< April 2010 >

Please register to join us for our first 'Physician Forum on Donation and Transplantation'. This forum is a key initiative as we collaborate to further optimize our donation practices and pathways, and increase the available supply of transplantable organs.

The agenda and content have been developed to facilitate a robust discussion among the region's critical care and transplant experts. You will also have an opportunity to hear more about the Society of Critical Care Medicine's Donor Management Initiative and how we can improve the science of donation and transplantation.

Physicians

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 Institute for the Advancement of Human Behavior (IAHB) and the Gift of Life Donor Program. The IAHB is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

AMA PRA Statement

The IAHB designates this educational activity for a maximum of 4.16 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Below follows a list of speakers and moderators:

• Vivek Ahya, MD, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
• Jennifer Axelband, DO, St. Luke's Hospital
• Sandralee Blosser, MD, Penn State Hershey Medical Center
• Tania Burns, MD, A.I. duPont Hospital for Children
• Gerard Fulda, MD, Christiana Care Health System
• Nader Habashi, MD, University of Maryland Medical Center
• Patrick Kim, MD, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
• Jeffrey Marsh, MD Lehigh Valley Hospital
• Michael Moritz, MD, Lehigh Valley Hospital
• Kenneth Wood, DO, Geisinger Health System

Topics for Discussion will include:

• Society of Critical Care Medicine Donor Management Initiative
• Improving the Science of Donation and Transplantation
• Donation After Cardiac Death (DCD)
• Pediatric Donation and Transplantation
• Correlating Donor Management and Organ Yield

The event is free. Please register by visiting www.surveymonkey.com/mdforum

Should you have any questions, please contact Gweneth O'Shaughnessy, Director of Hospital Services, Gift of Life Donor Program: (215) 557-8090, ext. 1225

Objectives:

The participant will be able to…

1. Summarize the required process of making timely referrals of potential organ donors to Gift of Life Donor Program.
2. Explain how to maximize support of the family of the potential organ donor and collaborate in the staging of a timely, sensitive family approach, decreasing the number of family declines and increasing organ donation conversion rate.
3. List ways to optimize clinical management of the potential organ donor, preparing each organ system for organ transplantation, maximizing the quality of the donor’s gifts, increasing the number organs transplanted per donor (OTPD), and saving more lives through organ transplantation.

This is a one day, highly interactive program that focuses on the role of critical care staff in utilizing and sharing best-demonstrated practices for referring potential organ donors to the organ procurement organization, providing support for families of potential organ donors, and maximizing clinical donor management.

Attendees will be given focused information to allow him or her to become a Donation Champion, one who role-models and shares key information to assist colleagues in carrying out these best practices in real time.

• This program has been approved by the American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN) for 6.5 Contact Hours, Synergy CERP Category B, File number 00015877.
• This program has been approved for a maximum of 6.5 contact hours Continuing Respiratory Care Education (CRCE) credit by the American Association for Respiratory Care, 9425 N. MacArthur Blvd. Suite 100 Irving TX 75063, Course #202092002.

Who Should Attend? ICU and ER Nurses, Nurse Leaders, Respiratory Therapists, and Anyone Who May Care for a Potential Organ Donor.

Register to attend this event http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/april

This session is free.