytes, and acid-base regulation
  
  
• Understand the diagnostic and treatment principles of secondary causes of hypertension, and the interaction of hypertension and kidney diseases
  
  
• Know the pathology and pathophysiology of glomerular kidney diseases
  
  
• Understand the principles of diagnosis and treatment of acute kidney injury
  
  
• Understand the principles of diagnosis and treatment of chronic kidney disease (CKD), including slowing its progression with nonpharmacologic and pharmacologic methods
  
  
• Understand the rationale and methods of renal replacement therapies, including dialysis and transplantation

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