
KSAP Volume 2, Module 1, Update (August 2019)
Credits/Points:
CME 25.0, MOC 25Availability:
08/21/19-07/30/22Program Mission and Objectives
KSAP is a continuing medical education and Part 2 MOC product that will review the essentials of nephrology for fellows preparing for initial certification, practicing nephrologists preparing for recertification, and practitioners looking to renew and refresh their clinical knowledge, diagnostic, and therapeutic skills.
This enduring material is composed of challenging, clinically oriented questions based on case vignettes. Each question includes a detailed response that outlines both the approach to the clinical scenario at hand and the best answer. References are provided from either recent well-done reviews from major and easily accessible journals or the classic original reference. Topics for inquiry are crafted from the ABIM Blueprint and the program will help the clinician assess his or her strengths and weaknesses in the broad domain of nephrology.
Target Audience
- Nephrology certification and recertification candidates
- Practicing nephrologists
Original Release Date
July 25, 2016
Last Review Date
December 2018 to April 2019
CME Credit and MOC Termination Date
July 31, 2022
Estimated Time for Completion
25 hours
Learning Objectives
- Apply physiologic principles in the diagnosis and management of fluid and electrolyte disorders.
- Analyze the spectrum of common renal parenchymal disorders.
- Appraise the various causes of secondary and resistant hypertension.
- Describe common complications of acute and chronic kidney disease in both outpatient and hospital settings.
- Illustrate appropriate therapy known to delay progression and limit long-term consequences of chronic kidney disease.
- Categorize treatment modalities and complications of end-stage kidney disease, including peritoneal, hemodialysis and renal transplant.
The American Society of Nephrology has a variety of learning opportunities for members including the premier publications, Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN), Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (CJASN), distance learning with online features and the popular Board Review Course & Update. Since 2001, the Nephrology Self-Assessment Program (NephSAP) has served as a strategy for nephrologists to keep knowledge up-to-date and earn both Continuing Medical Education (CME) and Maintenance of Certification (MOC) points. ASN has recognized a need for material that covers basic principles of clinical nephrology that would be appropriate for individuals who are studying for the In-Training/In-Service examination or preparing for the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) examination in the subspecialty of Nephrology. To this end, the concept of the Kidney Self-Assessment Program (KSAP) was developed.
KSAP is a continuing medical education and Part 2 MOC product that will review the essentials of nephrology for fellows preparing for initial certification, practicing nephrologists preparing for recertification, and practitioners looking to renew and refresh their clinical knowledge, diagnostic, and therapeutic skills.
This enduring material is composed of challenging, clinically oriented questions based on case vignettes. Each question includes a detailed response that outlines both the approach to the clinical scenario at hand and the best answer. References are provided from either recent well-done reviews from major and easily accessible journals or the classic original reference. Topics for inquiry are crafted from the ABIM Blueprint and the program will help the clinician assess his or her strengths and weaknesses in the broad domain of nephrology.
Learning Objectives:
- Apply physiologic principles in the diagnosis and management of fluid and electrolyte disorders.
- Analyze the spectrum of common renal parenchymal disorders.
- Appraise the various causes of secondary and resistant hypertension.
- Describe common complications of acute and chronic kidney disease in both outpatient and hospital settings.
- Illustrate appropriate therapy known to delay progression and limit long-term consequences of chronic kidney disease.
- Categorize treatment modalities and complications of end-stage kidney disease, including peritoneal, hemodialysis and renal transplant.
Accreditation and AMA Credit Designation Statements

In support of improving patient care, the American Society of Nephrology is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
AMA Credit Designation Statement
The American Society of Nephrology designates this enduring material activity for a maximum of 25.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Statement
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 25.0 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.
Original Release Date
July 25, 2016
Last Review Date
December 2018 to April 2019
CME Credit and MOC Termination Date
July 31, 2022
Estimated Time for Completion
25 hours
Target Audience
- Nephrology certification and recertification candidates
- Practicing nephrologists
Method of Participation
- Review the CME Information & Disclosures and click I Acknowledge.
