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Nephrology Nursing - i.e. Kidney related diseases and physiology. Designation: CNeph(C) — Certified in Nephrology (Canada) National Nursing Specialty Association: Canadian Association of Nephrology Nurses and Technologists (CANNT) Competencies [PDF, 534.6 KB]
Thomson began his academic career as an adjunct professor in the Division of Nephrology at Western University. [4] [5] He later joined Queen's University's Department of Medicine, [6] where he became an associate professor in medicine and served as the Medical Director for Home Dialysis, where he led a 289% growth in the program over three years.
From 1963 to 1965, he trained in nephrology research at the National Institutes of Health. He then became the head of the nephrology division at the Royal Victoria Hospital. In 1976, Dirks became head of the Department of Medicine at the University of British Columbia, and in 1987, he became Dean of Medicine at the University of Toronto.
Founded by the Canada Medical Act in 1912, the Medical Council of Canada (MCC) is an organization charged with the assessment of medical candidates and evaluation of physicians through examinations. It grants a qualification called Licentiate of the Medical Council of Canada (LMCC) to those who wish to practise medicine in Canada.
2013 – Canadian Society of Nephrology Outstanding Contributions to Canadian Nephrology [9] 2014 – Kidney Foundation of Canada Research medal of Excellence [10] 2014 – Fellowship of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences [11] 2015 – National Kidney Foundation’s International Distinguished Medal [12]
Nephrology (from Ancient Greek nephros 'kidney' and -logy 'the study of') is a specialty for both adult internal medicine and pediatric medicine that concerns the study of the kidneys, specifically normal kidney function (renal physiology) and kidney disease (renal pathophysiology), the preservation of kidney health, and the treatment of kidney disease, from diet and medication to renal ...
Merrill's entire career was spent in Boston at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, now known as Brigham and Women's Hospital.His work as a medical researcher began in 1947. As a resident in medicine, he was assigned to head the team which developed an artificial kidney (the Brigham-Kolff dialyzers) for use in the treatment of acute and chronic kidney failure.
According to a BMJ article, by 2000 Canada faced a "serious shortage" of RNs and the nursing shortage was predicted to worsen, not improve. [16] By 2000, Canada was already experiencing an exit of nurses from the profession—20% of Canadian nurses who graduated in 1990 had left the profession by 1995, and about 10% had emigrated to the United ...