Nephrology 2.0

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Jim Says “Please Take Over This Website”

I’m off to cure diabetes be a consultant fairly soon, and I’m looking for someone to take on day-to-day website running duties. My “day-to-day”, I mean “once or twice a month”, and don’t worry, I’ll still be there to hold your hand through the geeky stuff. Interested? Email me. I’m also looking to hand over the reins as Training Advisory Committee trainee rep. Two meetings a year. That’s all. Seriously. Again, email me if interested.

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AKI Roundup

Tsar Donal O’Donoghue has a roundup of some relevant literature around the management of acute renal failure and the critically ill patient – all made topical by the general poor early management of AKI noted in the NCEPOD report. Both links are also notable for their puntastic title. Tsar’s Blog


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Various Schools of Medicine

Attention Severn trainees. There is a website for us here which will in the future replace and surpass the many features of SWRenal. For the time being it has a very fetching photo of Chris Dudley. No renal site yet in the Peninsular, but there is a medical bit here.


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Ways to access SWRenal

David Warland reminded me that there are a number of ways to access material on SWRenal; here is a quick rundown for any newcomers. Read the site at http://swrenal.org.uk. Just like you are right now. Subscribe to the RSS feed, possibly using one of these fine tools. Follow the Twitter feed. If you’re super keen and want to update the site with news from your unit or any other vaguely renal information let me know…


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Patient Information

Renal Tsar Donal O’Donoghue blogs that patient information leaflets from the British Journal of Renal Medicine are now available for download. For free. Get downloading, go forth and inform.


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New online nephrology resourses

For those of you into internet phenomenon “Facebook”, you can now legitimately check it out in work hours by joining the (Renal Association approved) Facebook group. When you’re done there, check out Renal Tsar Donal O’Donoghue’s “Web-Log“.