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Patient or KNOW Patient™
Maximizing Allograft Retention and Longevity: The Transplant Recipient as the Linchpin for Success |
| Target Audience: |
This activity is intended for medical and surgical transplant physicians, nurses, pharmacists, coordinators, case managers, and social workers who manage patients with solid organ transplants.
Program Overview:
This interactive, case-based, online activity is designed to meet the educational needs of medical and surgical transplant physicians, nurses, pharmacists, coordinators, case managers, and social workers who manage patients with solid organ transplants.
A unique component of the program will allow you to gain a better understanding of patients’ and caregivers’ perspectives by comparing your responses to the same survey questions that were posed to a representative sample of transplant recipients and/or their caregivers. This innovative activity is designed to highlight areas of common understanding or opportunities for improved patient-provider communication.
Agenda:
CME Information: 5 minutes
Presentations: 45 minutes
Post-Test & Evaluation: 10 minutes |
| Sponsor: |
This activity is jointly sponsored by SCEPTER™; Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; and Quintiles Medical Education.
This activity is co-provided by Global Education Group and SCEPTER™.
Grantor
This activity is supported by an educational grant from Astellas Pharma Global Development, Inc..
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| Accreditation: |
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Global Education Group (Global) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. |
There is no fee for this activity. |
| Credit Designation: |
Global Education Group designates this continuing education activity for 1 contact hour (0.1 CEUs) of the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education. Universal Activity Number 0530-9999-10-082-H01-P.
This is a knowledge-based activity.
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| Faculty Listing: |
Matthew R. Weir, MD
Professor of Medicine
University of Maryland
Baltimore, Maryland
Alan H. Wilkinson, MD, FRCP
Professor of Medicine
Director, Kidney and Kidney-Pancreas Transplantation
Department of Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Los Angeles, California |
| Subjects: |
- Maximizing Allograft Retention and Longevity: The Transplant Recipient as the Linchpin for Success
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| Objectives: |
- Recognize immunosuppressive regimens that minimize the incidence of comorbid conditions while maintaining allograft function
- Review effective long-term monitoring of the allograft recipient to minimize allograft damage by rapidly addressing rejection and/or toxicity
- Identify health care provider-patient communication techniques that relate to the routine care of transplant recipients
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| Financial Disclosure: |
SCEPTER and Quintiles Medical Education adhere to the ACCME Essential Areas and Policies, including the Standards for Commercial Support, regarding industry support of CME. Disclosure information is provided during the planning process to ensure resolution of any identified conflicts. Disclosure of faculty and commercial relationships, as well as the discussion of unlabeled or unapproved use of any drug, device, or procedure by the faculty, will be disclosed to learners.
Global Education Group (Global) requires instructors, planners, managers and other individuals who are in a position to control the content of this activity to disclose any real or apparent conflict of interest they may have as related to the content of this activity. All identified conflicts of interest are thoroughly vetted by Global for fair balance, scientific objectivity of studies mentioned in the materials or used as the basis for content, and appropriateness of patient care recommendations.
The planners and managers reported the following financial relationships or relationships to products or devices they or their spouse/life partner have with commercial interests related to the content of this CME activity:
Jackie Dawson, Amanda Glazer, and Michael Perlmutter, PharmD, have no significant financial relationships to disclose.
Panel Members Disclosures:
The faculty for this program has reported the following:
Matthew Weir, MD, has served as a scientific advisor for Wyeth.
Alan Wilkinson, has no significant financial relationships to disclose.
Off-Label Usage:
This activity does not contain information on commercial products/devices that are unlabeled for use or investigational uses of products not yet approved.
CME Peer Review, LLC, Conflict of Interest Resolution Statement:
Reviewers are required to disclose all relevant relationships with any commercial interest to CME Peer Review, LLC, prior to being accepted as a reviewer. Reviewers are required to update such information, are vetted and are determined to be free of conflict of interest prior to conducting each activity content evaluation.
Disclaimer:
The opinions expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of SCEPTER, Global Education Group, Rutgers University School of Social Work, and Quintiles Medical Education. Please review complete prescribing information of specific drugs or combination of drugs, including indications, contraindications, warnings, and adverse effects before administering pharmacologic therapy to patients.
Copyright:
Copyright © 2010 SCEPTERTM, Global Education Group, Rutgers University School of Social Work, and Quintiles Medical Education. All rights reserved including translation into other languages. No part of this activity may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or any information storage and retrieval systems, without permission in writing from SCEPTER, Global Education Group, Rutgers University School of Social Work, and Quintiles Medical Education.
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