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About Us
The WKA is a non-commercial organisation conceptualised and developed by professionals with proven credentials in education through distance learning. It is delivered through an interactive electronic platform to enable an evidence-based, cost-effective approach to managing patients with kidney disease and those who received organ transplantation.
Programmes
Pediatric Nephrology Fellowship
The Clinical Pediatric Nephrology fellowship is a unique, flagship program, offered wholly online. It is structured as 3 modules, 16 weeks each, including virtual workshops, webinars, Clinical case scenarios, MCQs and journal clubs.
Critical Care Nephrology Fellowship
This program, a unique, flagship program, is offered wholly online. It is structured as 3 modules, 16 weeks each, including virtual workshops. The program is accredited by the American Association of Continuing Medical Education.
Nephrology Exam Preparation Programme
Welcome to the Nephrology Exam Preparation Programme, a distinctive and flagship online initiative. This program is organised into 10 chapters, comprehensively covering the Nephrology curriculum, and is designed to help you develop core and advanced knowledge for your career in nephrology.
Diploma in Clinical Renal Transplantation
This unique flagship programme as partnership between the General Organisation of Teaching Hospitals and Institutes (GOTHI) and the World Kidney Academy. It is offered online (PART 1) with clinical training for 12 months in one of the reputable transplant centres (PART 2).
Fellowship in Clinical Transplantation
This fellowship programme, clinically oriented, is offered wholly online. It is structured as six 20-credit modules (Masters level/level 7) that can be taken either as standalone modules or as an award – Postgraduate Certificate/Fellowship in Clinical Transplantation.
Glomerulonephritis Fellowship
Welcome to the GN Fellowship. This program, a unique, flagship program, is offered wholly online. It is structured as 3 modules, 20-credit each.
We are very pleased you have chosen to start the next stage of your education with us, with a massive investment to improve our resources for all our students.
Fellowship In Renal Replacement Therapy And Blood Purifications
The Fellowship in RRT aims to equip healthcare workers to explain the basics of science and techniques to their patients to enable them to participate in decision-making to improve long-term outcomes. The fellowship is delivered in the form of 3 wholly online interactive modules.
Deceased Donor Transplantation Workshop
This workshop programme, a unique flagship programme, is offered wholly online. It is structured as one 20-credit module (Master’s level/level 7) delivered by experts in deceased donor transplantation, an emerging form of transplantation in your country that poses a clinical challenge to the healthcare system.
Fellowship In Clinical Research
The course is useful for all clinicians and those who are interested in research and academia.
There are 2 wholly-online-modules for the full fellowship. Each module is delivered over a 16-week period.
CKD-MBD Graduate Certificate Program
This is a unique flagship program offered wholly online. It is structured as 2 modules, 20-credit each. Management of CKD-MBD is not uniform among nephrologists and needs specific training to prevent bone loss and improve cardiovascular health.
Upcoming Programmes
Pediatric Nephrology Fellowship
The Clinical Pediatric Nephrology fellowship is a unique, flagship program, offered wholly online. It is structured as 3 modules, 16 weeks each, including virtual workshops, webinars, Clinical case scenarios, MCQs and journal clubs.
Fellowship in Clinical Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation for Allied Healthcare Professionals
This programme is designed for Allied Healthcare Professionals (renal nurses, nurse practitioners, dialysis technicians, renal pharmacists, nutrition specialities and transplant coordinators, and any other related specialities) to get an up-to-date clinical experience in renal medicine and transplantation and to help them to progress in their future careers.
WKA Library
The World Kidney Academy offers an array of educational resources on topics related to kidney health, focusing heavily on advanced and practical knowledge in kidney transplantation and associated procedures. This library will show you glimpse of the topics available through the courses, cover a range of sophisticated topics such as donor-specific antibody (DSA) monitoring, crossmatch techniques in transplantation, and the management of transplant complications like BK virus infections and pneumocystis pneumonia.
Values
The WKA is going to:
- Focus its activities solely on improving global kidney health and organ transplantation.
- Be professional, efficient, and knowledgeable to provide leadership locally, regionally and globally.
- Recognise that we can only achieve goals through a network of collaborators that enhance our mutual capabilities.
- Be an inclusive contributor, work transparently, and is respectful to colleagues.
- Be novel, innovative, resourceful, and open to change.
Executive Committee
Prof Ahmed Halawa (UK)
President
Prof Amr El Husseini (USA)
Vice President
Prof Hisham El Sayed
(Egypt)
Dr Ajay Kumar Sharma
(UK)
Prof Ahmed Shokeir
(Egypt)
ICOM Group Representative
Assistant Prof Rasha Samir
(Egypt)
Dr Khaled Swify
(KSA)
Prof Faisal Shaheen
(KSA)
Prof Giorgina B Piccoli
(France)
Prof Mohamed Salah Eldin Zaki
(Egypt)
Prof Nicola Wearne
(South Africa)
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