Education

Introductory Course on Epidemiology
Many nephrologists perform research in addition to their clinical duties. The aim of this epidemiology course is to teach nephrologists and nephrology researchers basic epidemiology principles and to have them practise their new skills in hands-on sessions (exercises, discussions and SPSS). The knowledge and skills obtained will assist participants to improve the quality of their nephrology research.

The course faculty includes well-known nephrologists who are members of our ERA Registry Committee plus the staff members of the ERA Registry in Amsterdam.

The courses that are organised once a year throughout Europe have always been very well evaluated by the more than 1000 participants so far. For each course 40 places are available.

Scientific Programme

The scientific programme is available here.

Travel Grants

A total of 16 Travel Grants will be available for young attendees (up to 40 years old). Only those who have registered and been accepted to attend will receive an invitation to submit a grant request. Registrations are processed in the order in which they are received. Approval of the registration does not automatically include a Travel Grant. The Organising Committee will evaluate the applications based on the applicants’ CVs.

Certificate EACCME®/UEMS credits 

The Introductory Course on Epidemiology 2026, Parma, Italy 05/03/2026 – 06/03/2026 , has been accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®) with 9.0 European CME credits (ECMEC®s). Each medical specialist should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.

For further queries contact education@era-online.org

The ERA Fellow, Lorenza Magagnoli, has conducted a research project titled “Causal assessment of CKD-MBD biomarker alterations on CKD progression through a g-formula analysis in the EQUAL study”, made possible through the support of the ERA Registry Fellowship.