Training the next generation’s nephrology workforce

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1639-1644

  Berns, Jeffrey S ^a   Ellison, David H ^b   Linas, Stuart L ^c   Rosner, Mitchell H ^d  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; END STAGE RENAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INTERNAL MEDICINE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL STUDENT; NEPHROLOGIST; NEPHROLOGY; NOTE; PATIENT CARE; SKILL; TRAINING; EDUCATION; FORECASTING; MANPOWER; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

FORECASTING; NEPHROLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84923797223     PISSN: 15559041     EISSN: 1555905X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2215/CJN.00560114     Document Type: Note

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