Organ transplantation is now an established treatment for patients with organ failure. Transplantation is taught on all medical student curricula and is part of specialty training in medicine and surgery. In addition nursing staff spend time on transplant wards during their training and pharmacists [...]
Nephrology is an important speciality; patients with acute or chronic kidney failure are encountered in every medical and surgical speciality, as well as in general practice. On most general medical rotations and on most surgical wards there are patients with renal problems. Renal medicine is taught[...]