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Upon completion of this activity, the learner should be able to:
Assess ways to improve training in order to make sound clinical decisions.
Recognize the benefits of effective communication in a multidisciplinary team setting to advance the care of dialysis patients.
Analyze the benefits and drawbacks of different dialysis options for patients who need renal replacement.
Identify risks and benefits of peritoneal and hemodialysis.
Compare nontraditional approaches for arteriovenous access creation and intervention.
Determine how best to make clinical decisions for patients with thoracic central vein obstruction (TCVO).
Discuss factors that contribute to patient safety during dialysis access surgery and catheter-based intervention.
SODA LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:
Recognize the role and value of simulation in training for dialysis access.
Evaluate dialysis access e-learning modules.
Explain the use and benefits of ultrasound vascular mapping for selection of optimal hemodialysis access surgical success.
Demonstrate how to perform hemodialysis access angiography and angioplasty.
Learn the skills of balloon angioplasty and stent placement.
Determine what tools to use in surgical and interventional access procedures.
Describe various approaches for the treatment of thoracic central vein obstruction (TCVO).
TARGET AUDIENCE
This activity has been designed to meet the educational needs of surgeons, interventional radiologists, nephrologists, and medical staff who care for dialysis access patients.
CME ACCREDITATION STATEMENT
Complete Conference Management is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
CIDA CREDIT DESIGNATION STATEMENT
Complete Conference Management designates this live activity for a maximum of 12.75 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
SODA CREDIT DESIGNATION STATEMENT
Complete Conference Management designates this live activity for a maximum of 3.0 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
OTHER CREDITS
For the purpose of recertification, American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) accepts AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM from organizations accredited by the ACCME.
American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) accepts AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM from organizations accredited by the ACCME.
American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) accepts certificates of participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM from organizations accredited by the ACCME.