Education and Clinical Tools for the Independent Living Donor Advocate
This nine-part webinar series is targeted to Independent Living Donor Advocates (ILDAs) and transplant managers, but many transplant professionals will find this information valuable given the documented differences in practice, confusion about regulatory requirements, and dearth of available training materials.
Is this Series for Me?
- Beginner and novice ILDAs of any discipline including nurses, social workers, physicians, chaplains, and outside consultants and lay volunteers
- Seasoned ILDAs
- Transplant managers
What Will I Learn?
By participating in this webinar series, you will be able to:
- Understand the ILDA role and regulatory requirements
- Build a bedrock of knowledge about transplantation, living donation, and the surrounding ethics
- Describe the specifics of ILDA role implementation and compliance
- Assess the challenges of donor care
How Do I Register?
AST members and their ILDAs can participate free of charge by registering for the series through the AST member’s account. Non-members of AST can purchase access to all nine webinars for just $200 (less than $25 per webinar). Registration includes access to the live webinars as well as the archived content after each webinar, so you can register at any time, even if some webinars have already taken place.
If you are a transplant professional without a doctoral degree, you can join AST as a member for only $90 annually. This may be of interest as a way to access the webinars as part of your AST member benefits. See if you are eligible to join AST here.
During the checkout process, the fee is removed when you log in with an AST member username and password. Non-members will create a new account during checkout, and pay the fee.
Is there continuing education credit available?
There is no continuing education credit available for this webinar.
Is there a certificate of participation?
A participation certificate is available for each video via the "CE Information" tab under the recording. While there is no CE available for the course, the "Take Exam" button in this section will take you to a post-session test to complete. Once the test is completed correctly, a PDF of the certificate will be available.
Planning Committee
Marian Charlton, RN, Matt Cooper, MD, Jami Hanneman, MSW, Rebecca Hays, MSW, Ben Hippen, MD, Dianne LaPointe Rudow, PhD, Arthur Matas, MD, David Serur, MD, Ellen Shukhman, RN, Jennifer Steel, PhD
#1 of 9 History of the ILDA Role: Including the Basics, Regulatory Oversight, and Policy
Originally aired on Wednesday, May 27, 2015
Learner Objectives:
- Discuss the history of live donor advocacy and the inception of the role of the ILDA
- Identify federal, state and OPTN regulations surrounding the role of the ILDA
- Define advocacy and define independence
- Discuss critical elements required in hospital polices surrounding the delivery of care by the ILDA
- Discuss the skill set required to be a ILDA
- Identify acceptable variations in practice
- Identify basic and continuing education components of the ILDA
Presenter:
Dianne LaPointe Rudow, ANP-BC, DNP, CCTC • Mount Sinai Hospital
Moderator:
Rebecca Hays, MSW • University of Wisconsin
Read the Q&A that wasn't answered during webinar
Free to AST members: fee is waived upon logging in during the checkout process.
#2 of 9 Basics of Kidney Disease and Transplantation
Originally aired on Wednesday, June 17, 2015
Learner Objectives:
- Describe kidney structure and function
- Describe primary causes of end-stage renal disease (ESRD)
- Explain treatment options for ESRD, including: hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, deceased donor transplant and living donor transplant (LDT)
- Identify benefits of LDT for people with late stage chronic kidney disease
Presenter:
David Serur, MD • NYP-Weill Cornell and Rogosin Institute
Moderator:
Ellen Shukhman, RN-BC, BSN, CCTV • Cedars Sinai Comprehensive Transplant Center
Free to AST members: fee is waived upon logging in during the checkout process.
#3 of 9 Living Kidney Donation A to Z: Understanding the Basics
Originally aired on Wednesday, July 15, 2015
Learner Objectives:
- Understand the Living donor evaluation process
- UNOS and CMS guidelines for evaluating the Living donor
- Laparoscopic surgical approaches and recovery
- Understand the short and long term surgical risks
- Understand the short and long term medical risks
- Understand Kidney Paired Donation and its impact on Living donors
- Understand the Living donor follow-up process and regulatory requirements
Presenter:
Matt Cooper, MD • Medstar Georgetown Transplant Institute
Moderator:
Arthur Matas, MD • University of Minnesota
Read the Q&A that wasn't answered during webinar
Free to AST members: fee is waived upon logging in during the checkout process.
