Transplant Nephrology Core Curriculum 2019
About the Curriculum:
This online curriculum offers a review of knowledge deemed essential for the care of kidney transplant recipients based on the American Board of Internal Medicine’s nephrology blueprint. The program consists of 9.75 hours of presentations presented by outstanding speakers and contains a self-examination to help you assess your knowledge in this discipline.
| IMPORTANT: CME for the Transplant Nephrology Core Curriculum (TNCC) ends on March 25, 2022 (the option to purchase CME ends on March 10, 2022). For any questions concerning CE credits, or MOC points, please contact ASN via email at education@asn-online.org. |
TNCC Learning Objectives - At the conclusion of the program, the learner should be able to:
- Discuss the immunologic basis for acute and chronic rejection of renal allografts.
- Delineate algorithms for evaluation of potential kidney transplant recipients and donors.
- Define the short- and long-term outcomes of kidney transplant recipients and donors in the modern era.
- Discuss basic pharmacology of currently available immunosuppressive drugs.
- Describe the perioperative management and potential surgical complications of kidney transplantation.
- Discuss the pathophysiology and management of common long-term complications of kidney transplantation.
- Delineate the role of the Organ Procurement Transplant Network in regulating allocation of deceased donor organ transplantation.
- Describe management issues that are unique to pediatric kidney transplant recipients.
More Information on TNCC - Course availability and additional questions:
- CME options for the Transplant Nephrology Core Curriculum 2019 will be available for purchase until March 10, 2022. CME ends on March 25, 2022.
- For any questions concerning the purchase of, or access to, this activity, please contact AST via email at info@myAST.org.
- For any questions concerning the content, CE credits, or MOC points, please contact ASN via email education@asn-online.org.
Packages Display Packages
Purchase of the "TNCC - Individual Access" provides the user with access to the following 11 sessions.
Sessions Included:
Pharmacology of Immunosuppressive Agents (Feb 06, 2019 02:08 PM)
Long-term Non-infectious Complications of Kidney Transplantation (Part 1) (Feb 08, 2019 02:10 PM)
Recipient and Donor Outcomes (Feb 02, 2019 02:07 PM)
Pediatric Kidney Transplantation (Feb 11, 2019 02:11 PM)
Immunology and Clinical Patterns of Allograft Rejection (Feb 01, 2019 02:06 PM)
Infectious Complications of Kidney Transplantation: Focus on CMV and BK Polyoma Infection (Feb 07, 2019 02:09 PM)
Recipient Evaluation in Kidney Transplantation (Feb 04, 2019 02:08 PM)
Long-term Non-infectious Complications of Kidney Transplantation (Part 2) (Feb 09, 2019 02:10 PM)
Perioperative Management of the Kidney Transplantation (Feb 05, 2019 02:08 PM)
Regulations of Transplantation in the United States (Feb 10, 2019 02:11 PM)
The Evaluation of Potential Living Kidney Donors (Feb 03, 2019 02:07 PM)
Purchase of the "TNCC - Group Access" provides up to 5 users with access to the following 11 sessions.
Sessions Included:
Pharmacology of Immunosuppressive Agents (Feb 06, 2019 02:08 PM)
Long-term Non-infectious Complications of Kidney Transplantation (Part 1) (Feb 08, 2019 02:10 PM)
Recipient and Donor Outcomes (Feb 02, 2019 02:07 PM)
Pediatric Kidney Transplantation (Feb 11, 2019 02:11 PM)
Immunology and Clinical Patterns of Allograft Rejection (Feb 01, 2019 02:06 PM)
Infectious Complications of Kidney Transplantation: Focus on CMV and BK Polyoma Infection (Feb 07, 2019 02:09 PM)
Recipient Evaluation in Kidney Transplantation (Feb 04, 2019 02:08 PM)
Long-term Non-infectious Complications of Kidney Transplantation (Part 2) (Feb 09, 2019 02:10 PM)
Perioperative Management of the Kidney Transplantation (Feb 05, 2019 02:08 PM)
Regulations of Transplantation in the United States (Feb 10, 2019 02:11 PM)
The Evaluation of Potential Living Kidney Donors (Feb 03, 2019 02:07 PM)
Sessions
Immunology and Clinical Patterns of Allograft Rejection
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Immunology and Clinical Patterns of Allograft Rejection
Speaker(s):
- Alexander C. Wiseman, MD, University of Colorado - Denver
Recipient and Donor Outcomes
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The Evaluation of Potential Living Kidney Donors
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The Evaluation of Potential Living Kidney Donors
Speaker(s):
- Dr. Didier A. Mandelbrot, MD, University of Wisconsin Health
Recipient Evaluation in Kidney Transplantation
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Recipient Evaluation in Kidney Transplantation
Speaker(s):
- Dr. Vineeta Kumar, MD, FAST, University of Alabama in Birmingham
Perioperative Management of the Kidney Transplantation
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Perioperative Management of the Kidney Transplantation
Speaker(s):
- Dr. Jayme E. Locke, MD, MPH, Professor of Surgery, Chief, Division of Transplantation, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Pharmacology of Immunosuppressive Agents
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Pharmacology of Immunosuppressive Agents
Speaker(s):
- Dr. Rita R. Alloway, PharmD, FCCP, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Infectious Complications of Kidney Transplantation: Focus on CMV and BK Polyoma Infection
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Infectious Complications of Kidney Transplantation: Focus on CMV and BK Polyoma Infection
Speaker(s):
- Daniel C. Brennan, MD, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Long-term Non-infectious Complications of Kidney Transplantation (Part 1)
Speaker(s):
- Dr. Roy D. Bloom, MD, University of Pennsylvania
Long-term Non-infectious Complications of Kidney Transplantation (Part 2)
Speaker(s):
- Heidi M. Schaefer, MD, Vanderbilt University
Regulations of Transplantation in the United States
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Regulations of Transplantation in the United States
Speaker(s):
- John J. Friedewald, MD, FAST, Northwestern University