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Accredited Course
Cost: $25
Courses that have the CE logo on the image have a designated number of certified continuing education credits associated with the course. These courses have a fee, and upon completion, the learner will receive a certificate with their designated credits which can be used for re-licensure. The continuing education credits available are physician credits, MOC II points, risk management credits, and nursing contact hours.
Non-Accredited Course
Cost: $0
Courses are free, self-paced, and open-enrollment that may be started and completed at any time. You will receive a certificate of Completion once you finish the course.
Accreditation/Designation Statements
In support of improving patient care, Boston Children's Hospital is accredited by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for the healthcare team.
Physician
Boston Children’s Hospital designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in this activity. AAPA accepts AMA category 1 credit for the PRA from organizations accredited by ACCME.
Risk Management
Organ Donation After Circulatory Determination of Death meets the requirements for 1.00 Risk Management Credits as proscribed by the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine and defined in 243 CMR 2.06(5)(d) I.
MOC Part II
American Board of Pediatrics
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the activity, with individual assessments of the participant and feedback to the participant, enables the participant to earn 1.00 MOC points in the American Board of Pediatrics’ (ABP) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABP MOC credit.
American Board of Internal Medicine
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 1.00 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.
American Board of Anesthesiology
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the activity, with individual assessment of the participant and feedback to the participant, enables the participant to earn 1.00 MOC points with the American Board of Anesthesiology Maintenance of Certification in Anesthesiology Program® (MOCA®). It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABP MOC credit.
Nurse
Boston Children’s Hospital designates this activity for 1.00 contact hours for nurses. Nurses should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
About
This course addresses the practices in place for Donation After Circulatory Determination of Death (DCDD) at Boston Children’s Hospital. With a more thorough understanding of the process, providers can feel more comfortable having the necessary discussions with families. The course places emphasis on preparing family members and includes clips of simulated scenarios using actors and a manikin. Provider effort to discuss end-of-life care and provide ongoing grief support would likely ease the decision-making process for families and has the potential to increase organ donation.
Instructional Time
0 hour, 52 minutes
Target Audience
- Physicians
- Nurses
Expiration Dates
- Approved: 02/02/2018
- Released: 07/12/2018
- Expires: 02/02/2021
Course Format
Self-paced, using text and video, with post-test assessments. Requires 80% or higher score to earn CME credit. Online course assessment. Requires Safari (v6 or higher), Chrome (v38 or higher), Internet Explorer (v11 or higher), or Firefox (v23 or higher).
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Learning Objectives
- Differentiate between circulatory determination of death and neurological determination of death
- Identify the criteria that determine a patient's eligibility for organ donation after DCDD
- Prepare to introduce and guide a patient's family through the organ donation process
- List the criteria involved in determining a patient's eligibility for DCDD
- Describe the different roles involved in patient management during the process of DCDD
- Identify the necessary personnel, supplies, equipment, and medications for the process of DCDD in preparation of organ procurement
- Describe the process of organ donation by DCDD
- Develop an approach to speaking with the family during the DCDD process
- Explain what to do if the patient does not reach pulselessness within 1 hour after withdrawal of life-sustaining therapies
Contributors
Course Director/Author
Sally Vitali
Associate in Critical Care Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital
Assistant Professor in Anaesthesia, Harvard Medical School
Disclosures
In accordance with the disclosure policy of Boston Children's Hospital and the standards set forth by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education, course planners, speakers and content reviewers list below any relevant relationships they or their spouse/partner have to companies producing, marketing, re-selling or distributing health care goods or services consumed by or used on patients.
Course Director(s)
No disclosures to report:
Sally Vitali, MD
Author(s)
No disclosures to report:
Sally Vitali, MD
Course Reviewer(s)
No disclosures to report:
Traci Wolbrink, MD, MPH; Lisa DelSignore, MD
Course Planner(s)
No disclosures to report:
Lisa Pixley, RN
Commercial and Financial Support Disclosure
This program receives no commercial support.