Objectives

After participating in this educational activity, attendees should be able to:

1. Summarize and discuss NICU case and relate to overall ARPKD.  
2. Define ARPKD. 
3. Identify and describe postnatal clinical characteristics of ARPKD.  
4. Understand the progression of disease in the systems involved. 
5. Discuss surveillance methods and potential outcomes. 
6. Define Autosomal Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease (ARPKD) by defining its genetic basis of ARPKD and its inheritance pattern.
7. Recognize ultrasound findings and prenatal diagnosis.
8. Review the significance of genetic testing.
9. Address long-term prognosis and explain the importance of multidisciplinary team counseling (including genetics, MFM, NICU and pediatric palliative care, social workers).

 Faculty

Vyas, Rucha, MD
Pediatric Resident/PG1
UMass Chan Medical School-Baystate Medical Center   

Santacruz, Jahel, MD
OBGYN Resident/PGY3
UMass Chan Medical School-Baystate Medical Center  

Faculty Disclosure

Baystate Health Continuing Interprofessional Education follows the ACCME Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education.  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. Any relevant financial relationships are mitigated prior to the educational activity.

None of the planners or faculty for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. 

Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, Baystate Health is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. 

Physicians
Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM.  Physicians should only claim the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nurses
Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 contact hour(s).  Nurses should only claim the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team and learners will receive 1.0 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit for learning and change.