ISPD-ISN Webinar: What's New in Patient Training?

Recorded On: 10/22/2025

This webinar co-organised with the ISPD reviews and discusses the details of the ISPD Position Paper on Teaching PD, published on the PDI Journal in the issue 45.5 (November 2025), and that is available on the PDI Journal website and also on the ISPD website (www.ispd.org/guidelines).

During the webinar, the latest updates on how to train patients and caregivers in Peritoneal Dialysis. This is a task mostly done by PD nurses, and therefore the speakers and moderators, and the authorship of the Position Paper, is led by some of the most experienced and competent PD nurses.

Ana Elizabeth Figueiredo

Brazil

Ana Figueiredo, RN, ENB 136, MSc, PhD is a Professor at, School of Nursing at the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil. Ms Figueiredo has been working with renal patients since 1985, with both hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis; her primary focus on PD research is to improve outcomes for PD patients. She has numerous publications, including Guidelines for PD training for the International Society for PD (ISPD). She served on the ISPD Council from 2001-2006, chaired the Nurse Liaison Committee of ISPD from 1998-2001 and now is part of the committee and received the Barbara Prowant Lifetime Achievement Award in the Field of Nephrology in 2014. She is Chair of Kidney Health Professionals Working Group of ISN. Still works in the fields and is a speaker and consultant on PD and CQI projects around the world.