Table 1 The role of the Renal Replacement Therapy Professional Instructor

1. Using a shared decision-making approach to help patients choose renal replacement therapy

2. Provide support to patients and their family when they opt for conservative kidney management

3. Participate in advance care planning with end-stage kidney disease

4. Work to promote home dialysis, including peritoneal dialysis and home hemodialysis

5. Continue to push for more kidney transplants

6. Promote registration with the Japan Organ Transplant Network

7. Work with transplant facilities when a cadaveric donor is encountered

8. Promote registration as an organ donor

9. Preventing critical illness in patients with chronic kidney disease

10. Take a leadership role in multidisciplinary collaboration

11. Regularly study and update your knowledge using e-learning

12. Addresses all aspects of medical care related to renal replacement therapy