Objectives
After participating in this educational activity, attendees should be able to:
1. Understand that renal transplant is a type of renal replacement therapy.
2. Appreciate evaluation process and surgical considerations used to optimize transplant outcomes.
3. Learn the risks and benefits of chronic immunosuppression and other challenges to allograft survival.
4. Explore the challenges of transitioning adolescent transplant patients autonomy.
Presenter
Elahna Paul, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Massachusetts General Hospital
Hedi Yeh, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Massachusetts General Hospital
Faculty Disclosure
The design and content of Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education ( CE ) activities support quality improvement in healthcare and provide fair and balanced views of therapeutic options. Faculty or planner conflicts of interest are resolved before the educational activity.
None of the members of the faculty and planning committee for this educational event have commercial relationships with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling or distributing health care goods and services consumed by or used on patients.
- 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 1.00 ANCC Contact Hours
- 1.00 APA American Psychological AssociationBaystate Health is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Baystate Health maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
- 1.00 BCIPE Instructional Hours