Comprehensive Trainee Curriculum
Solid organ transplantation is a multidisciplinary field, leading to a diverse community of professionals within the AST. As a result, it is often necessary for trainees to have extensive knowledge of all areas of transplantation—not just their specialty. While clinical training in transplantation exposes trainees to various specialties, additional educational curriculum that encompasses all areas is highly beneficial.
The Comprehensive Trainee Curriculum (CTC) is AST’s latest addition to its member benefits. This feature is an online educational platform that features dozens of webinars on various concentrations of transplantation.
How to Purchase the Course:
- AST MEMBERS: $50, simply log in with your AST username and password to purchase the curriculum.
- NON-MEMBERS: $200, If you have an account on the AST website, sign in with those credentials. If you do not have an account with AST, create an account and proceed with the purchase (your account will not be an AST website account nor a membership account; it is your webinar access account).
- Please note there is no CE available for this course. CTC is designed to cover a wide variety of transplant content and allow the viewer the freedom to pick and choose their learning path based on interest and need.
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For those interested in a focused learning experience, CTC can also be viewed via a series of 12 recommended learning tracks have been included in the "Course Appendix":
Lessons
The Comprehensive Trainee Curriculum's (CTC) "All Organs and Ages" section features videos that are applicable to all transplant professionals. For those interested in a focused learning experience, CTC can also be viewed via a series of 12 recommended learning tracks have been included in the "Course Appendix":
Activities Included:
Topic #1: "Overview of Transplant Immunology" (All Organs & Ages)
Evaluation #1 (All Organs & Ages)
Topic #2: "Overview of Induction and Maintenance Immunosuppression" (All Organs & Ages)
Evaluation #2 (All Organs & Ages)
Topic #3: "Overview of Transplant Pathology" (All Organs & Ages)
Evaluation #3 (All Organs & Ages)
Topic #4: "Fever and Infections in Transplantation" (All Organs & Ages)
Evaluation #4 (All Organs & Ages)
Topic #5: "Non-Graft Complications in Solid Organ Transplantation: Metabolic & Malignancies" (All Organs & Ages)
Evaluation #5 (All Organs & Ages)
Topic #6: "OPTN: Legal and Regulatory Framework & How OPTN Policy Development Works" (All Organs & Ages)
Evaluation #6 (All Organs & Ages)
The Comprehensive Trainee Curriculum's (CTC) "Liver" section features videos on liver transplantation. For those interested in a guided learning experience, CTC can also be viewed via a series of 12 recommended learning tracks have been included in the "Course Appendix":
Activities Included:
Topic #1: "Managing Patients on the Liver Transplant Wait List" (Liver)
Evaluation #1 (Liver)
Topic #2: "Evaluation (of Recipient Candidacy) for Liver Transplantation" (Liver)
Evaluation #2 (Liver)
Topic #3: "Viral Hepatitis: Pre- and Post-Liver Transplant Management" (Liver)
Evaluation #3 (Liver)
Topic #4: "Induction and Maintenance Immunosuppression in Liver Transplantation" (Liver)
Evaluation #4 (Liver)
Topic #5: "Early Postoperative Complications of Liver Transplantation" (Liver)
Evaluation #5 (Liver)
Topic #6: "Long Term Care of the Liver Transplant Recipient " (Liver)
Evaluation #6 (Liver)
Topic #7: "Histopathology of Liver Transplantation" (Liver)
Evaluation #7 (Liver)
The Comprehensive Trainee Curriculum's (CTC) "Renal" section features videos on kidney transplantation. For those interested in a guided learning experience, CTC can also be viewed via a series of 12 recommended learning tracks have been included in the "Course Appendix":
Activities Included:
Topic #1: "Evaluation of Recipient Candidacy for Renal Transplantation" (Renal)
Evaluation #1 (Renal)
Topic #2: "Deceased Donor Kidney Allocation in the US" (Renal)
Evaluation #2 (Renal)
Topic #3: "Induction and Maintenance Immunosuppression in Renal Transplantation" (Renal)
Evaluation #3 (Renal)
Topic #4: "Overview of Rejection: Diagnosis, Pathology, Management and Outcomes" (Renal)
Evaluation #4 (Renal)
Topic #5: "Renal Graft Pathology" (Renal)
Evaluation #5 (Renal)
