Washington Univ You Tube based Nephropathology CPC series : Case 1

20 Years of Uptodate.com

Invented by a Nephrologist, the uptodate.com has now made it to 20 years. We should be proud as a community for this excellent resource that was created by a Nephrologist who had a vision very early about what the future would entail. Check out this exclusive interview of Dr Rose.

Healthcare in India exposed!

Aamir Khan( a well known Bollywood star) exposes indian societal issues nicely in this TV show.
His latest episode was on health care and he addresses multiple issues that Indian Healthcare is behind.
1. Corruption
2. Medical Mistakes
3. No punishment for corrupt and mal practice doctors
4. Rise of private medical colleagues and their costs.

Interestingly one of the topics in the discussion was on kidney and pancreas transplantation.
Have a look

Nephrology Education: You tube

As the Web 2.0 educational tools grow, face of nephrology education will be drastically changing.
Nephrology on Demand, an online tool for education from East Carolina Univ had developed a you tube video channel with video presentations from their in house speakers but also have very interesting 10 minute sessions that are in the format of the Khan academy. They make nephrology teaching very easy.
Check out their publication regarding this tool assessment. 
The you tube channel is at http://www.youtube.com/user/nephrologyondemand/videos