University Claude Bernard Lyon, 69100 Villeurbanne, France
Jolanta Malyszko
Medical University Warsaw, 02-091 Warszawa, Poland
Kai Schmidt-Ott
Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Hannover Medical School, 30625 Hannover, Germany
Peter Stenvinkel
Karolinska Hospital, 171 76 Stockholm, Sweden
David C. Wheeler
University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK
Samuel Seidu
Leicester City Clinical Commissioning Group, Leicester LE1 6NB, UK
Ana Cebrian
Cartagena Casco Health Center, 30201 Murcia, Spain
Nikolay Dimov
Nephrology Clinic, University Hospital “Sv. Georgi”, 4002 Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Marta Blanco Pardo
División of Nephrology, A Coruña University Hospital, 15006 A Coruña, Spain
Ieva Ziedina
Riga Stradins University, LV-1007 Riga, Latvia
Nayaf Habashi
Department of Nephrology, HaEmeq Hospital Afula, Afula 1834111, Israel
Joaquin Manrique
Servicio de Nefrología, Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra, 31008 Pamplona, Spain
Sofia Homem De Melo Marques
Hemodialysis Clinic Hospital Agostinho Ribeiro, 4610-106 Felgueiras, Portugal
Marco Antonio Vaca Gallardo
Servicio de Nefrología, Hospital Universitario La Paz, 28046 Madrid, Spain
Larisa Shehaj
Department of Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine, Bezmialem Vakif University, Istanbul 34093, Türkiye
Milena Krasimirova Nikolova Vlahova
University Hospital St. Ivan Rilski, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria
Luis Mendonça
Unit of Cardiovascular Research and Development—Unic@RISE, Department of Surgery and Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, 4200-319 Porto, Portugal
Sara Ksiazek
6th Medical Department of Internal Medicine with Nephrology & Dialysis, Clinic Ottakring, 1160 Vienna, Austria
Pierangelo Veltri
Department of Computer Science, Modeling, Electronics and Systems Engineering, University of Calabria, 87036 Rende, Italy
Giuseppe Pezzi
Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Catanzaro, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
Gemma Patella
Department of Nephrology, Azienda Sanitaria Provinciale, 87100 Cosenza, Italy
Greta Borelli
Nephrology, Dialysis and Renal Transplant Unit, IRCSS-Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, 40138 Bologna, Italy
Michele Provenzano
Department of Pharmacy, Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Calabria, 87036 Rende, Italy
Loreto Gesualdo
Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70121 Bari, Italy
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a progressive condition that affects more than 10% of the population worldwide, accounting for more than 843 million (M) individuals. The prevalence of CKD (844 M patients) is higher than that of diabetes mellitus (422 M patients), cancer (42 M patients), and HIV (37 M patients), but people are often less aware of it. Global expert groups predict reductions in the nephrology workforce in the next decade, with a declining interest in nephrology careers. Over time, KDIGO guidelines have also focused on topics related to the prevention or management of CKD patients in real-life settings. On these premises, a new educational program with international experts in the field of nephrology took place from November 2022 until March 2023 in Milan, Italy. This multinational masterclass provided an educational platform providing unbiased education on diagnosis and treatment by sharing the most recent research data on CKD and comorbidities, therefore creating a snowball effect to increase the implementation of best practices worldwide, using examples from ‘real-life’ patient outcomes. This paper provides an overview of the International Nephrology Masterclass (INM) concept, summarizing the key lectures and discussions, and giving an outline of future key developments.