#4 of 9 Basics of Liver Disease and Transplantation
Originally aired on Wednesday, July 29, 2015
Learner Objectives:
- Describe liver structure and function
- Describe primary causes of end-stage liver disease
- Explain basics of liver evaluation process, MELD, and candidacy differences for living donor liver transplant recipients
- Discuss selecting the appropriate candidate for Living Donor Transplant
- Discuss recipient post-transplant complications
Presenter:
Robert Brown, MD, MPH • Columbia University Medical Center
Moderator:
Marian Charlton, RN, SRN, CCTC • New York Presbyterian
Free to AST members: fee is waived upon logging in during the checkout process.
#5 of 9 Living Liver Donation A to Z: Understanding the Basics
Originally aired on Wednesday, August 19, 2015
Learner Objectives:
- Understand the living liver donor evaluation process
- UNOS and CMS guidelines for evaluating the living liver donor
- Surgical approaches and recovery
- Understand short and long term surgical risks
- Understand the short and long term medical risks
- Understand the short and long term psychosocial risks
- Understand the living liver donor follow-up process and regulatory requirements
Presenter:
Elizabeth Pomfret, MD, PhD • Lahey Hospital and Medical Center
Moderator:
Dianne LaPointe Rudow, ANP-BC, DNP, CCTC • Mount Sinai Hospital
Free to AST members: fee is waived upon logging in during the checkout process.
#6 of 9 Basics of Informed Consent for Living Donors
Originally aired on Wednesday, September 16, 2015
Learner Objectives:
- Discuss key elements of informed consent:Voluntariness, understanding, and intention to proceed
- Gain understanding of the regulatory requirements within the context of living donation
- e.g. Separate consent for evaluation and procedure
- Discuss key elements of, and challenges to, provision of living donor informed consent
- Voluntary status, free will/ lack of coercion, and understanding of short and long term risks
Presenter:
Rebecca Hays, MSW • Transplant Center, University of Wisconsin
Moderator:
Jami Hanneman, MSW, LCSW • Northwestern Medicine
Free to AST members: fee is waived upon logging in during the checkout process.
#7 of 9 Navigating the ILDA Role: Challenges and Responsibilities
Originally aired on Wednesday, October 21, 2015
Learner Objectives:
- Outline common ethical challenges for ILDAs
- Discuss ILDA contraindications to donation and role of ILDA at donor selection
- Explore supervision and grievance policy strategies
- Management of dual roles and the ILDA
- Identify issues with regard to Donor-ILDA confidentiality and documentation
- Describe unresolved issues in ILDA practice
Presenter:
Jami Hanneman, MSW, LCSW • Northwestern Medicine
Moderator:
Jennifer Steel, PhD • University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Free to AST members: fee is waived upon logging in during the checkout process.
#8 of 9 Medical Ethics: Concepts and ILDA Practice
Originally aired on Wednesday, November 18, 2015
Learner Objectives:
- Provide basic grounding medical ethics concepts
- Describe ethical principles in conflict in provision of donor care
- Beneficence v autonomy
- Outline components specific to ILDA role
- Independence and advocacy
- Offer strategies to guide approach to conflicts
Presenter:
Benjamin Hippen, MD • Metrolina Nephrology Associates, P.A.
Moderator:
Jennifer Steel, PhD • University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Free to AST members: fee is waived upon logging in during the checkout process.
#9 of 9 Difficult Living Donor Decisions
Originally aired on Wednesday, December 16, 2015
Learner Objectives:
- To identify core ILDA practice skills in caring for complex prospective donors
- Gain competence in assessment strategies for donors who may be ambivalent; feeling pressure; or are immature.
- Learn intervention approaches for care of these complex patients
Presenter:
Cheryl Jacobs, MSW, LICSW • University of Minnesota
Ellen Shukhman, RN-BC, BSN, CCTV • Cedars Sinai Comprehensive Transplant Center
Moderator:
Marian Charlton • New York Presbyterian
Free to AST members: fee is waived upon logging in during the checkout process.
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