- Complete the online self-assessment activity.
- Each participant is allowed two attempts at each question to pass the examination (>75% correct) for CME credit.
- Answers and explanations are provided for each question as you take the examination.
- To view completed questions, Click KSAP Exam, on the right hand side and select completed attempts or select Exam Results and Answer Key in the CME Center.
- After completion of exam, click Submit Exam button.
- Click Continue to the CME Center, to claim CME.
Activity Evaluation, Claiming CME Credit, and MOC Points Instructions
From the KSAP platform, click the Claim CME button after completion of the examination.
Click Enter Activity for KSAP: Kidney Self-Assessment Program.
Under the To Do List in the CME Center on the left navigation:
- Click the Demographics & General Eval link, and enter your information.
- For CME credits, Click the Claim Your CME Credits link, and check the Attestation Statement box.
- Enter the number of CME credits commensurate with the extent of your participation in the activity.
- If you need a certificate, click the Print Your Certificate link.
Credits will be posted to your ASN Transcript immediately. View/Print Transcript at My CME Center.
For MOC points, respondents must meet the following criteria:
- Be certified by ABIM in internal medicine and/or nephrology and enrolled in the ABIM–MOC program
- Click the Claim MOC Points link, and check the Attestation Statement box.
- Enter your ABIM Candidate Number, and Date of Birth.
- ABIM will notify you when your MOC points have been added to your record.
MOC points will be applied to only those ABIM candidates who have enrolled in the MOC program. It is your responsibility to complete the ABIM MOC enrollment process.
Faculty
Clay A. Block, MD
Education Director, KSAP
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Hanover, NH
James E. Novak, MD, PhD
Deputy Education Director, KSAP
Henry Ford Hospital
Detroit, MI
Kelly A. Birdwell MD
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN
Andrew S. Bomback, MD
Columbia University
New York, NY
David M. Dewolfe, MD
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA
Cynthia J. Denu-Ciocca, MD
University of North Carolina at Chapel
Chapel Hill, NC
Neetika Garg MD
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA
Scott J. Gilbert, MD, FASN
Tufts Medical Center
Lexington, MA
Melanie P. Hoenig, MD
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA
Jason M. Kidd, MD
VCU Medical Center
Richmond, VA
Sheron Latcha, MD, FASN
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY
Stewart H. Lecker, MD, PhD, FASN
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA
Edgar V. Lerma, MD, FASN
Associates in Nephrology
Berwyn, IL
Matthew R. Lynch MD
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA
Ernest I. Mandel, MD, FASN
Brigham and Women’s Hospital,
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Finnian R. Mc Causland, MbChB, FASN
Brigham and Women’s Hospital,
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Martina M. McGrath, MD, FASN
Brigham and Women’s Hospital,
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Rebeca D. Monk, MD
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY
Catherine A. Moore MD
Strong Memorial Hospital
Rochester, NY
James J. Paparello, MD
Northwestern University
Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, IL
Amay Parikh MD, FASN
Florida Hospital Medical Group
Maitland, FL
Mark A. Perazella, MD, FASN
Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, CT
Kenneth M. Ralto MD
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA
Vinod Raman MD
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA
Leonardo V. Riella, MD, PhD, FASN
Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Sylvia E. Rosas MD, MS, FASN
Joslin Diabetes Center
Boston, MA
Mala Sachdeva MD
Northwell Health System
Great Neck, NY
Mohammad G. Saklayen, MD
VA Medical Center
Dayton, OH
Adam M. Segal MD, FASN
Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates
Boston, MA
Amy Nicole Sussman MD
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ
Joseph Tremaglio MD
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA
Ihab M. Wahba, MD, FASN
Samaritan Kidney Specialists
Corvallis, OR
Rimda Wanchoo MD
Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine
Great Neck, NY
Faculty, Planner, and Staff Disclosures
It is the policy of American Society of Nephrology (ASN) that all individuals in a position to control the content of ASN’s sponsored CME activities are expected to provide full disclosure for both themselves and their spouse/partner, and to indicate to the activity audience any financial or other relationship held by themselves or their spouse/partner 1) with the manufacturer(s) of any commercial product(s) and/or provider(s) of commercial service(s) discussed in an educational presentation; and 2) with any commercial supporter(s) of the activity. All responses should reflect activities within the previous 12 months. This disclosure information is collected in accordance with Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME). Participants should note that the use of products outside U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved labeling should be considered experimental and are advised to consult current prescribing information for approval indications.
