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Filtering Through the Evidence:
A Multi-Modular Educational Initiative on Renal Transplantation |
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Module I: Webcast of Live Broadcast Symposium
Renal Transplantation in the High-Risk Patient: Practical Considerations |
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| Descriptions and Objectives |
Program Overview
While advances in the pharmacology of immunosuppression have opened many doors, the care of renal transplant recipients continues to pose numerous challenges to nephrologists and nephrology nurses. The success of the renal transplant often hinges on careful attention to the prevention and treatment of complications, and the transplant clinician must play a lead role in maintaining not only graft survival but the patient’s overall health as well.
Renal Transplantation in the High-Risk Patient: Practical Considerations, a live satellite broadcast from New York City, is designed to educate health care professionals on kidney transplantation and the management of related adverse events. This first installment of the year-long, multimodular initiative will focus on succeeding in the highly sensitized patient, re-evaluating retransplantation, and breaking through healthcare barriers in African American transplant recipients.
Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to:
- Describe immunologic obstacles to renal transplantation and evaluate the efficacy of therapeutic strategies to overcome these obstacles
- Identify appropriate candidates for renal retransplantation and implement appropriate protocols to prevent acute and chronic graft rejection in these patients
- Summarize the challenges of renal transplantation in African American renal transplant recipients and formulate strategies to overcome these challenges and improve outcomes
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| Faculty |
Robert A. Montgomery, MD, DPhil
Associate Professor of Surgery
Director of the Incompatible Kidney Transplant Program
Chief of the Division of Transplantation
Director of the Comprehensive Transplant Center
Johns Hopkins University and Hospital
Baltimore, MD
Philip F. Halloran, MD
Professor of Medicine
Division of Nephrology & Transplantation Immunology
Department of Medicine
Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology
Director, Alberta Transplant Institute
Editor-in-Chief, American Journal of Transplantation
University of Alberta, Edmonton
Alberta, Canada
Akinlolu O. Ojo, MD, PhD
Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
Division of Nephrology
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI |
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| Continuing Education Information |
Intended Audience
This activity has been designed to meet the educational needs of nephrologists and nephrology nurses working in renal transplant centers. There are no prerequisites for attendees.
Accreditation Statement
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and The Institute for Johns Hopkins Nursing. The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Institute for Johns Hopkins Nursing is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Credit Designation Statement
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 2 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
This 2 contact hour Educational Activity (Provider Directed/Learner Paced) is provided by The Institute for Johns Hopkins Nursing.
Each participant should claim only those contact hours that he/she actually spent in the activity
Statement of Responsibility
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and The Institute for Johns Hopkins Nursing take responsibility for the content, quality, and scientific integrity of this CME activity.
Americans With Disabilities Act
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and The Institute for Johns Hopkins Nursing fully comply with the legal requirements of the ADA and the rules and regulations thereof. Please notify us if you have any special needs.
Policy on Faculty and Provider Disclosure
It is the policy of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and The Institute for Johns Hopkins Nursing that the faculty and provider disclose real or apparent conflicts of interest relating to the topics of this educational activity, and also disclose discussions of unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs or devices during their presentation(s). Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine OCME and The Institute for Johns Hopkins Nursing has established policies in place that will identify and resolve all conflicts of interest prior to this educational activity. Detailed disclosure will be made in the course handout materials. |
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| Credits Available |
- Physicians: This program has been designated for a maximum of 2.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM
- Nurses: This program has been approved for 2.0 ANCC contact hours
- Transplant Coordinators: This program has been approved for 2.4 CEPTC credits
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