Home-based kidney replacement therapy offers enhanced quality of life and clinical advantages compared to conventional in-center hemodialysis. Globally, there is an increased awareness of home dialysis. However, there is a lack of mentoring centers to support new programs and/or nephrologists to initiate and grow home dialysis.1, 2 Critical prerequisites for a successful mentoring relationship include:~Established excellence in home dialysis in the mentor center~Willingness from both mentors and mentees to participate in the program~Engaging, high quality clinical content, including sharing of best practices~Lack of system barriers to establish home dialysis~Dedicated metrics to measure success of the program~The Investigator plans to establish a virtual platform with the intent to:~Formulate a practical, interactive, virtual curriculum in home dialysis~Provide dedicated video conferences in home dialysis mentorship~Measure knowledge awareness and attitudes towards home dialysis~The Investigator hypothesizes that an effective, sustained mentorship program will increase knowledge and awareness of home dialysis and will ultimately enhance overall home dialysis adoption.
The Investigator plans to establish a virtual platform for home dialysis physician mentoring with the intent to:~Formulate a practical, interactive, virtual curriculum in home dialysis~Provide dedicated video conferences in home dialysis mentorship~Measure knowledge awareness and attitudes towards home dialysis