Saving and Healing Lives through Organ & Tissue Donation
Online Training CME Details
General Information
The online educational training course is intended to provide educational information around organ
donation and transplantation. The course is geared toward healthcare professionals in hospitals,
transplant centers, organ procurement organizations, eye and tissue banks, and state hospital
associations.
TRAINING COURSE CME DETAILS
In order to earn CME credit for this course, participants must view the online training course in its
entirety, pass the post-test with a minimum of 80%, and complete the course evaluation. There is no
fee associated with obtaining CME credit.
Register here to claim CME credit
o Post-test questionnaire
o Course evaluation survey
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Accreditation Statement:
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies
of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint
providership of Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and Organ Donation and Transplantation
Alliance. The Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing
medical education for physicians.
Credit Designation Statement:
The Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center designates this enduring material for a maximum of .5 AMA
PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of
their participation in the activity.
Learning Objectives:
With the completion of this activity, participants will be able to:
1. Identify the roles of different members of the multidisciplinary team of professionals in the
donation process
2. Explain how full clinical management of critically ill or dying patients can preserve their ability
to become organ donors that otherwise would be lost if treatments were limited
3. Differentiate myths from facts regarding the donation process
4. Examine how collaboration between an OPO and the clinical team leads to a more successful
donation process
Saving and Healing Lives through Organ & Tissue Donation
Online Training CME Details
Activity:
This training course consists of a 30-minute video presentation.
Release Date: October 15, 2014
Termination Date: October 15, 2017
Continuing Education Credits:
Participants in this activity are eligible to claim the following types of continuing education
credits. Requirements for obtaining credit can be viewed by choosing the appropriate category.
 Continuing Medical Education Credit (CME) Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center is the
provider of this activity. To claim Continuing Medical Education credit (.5 AMA PRA
Category 1™credits) please view the Saving and Healing Lives through Organ and Tissue
Donation - Online Training Course and go to the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Center for Continuing
Education activity page to create an account or login and register for credit. Registration is
free. In order to obtain credit, participants must complete the post-test with a grade of 80% or
higher as well as an online evaluation of the activity. This can be found on the activity
page. You will have immediate access to your online transcript once you have registered and
completed the assessment.
Continuing Education Points for Transplant Certification (CEPTC) – for CEPTC Certificate complete
the form below the video on the webpage.
Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest:
In accordance with the disclosure policy of Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center/Geisel School of
Medicine at Dartmouth as well as standards set forth by the Accreditation Council on Continuing
Medical Education and the Nursing Continuing Education Council standards set forth by the American
Nurses Credentialing Center Commission on Accreditation, continuing medical education and nursing
education activity director(s), planning committee member(s), speaker(s), author(s) or anyone in a
position to control the content have been asked to disclose any financial relationship* they have to a
commercial interest (any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or
services consumed by, or used on patients). Such disclosure is not intended to suggest or condone
bias in any presentation, but is elicited to provide participants with information that might be of
potential importance to their evaluation of a given activity.
The activity director(s), planning committee member(s), speaker(s), author(s) or anyone in a position
to control the content of Saving and Healing Lives through Organ and Tissue Donation – Continuing
Our Healthcare Mission Enduring Material, October 15, 2014 – October 15, 2017, have reported NO
financial interest or relationship* with various companies. There were no individuals in a position to
control the content that refused to disclose.
Saving and Healing Lives through Organ & Tissue Donation
Online Training CME Details
* A "financial interest or relationship" refers to an equity position, receipt of royalties, consultantship,
funding by a research grant, receiving honoraria for educational services elsewhere, or to any other
relationship to a company that provides sufficient reason for disclosure, in keeping with the spirit of
the stated policy.
Release Date:
October 15, 2014.
Termination Date: October 15, 2017.
Content Experts:
The following individuals served as the developers of this activity and their disclosures are listed
below.
Richard B. Freeman, MD
Chair, Department of Surgery
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Cyndy Kirschbaum, RN, BSN, CPTC
Donation Coordinator II
Gift of Life Michigan
Christopher P. Michetti, MD, FACS, FCCM
Associate Professor of Surgery
VCU School of Medicine, Inova Campus
Department of Surgery
Inova Fairfax Hospital
Darren Malinoski, MD, FACS
Chief, Section of Surgical Critical Care
Portland VA Medical Center
Associate Professor of Surgery
Oregon Health & Science University
Karen Lord, RN, MSN, FNP-C, CCRN, CPTC
Advanced Practice Donation Specialist
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
New England Organ Bank
Kenneth P. Moritsugu, MD, MPH, FACPM
Rear Admiral, USPHS (Retired)
Former U.S. Surgeon General
Thomas A. Nakagawa, MD, FAAP, FCCM
Professor, Anesthesiology and Pediatrics
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Director, Pediatric Critical Care
Teresa Beigay, DrPH
Director, Special Donation Initiatives
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Health Resources and Services Administration
Brenner Children’s Hospital, North Carolina
Baptist Medical Center
Department of Transplantation
Karen Libs
DTCP Consultant
Organ Donation and Transplantation Alliance
LeAnn Swanson, MPH
Executive Director
Organ Donation and Transplantation Alliance
Saving and Healing Lives through Organ & Tissue Donation
Online Training CME Details
Questions regarding CME Accreditation?
For questions related to the CME accreditation of this activity, please contact: Center for Continuing
Education in the Health Sciences, Dartmouth-Hitchcock, [email protected].
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