The intent of this policy is not to prevent expert faculty with relevant relationship(s) with commercial interest(s) from involvement in CME, but rather to ensure that ASN CME activities promote quality and safety, are effective in improving medical practice, are based on valid content, and are independent of control from commercial interests and free of commercial bias. In addition, all faculty members were instructed to provide balanced, scientifically rigorous, and evidence-based presentations.
ASN requires all individuals in a position to control content for the KSAP to complete faculty disclosure forms on the ASN website. Responses are listed below.
Faculty Disclosures
Kelly A. Birdwell, MD
Current Employer: Vanderbilt University Medical Center; Scientific Advisor/Membership: American Society of Nephrology Education Committee, American Society of Transplantation Kidney Pancreas Community of Practice
Clay A. Block, MD
Current Employer: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Consultancy: Rox Medical, Cibiem
Andrew S. Bomback, MD
Current Employer: Columbia University; Consultancy: Omeros, Chemocentryx; Research Funding: Questcor, Alexion; Honoraria: National Kidney Foundation, Kidney & Urology Foundation of America, UpToDate
David M. Dewolfe, MD
Current Employer: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Cynthia J. Denu-Ciocca, MD
Current Employer: University of North Carolina at Chapel; Research Funding: Amgen; Scientific Advisor/Membership: American Urological Association
Neetika Garg MD
Current Employer: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Scientific Advisor/Membership: BMC Nephrology
Scott J. Gilbert, MD, FASN
Current Employer: Tufts Medical Center; Scientific Advisor/Membership: Am Journal of Kidney Disease
Melanie P. Hoenig, MD
Current Employer: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Scientific Advisor/Membership: Former Education Director, KSAP, American Society of Nephrology
Jason M. Kidd, MD
Current Employer: VCU Medical Center
Sheron Latcha, MD, FASN
Current Employer: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Matthew R. Lynch MD
Current Employer: Beth Israel Deconess Medical Center
Edgar V. Lerma, MD, FASN
Current Employer: Associates in Nephrology; Research Funding : ZS Pharma; Honoraria: UpToDate, McGraw-Hill Publishing, Elsevier Publishing, ACP PIER; Scientific Advisor/Me mbership: Journal of Clinical Liipidology, International Urology and Nephrology Journal, Seminars in Nephrology, Prescribers Letter, Renal and Urology News, ASN Kidney News, Otsuka Pharmaceuticals, Malinkrodt (formerly Questcor), ZS Pharma
Stewart H. Lecker, MD, PhD, FASN
Current Employer: Beth Israel Deconess Medical Center
Ernest I. Mandel, MD, FASN
Current Employer: Brigham and Women's Hospital, Research Funding: Rx Foundation, Other: Spouse - Law Firm includes Fresenius Kidney Care and DaVita among clients
Finnian R. McCausland, MbChB, FASN
Current Employer: Brigham and Women's Hospital
Martina M. McGrath, MD, FASN
Current Employer: Brigham and Women's Hospital
Rebeca D. Monk, MD
Current Employer: University of Rochester NY
Catherine A. Moore MD
Current Employer: Strong Memorial Hospital; Consultancy: VisualDx; Honoraria: Visual Dx- Nephrology Section Editor; Scientific Advisor/Membership: Logical images- Visual Dx
James E. Novak, MD, PhD
Current Employer: Henry Ford Health System; Honoraria: National Kidney Foundation; Scientific Advisor/Membership: Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease
James J. Paparello, MD
Current Employer: Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Amay Parikh MD, FASN
Current Employer: Florida Hospital Medical Group
Mark A. Perazella, MD, FASN
Current Employer: Yale University School of Medicine; Scientific Advisor/Membership: CJASN- Associate Editor
