We list what we do and what we expect in several ways:
- Simple textbook - the basics are here: a medical student who knows all of this but nothing else apart from basic anatomy/physiology/biochemistry, and who is good at assessing patients, will just get by.
- 12 core cases form the nucleus of the presentations you should know. We are linking learning resources to these.
- Knowledge objectives - we are progressively linking learning resources to these too.
Core skills You can learn many medical and some surgical skills in a renal department, but there are some core skills that a renal medicine attachment provides a particularly good opportunity to learn or develop. We take the opportunity to dwell in particular on fluid balance and the prescribing of IV fluid replacement. Of course you can also learn about prescribing in renal disease, management of hypertension ... and many other things.
Formal teaching We do much less of this than we used to, and we do not aim to cover all that you need to know in lectures. But for reference, and with the caution that it is changing ground, these may not be up to date or relevant to you, here are some maps of formal renal teaching:
Map of renal teaching in the Edinburgh undergraduate medical curriculum 2010+:
| Y1 | Y2 | Y3 | Y4 | Y5 |
| Anatomy and development (2L) | ||||
| Glomerular filtration (1L) | ||||
| Tubular function (4L) | ||||
| Investigating function (1L) | ||||
| Acid-base balance (1L+1CAL) | ||||
| Anatomy and function lower urinary tract (1L) | ||||
| Drugs affecting the kidney (1L) | ||||
| UTIs (1L+1CAL) | UTIs (1L) | |||
| Glomerulonephritis (1L) | Glomerulonephritis & interstitial renal disease (1L) | |||
| Hypertension | Salt and water homeostasis (1L) | Fluid prescribing (1CAL) | Fluid prescribing () | |
| Acute renal failure (1L) | ARF (1L, BT) | ARF (CAL) | ||
| CKD, RRT, transplantation (1L, BT, 3T; CAL in dev) | ||||
| 12 core cases |
L = Lecture; T = Tutorial; CAL = Computer-aided learning; BT = Bedside teaching; P = Practical; G = Guided study; PBL = Problem based learning
Here is a DRAFT map of renal teaching in the Malawi undergraduate medical curriculum 2009:
| Y1 | Y2 | Y3 | Y4 | Y5 |
| Anatomy and development and histology (4L, 1P) | ||||
| Fluid compartments | Glomerular filtration (1L) | |||
| Hypertension | Tubular function (2L) | |||
| Clearance (1L) Tests of function (1P) |
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| Acid-base balance (2L+1G) | ||||
| Anatomy and function lower urinary tract (2L) Imaging (1L) |
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| Drugs - diuretics and affecting the kidney (2L) | Advanced prescribing? | |||
| UTIs (1L+1CAL) Schistosomiasis (2L) |
Schistosomiasis golden topic | "Advanced Renal" teaching day | ||
| Glomerulonephritis & interstitial disease (2L) | ||||
| Body compartments, fluid and elects (2L, 1P) | Fluid prescribing (1CAL) | Fluid prescribing (?) | ||
| ARF clinical (1L) | ARF (T) | ARF (CAL)? | ||
| Tumours, pathology of renal disease (2L) | ||||
| Systemic diseases (1L) | 12 core cases |
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