The Implementation of a Virtual Home Dialysis Mentoring Program for Nephrologists

Graham Abra; Ali Poyan Mehr; Christopher T Chan; Brigitte Schiller

doi:10.34067/KID.0000202022

The Implementation of a Virtual Home Dialysis Mentoring Program for Nephrologists

Kidney360. 2022 Jan 26;3(4):734-736. doi: 10.34067/KID.0000202022. eCollection 2022 Apr 28.

Authors

Graham Abra^{1

2}, Ali Poyan Mehr³, Christopher T Chan⁴, Brigitte Schiller^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Satellite Healthcare, San Jose, California.
² Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California.
³ Department of Nephrology, Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Medical Center, San Francisco, California.
⁴ Division of Nephrology, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada.

Abstract

Virtual home dialysis physician mentorship is feasible.In total, 53% of participants perceived the program would change the perspective of participants on prescribing home dialysis.More research is needed to ascertain the effect of virtual mentorship on home dialysis incidence and attrition rates in a wider audience.

Keywords: dialysis; home dialysis; home hemodialysis; mentorship; nephrologists; peritoneal dialysis; virtual physician.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Hemodialysis, Home
Humans
Kidney Failure, Chronic*
Mentoring*
Mentors
Nephrologists
Peritoneal Dialysis*