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THE NEPHROLOGY QUIZ & QUESTIONNAIRE: 2004

Dear Friends & Members of the ASN,

Here's how the Nephrology Quiz and Questionnaire (NQQ) works: Our panel of four experts (Gabriel Danovitch: Transplantation; Mitchell Halperin: Fluids and Electrolytes; Ronald Falk: Glomerular-Tubular Disorders; Joanne Bargman: ESRD) have each developed two short case vignettes illustrating a key diagnostic or therapeutic issue. They ask 1-2 single-best answer questions about each case. The cases appear in an attachment (click here for cases), and the answers to the questions can be submitted directly online through the link below.

You folks answer the questions for each case (click here for questions). (Please make sure your pop-up blocker is disabled first.) We collate all the responses and provide them as “anonymous data” to each panelist. Please submit your answers by Friday, October 15. We'll separately collate the answers from the Training Program Directors (those responsible for training renal fellows) so please indicate whether or not you are a TPD.

At the ASN's Renal Week meeting in Saint Louis (October 27 to November 1) at the two-hour NQQ session (Friday, October 29, 4:00 pm to 6:00 p.m.), the cases will be discussed. At the session the discussants will provide their answers and will use bar graphs to collectively display how you folks answered the questions.

Following the meeting, we'll send out another e-mail to all the respondents with the cases, questions, and essay-type answers. This NQQ has been an entertaining and informative way of seeing how your responses compare with those of your colleagues. It also gives us a sense of what topics we need to stress in the future.

We look forward to your replies and to seeing you at the NQQ.

Best Wishes,

Robert G. Narins, MD
Director, Postgraduate Education

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Click here to read the questions and submit answers.
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Please submit your answers by Friday, October 15.