Getting My Patient to Transplant: A View from the Trenches

Chicago, IL US
October 19, 2019
The factors affecting transplantation referral are complex. We seek to bridge the gap between transplant listing and readiness for transplant so that over 50% of patients in a dialysis unit are ready for listing and are also ready for transplant at the time they are called to receive an organ. This half-day conference will give practitioners caring for dialysis and chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients insight and strategies about how to successfully navigate the transplant system. Patients with CKD and kidney failure (ESRD) have many co-morbidities that often make it difficult to get listed for kidney transplantation. Our conference is designed to explore these challenges and showcase the many resources that are available to assist. The conference is designed to be both didactic and interactive. The most common barriers to transplant are obesity and frailty. Presenters will inform participants about the resources available to overcome these barriers. Case presentations will allow discussion of the real challenges facing patients, and conference faculty will be able to problem-solve with participants.
 
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Target Audience

This activity is designed for physicians, nurses, social workers, dieticians, and other healthcare professionals dedicated to providing superior care to dialysis and chronic kidney disease patients.

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this activity, participants will be able to:

  • Identify the challenges facing patients who wish to undergo kidney transplant;
  • Discuss services available to maximize the outcomes for patients and keep them ready for transplant;
  • Outline the biological factors that make physical characteristics such as frailty and obesity barriers to transplant;
  • Name psychosocial and economic challenges transplant patients face;
  • Evaluate different techniques to communicate effectively with transplant patients.
Additional information
ACGME/ABMS Core Competencies: 
Patient Care and Procedural Skills
Medical Knowledge
Practice-based Learning and Improvement
Interpersonal and Communication Skills
Professionalism
Systems-based Practice
For more information, please contact:
CME Coordinator Contact Name: 
Claire McGivern
CME Coordinator Contact Email: 
cmcgivern@bsd.uchicago.edu
CME Coordinator Contact Phone: 
773-834-7365
Summary
Available credit: 
  • 3.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 3.25 Nursing Contact Hours
  • 3.25 Participation
  • 3.25 Social Work CEU
Event starts: 
10/19/2019 - 9:00am
Event ends: 
10/19/2019 - 1:00pm
Activity opens: 
10/01/2019
Activity expires: 
01/19/2020
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8:00 am to 9:00 am

Registration, Exhibits Open & Continental Breakfast

 

9:00 am to 9:15 am

 

Opening Remarks

9:15 am to 10:00 am

Dr. Becker and Dr. Josephson

 

Presentation: Frailty and Cognitive Impairment Assessment

Presenter: Michelle Martinchek, MD, University of Chicago Medicine

 

10:00 am to 10:30 am

Presentation: Obesity

 

Presenter: Christopher Chapman, MD, University of Chicago

10:30 am to 10:45 am

Break, Exhibits Open

10:45 am to 11:15 am

 

Presentation: Psychosocial/Economic Challenges

Presenter: Katie Dowling, LCSW, University of Chicago

11:15 am to 12:00 pm

 

Presentation: “Where am I on the transplant waitlist and what can I Do to improve my chances of transplant success?”

Presenter: Jane Tan, MD, PhD, Stanford Nephrology

12:00 pm to 12:45 pm

 

Lunch and Presentation: “How do you have the conversation about someone’s limitations for transplant, before the transplant evaluation, and how can we (the transplant centers) support the community nephrologist in this endeavor”

 

 

 

12:45 pm to 1:00 pm

Presenters: Preeti Nagarkatte, MD, Sheldon Hirsch, MD, Dan Yohay, MD, Jaime Baylock, MD

 

Exhibits Open

 

*Agenda subject to change.

Museum of Science and Industry
5700 S Lake Shore Dr
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PARKING
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ROOM LOCATION
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ACCESSIBILITY The University of Chicago is committed to providing equal access appropriate to need and circumstances and complies fully with legal requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. If you are in need of special accommodation, please contact Claire McGivern via email at cmcgivern@bsd.uchicago.edu.

The University of Chicago reserves the right to cancel or postpone this conference due to unforeseen circumstances. In the unlikely event this activity must be cancelled or postponed, the registration fee will be refunded; however, The University of Chicago is not responsible for any related costs, charges, or expenses to participants, including fees assessed by airline/travel/lodging agencies.

COURSE DIRECTORS
  Yolanda T. Becker, MD
  Professor of Surgery
  Director, Kidney and Pancreas Program
  The University of Chicago
 
 
  Michelle A. Josephson, MD
  Professor of Medicine
  Medical Director, Kidney Transplant
  The University of Chicago
 
 
 

Disclosure Declarations
As a provider accredited by the ACCME, The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine asks everyone who is in a position to control the content of an education activity to disclose all relevant financial relationships with any commercial interest. This includes any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by or used on patients. The ACCME defines “relevant financial relationships” as financial relationships in any amount occurring within the past 12 months, including financial relationships of a spouse or life partner that could create a conflict of interest. Mechanisms are in place to identify and resolve any potential conflict of interest prior to the start of the activity.

Additionally, The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine requires authors to identify investigational products or off-label uses of products regulated by the US Food and Drug Administration, at first mention and where appropriate in the content.

Physician Credit
The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
 
The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 3.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nursing Credit
University of Chicago Medicine is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the Ohio Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. (OBN-001-91)

This live activity is designated for a maximum of 3.25 continuing nursing education units.
 

Social Worker Credit
University of Chicago Medicine is a Registered Social Work Continuing Education Sponsor through the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation and will offer continuing education units for Getting My Patient to Transplant: A View from the Trenches for LSW and LCSW social workers in the state of Illinois.

3.25 social work continuing education units are provided for this live activity.

Other Health Professions Credit
Nurses and other healthcare professionals will receive a Certificate of Participation. For information on the applicability and acceptance of Certificates of Participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME, please consult your professional licensing board.

Please Note: The credit claiming process will close three months after the conference end date. Requests to claim credit after three months will be subject to additional fees.

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FEES
Register and receive a complimentary wristband for admission to the Museum of Science and Industry!
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PROFESSION TYPEFEE
Physicians$50
Other Healthcare Professionals$25
Residents/Fellows$25

CANCELLATION POLICY If you cancel your participation, your registration fee less a 50% will be refunded when written notification is received by October 19, 2019. No refunds will be made after October 19, 2019.
 

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