The Comprehensive Trainee Curriculum's (CTC) "Heart" section features videos on cardiac transplantation. For those interested in a guided learning experience, CTC can also be viewed via a series of 12 recommended learning tracks have been included in the "Course Appendix":
Activities Included:
Topic #1: "Evaluation of Recipient Candidacy for Cardiac Transplantation" (Heart)
Evaluation #1 (Heart)
Topic #2: "Overview of Cardiac Rejection: Diagnosis, Management and Outcomes" (Heart)
Evaluation #2 (Heart)
Topic #3: "Immunosuppression and Complications of Cardiac Transplantation" (Heart)
Evaluation #3 (Heart)
The Comprehensive Trainee Curriculum's (CTC) "Lung" section features videos on lung transplantation. For those interested in a guided learning experience, CTC can also be viewed via a series of 12 recommended learning tracks have been included in the "Course Appendix":
Activities Included:
Topic #1: "Pulmonary Hypertension and Lung Transplantation" (Lung)
Evaluation #1 (Lung)
Topic #2: "Evaluation of Recipient Candidacy for Lung Transplantation" (Lung)
Evaluation #2 (Lung)
Topic #3: "Overview of Lung Rejection: Diagnosis, Management and Outcomes" (Lung)
Evaluation #3 (Lung)
Topic #4: "Immunosuppression and Complications of Lung Transplantation" (Lung)
Evaluation #4 (Lung)
Topic #5: "Marginal Lung Donor - Novel Approach to Increasing the Lung Donor Pool" (Lung)
Evaluation #5 (Lung)
Topic #6: "Late Complications of Lung Transplantation" (Lung)
Evaluation #6 (Lung)
The Comprehensive Trainee Curriculum's (CTC) "Pediatrics" section features videos that are applicable to pediatric transplant professionals. For those interested in a focused learning experience, CTC can also be viewed via a series of 12 recommended learning tracks have been included in the "Course Appendix":
Activities Included:
Topic #1: "Adherence and Transition from Adolescence" (Pediatrics)
Evaluation #1 (Pediatrics)
Topic #2: "Pediatric Graft Allocation/Organ Quality" (Pediatrics)
Evaluation #2 (Pediatrics)
Topic #3: "Immunosuppression and Medications in Children" (Pediatrics)
Evaluation #3 (Pediatrics)
The Comprehensive Trainee Curriculum's (CTC) "Basic Immunology" section features videos on transplant immunology applicable to all transplant professionals. For those interested in a guided learning experience, CTC can also be viewed via a series of 12 recommended learning tracks have been included in the "Course Appendix":
Activities Included:
Topic #1: "Clinical Assays of Immune Function and Transplantomics" (Basic Immunology)
Evaluation #1 (Basic Immunology)
Topic #2: "Histocompatibility Techniques and Risk Assessment Before and After Transplantation" (Basic Immunology)
Evaluation #2 (Basic Immunology)
The Comprehensive Trainee Curriculum's (CTC) "Pharm" section features videos on transplant pharmacy and related topics. For those interested in a guided learning experience, CTC can also be viewed via a series of 12 recommended learning tracks have been included in the "Course Appendix":
Activities Included:
Topic #1: "Induction/Rejection Therapies" (Pharm)
Evaluation #1 (Pharm)
Topic #2: "Maintenance Immunosuppression" (Pharm)
Evaluation #2 (Pharm)
Topic #3: "Drug Interactions and Safety" (Pharm)
Evaluation #3 (Pharm)
The Comprehensive Trainee Curriculum's (CTC) "ID" section features videos on transplant infectious disease and related topics. For those interested in a guided learning experience, CTC can also be viewed via a series of 12 recommended learning tracks have been included in the "Course Appendix":
Activities Included:
Topic #1: "Infectious Disease Pre- and Early Post-Operative Issues" (ID)
Evaluation #1 (ID)
Topic #2: "CMV Infection in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients" (ID)
Evaluation #2 (ID)
Topic #3: Important Bacterial and Parasitic Infections in SOT Recipients (ID)
Evaluation #3 (ID)
Topic #4: "EBV and PTLD: Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment" (ID)
Evaluation #4 (ID)
The Comprehensive Trainee Curriculum's (CTC) "Other" section features videos on important topics in transplantation not covered in other sections. For those interested in a guided learning experience, CTC can also be viewed via a series of 12 recommended learning tracks have been included in the "Course Appendix":
Activities Included:
Topic #1: "Psychosocial Aspects of Organ Donation and Living Donation" (Other)
Evaluation #1 (Other)
Topic #2: "Regulatory Issues in Transplantation: CMS, UNOS, SRTR, Outcome Reporting" (Other)
Evaluation #2 (Other)
Topic #3: "Women's Health Issues" (Other)
Evaluation #3 (Other)