Kenneth M. Ralto MD
Current Employer: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Vinod Raman MD
Current Employer: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Leonardo V. Riella, MD, PhD, FASN
Current Employer: Brigham and Women's Hospital/ Harvard Medical School; Research Funding: Brystol-Meyers Squibb
Sylvia E. Rosas MD, MS, FASN
Current Employer: Joslin Diabetes Center; Research Funding: NIH Janssen Bayer; Scientific Advisor/Membership: National Kidney Early Education Coordinating Panel Scientific Advisory Board, National Kidney Foundation
Mala Sachdeva MD
Current Employer: Northwell Health System
Mohammad G. Saklayen, MD
Current Employer: VA Medical Center; Scientific Advisor/Membership: ASN Hypertension Advisory Group
Adam M. Segal MD, FASN
Current Employer: Atrius Health/ Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates; Honoraria: Amyloidosis Foundation
Amy Nicole Sussman MD
Current Employer: University of Arizona
Joseph Tremaglio MD
Current Employer: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Ihab M. Wahba, MD, FASN
Current Employer: University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine Philadelphia VA Medical Center
Rimda Wanchoo MD
Current Employer: Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine
Staff Disclosure
Gisela Deuter, BSN, MSA—nothing to disclose
Lisa Netha—nothing to disclose
View the full ASN Conflict of Interest and Disclosure Policy.
Corporate Support
There is no Commercial Support for KSAP (Kidney Self-Assessment Program).
Copyright
Copyright © 2019 American Society of Nephrology (ASN)
Kamal E. Ahmed, MD, FASN
Yuma Nephrology
Yuma, AZ
Nasimul Ahsan, MD, FASN
North Florida/South Georgia VA Health System
Gainesville, FL
Jafar Al-Said, MD, FASN
Bahrain Specialist Hospital
Manama, Bahrain
Naheed Ansari, MD, FASN
Jacobi Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, NY
Ruth C. Campbell, MD
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, SC
Kevin A. Curran, MD
Fresenius Medical Care & US Renal Care Dialysis Facilities
Canton, TX
Carl S. Goldstein, MD, FASN
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
New Brunswick, NJ
Steven M. Gorbatkin, MD, PhD
Emory University
Atlanta, GA
Ashik Hayat, MD, FASN
Taranaki Base Hospital
Newplymouth, Taranaki, NZ
Ekambaram Ilamathi, MD, FASN
State University of New York
Stony Brook, NY
Talha Hassan Imam, MD
Kaiser Permanente
Fontana, CA
Apurv Khanna, MD
SUNY Upstate Medical University
Syracuse, NY
Nicolae Leca, MD
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
Orfeas Liangos, MD, FASN
Klinikum Coburg
Coburg, Bayern, Germany
Meyer Lifschitz, MD
Shaare Zedek Medical Center
Jerusalem, Israel
Ashraf Mikhail, MBBCh
Morriston Hospital
Swansea, Wales, UK
Lawrence S. Moffatt, Jr., MD
Carolinas Medical Center
Charlotte, NC
Shahriar Moossavi, MD, PhD, FASN
Wake Forest School of Medicine
Winston-Salem, NC
Koosha Mortazavi, MD
Vista Del Mar Medical Group
Oxnard, CA
Thangamani Muthukumar, MD
Cornell University
New York, NY
James M. Pritsiolas, MD, FASN
CarePoint Health Medical Group
Bayonne and SUmmit, NJ
Mohammad A. Quasem, MD
Universal Health Services Hospitals
Binghamton, NY
Joel C. Reynolds, MD, FASN
San Antonio, TX
Mario F. Rubin, MD, FASN
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ
Ehab R. Saad, MD, FASN
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI
Bharat Sachdeva, MBBS
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
Shreveport, LA
Mark C. Saddler, MBChB
Durango Nephrology Associates
Durango, CO
Allen W. Vander, MD, FASN
Kidney Center of South Louisiana
Thibodaux, LA
Nand K. Wadhwa, MD
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY
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