Vander's Renal Physiology includes valuable pedagogical aids such as learning objectives, core concepts with locators (locators identify where core concepts are explained in the text), and clinical problems and questions elucidate the most difficult topics and provide an easy review for the USMLE Step 1. These aids are found at the beginning and end of each chapter. There is abundant use of diagrams, tables and 2-colour illustrations which summarize and reinforce comprehension of the material throughout.