title: The Kidney Disease Screening and Awareness Program (KDSAP): a novel translatable model for increasing interest in nephrology careers.
abstract: Despite the increasing prevalence of CKD in the United States, there is a declining interest among United States medical graduates in nephrology as a career choice. Effective programs are needed to generate interest at early educational stages when career choices can be influenced. The Kidney Disease Screening and Awareness Program (KDSAP) is a novel program initiated at Harvard College that increases student knowledge of and interest in kidney health and disease, interest in nephrology career paths, and participation in kidney disease research. This model, built on physician mentoring, kidney screening of underserved populations, direct interactions with kidney patients, and opportunities to participate in kidney research, can be reproduced and translated to other workforce-challenged subspecialties.
authors.affiliation: Renal Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts; lhsiao@partners.org.
authors.forename: Li-Li
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Hsiao
authors.affiliation: Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut;
authors.forename: Jingshing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts;
authors.forename: Albert C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Yeh
authors.affiliation: Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts;
authors.forename: Eric C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Shieh
authors.affiliation: Division of Health Science and Technology, Harvard-Massachusetts Institutes of Technology, Boston, Massachusetts;
authors.forename: Cheryl
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio; lhsiao@partners.org.
authors.forename: Ang
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Harvard College, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts; and.
authors.forename: Laura C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Polding
authors.affiliation: Harvard College, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts; and.
authors.forename: Rayhnuma
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ahmed
authors.affiliation: Renal Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts;
authors.forename: Kenneth
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.affiliation: Renal Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts;
authors.forename: Tzong-Shi
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.affiliation: Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, University of California Irvine Medical Center, Orange, California.
authors.forename: Connie M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Rhee
authors.affiliation: Renal Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts; Division of Health Science and Technology, Harvard-Massachusetts Institutes of Technology, Boston, Massachusetts;
authors.forename: Joseph V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Bonventre
mesh_terms: D002321:Career Choice; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods; D008611:Mentors; D017145:Models, Educational; D009398:Nephrology / Q000193:education*; D014146:Training Support; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
keywords: educational model; health screening; mentoring; nephrology workforce; premedical training; service learning