Educational Opportunities
The Society for the Advancement of Blood ManagementTM (SABM) is committed to promoting evidence-based information and knowledge of blood management among medical students, physicians and other healthcare providers. As part of that commitment, listed here are continuing education opportunities, many of which offer CME credit.
The Society provides these links solely for the user's convenience. By providing these links, SABM assumes no responsibility for, nor does it necessarily endorse, these opportunities, their content, or their sponsoring organizations.
If you know of, or have developed a Continuing Education Opportunity and would like it included here, please send an email to info@sabm.org. Be sure to attach the program and all pertinent information. SABM reviews all submissions.
October 30, 2008.
New Guidelines Address Treatment of Chemotherapy-Related Anemia
Overview
The American Society of Clinical Oncology and the American Society of Hematology have released new clinical practice guidelines on the use of epoetin and darbepoetin. The guidelines, published in the October 22 Online First issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology, recommend initiating an erythropoiesis-stimulating agent for chemotherapy-related anemia.
Similar evidence-based guidelines on the use of epoetin were first published in 2002. These latest recommendations expand the scope of the guidelines to address the use of darbepoetin and the thromboembolic risk associated with these agents.
Click here to access this CE opportunity.
December 2008.
The Quest for Ideal Erythropoiesis: A Preoperative Red Blood Cell Production
This Web activity, featuring experts in the field of blood management, provides a data-driven approach to the preoperative management of anemia in patients undergoing elective surgery. This activity will provide ample evidence to support the development of a collaborative preoperative anemia management program in your surgical facility.
After completing this activity, the participant should be able to
- develop a protocol for routine screening for and differential diagnosis of anemia four weeks before the scheduled date of elective surgery;
- identify patients for whom erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAs) may be indicated;
- safely decrease the rate of administering allogeneic transfusions to surgical patients; and
- analyze the cost/benefit ratio for treating anemia preoperatively with ESAs vs perioperatively with allogeneic transfusion.
December 31, 2008.
Optimizing Blood Management in Cardiovascular Surgery: Why & How
This educational activity will review the data on the effects of transfusion on patient outcomes, the potential strategies to reduce transfusion use in cardiovascular surgery, and the role of transfusion medicine professionals in optimizing blood management in this setting.
The activity is intended for transfusion medicine specialists, blood bankers, laboratory technicians, surgeons, anesthesiologists, and other health care professionals interested in education about transfusion medicine and the appropriate use of blood products.
March 1, 2009.
Transfusion and Hemostasis in Cardiac Surgery-An Update
Overview
Tissue injury associated with a surgical procedure can activate coagulation leading to an increased risk of either thrombosis or bleeding. Additionally, a growing number of patients who undergo surgery receive antithrombotic therapy that includes many new anticoagulant/antiplatelet drugs that target novel sites in the coagulation pathway. Physicians and others involved in the care of surgical patients should be aware of the current concepts of hemostasis and their implications for the care of surgical patients. This supplement to the journal Transfusion will address hemostasis and blood management in cardiac surgical patients with an update of current perspectives.
The Dannemiller Memorial Educational Foundation designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. This activity has been approved for 2.10 contact hours by the California Board of Registered Nursing.
Objectives
- Review the current risks of blood transfusion and their implications for the care of surgical patients.
- Examine the causes and optimal management of excessive bleeding after cardiac surgery.
- Evaluate the role of pharmacologic hemostatic agents in reducing perioperative blood loss and transfusion requirements.
- Review the perioperative management of patients treated with antithrombotic agents.
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June 30, 2009.
Safety Considerations for Blood Management in the Surgical Patient
2008 Educational Compendium
The Safety Considerations for Blood Management in the Surgical Patient 2008 Educational Compendium is an educational activity designed for blood management specialists, critical care professionals, surgeons, oncologists, anesthesiologists, hematologists, hospitalists, hospital-based pharmacists, transfusion medicine specialists, and pharmacy directors. The focus of this Educational Compendium is management of anemia associated with surgery as well as recent safety issues.
This self-study compendium and CD-ROM provides an opportunity to receive 2.0 contact hours of free CME/CE/CPE credit to any health care provider who participates and completes the posttest and evaluation/attestation form.
After reviewing the Safety Considerations for Blood Management in the Surgical Patient 2008 Educational Compendium, you should be able to:
- Describe the risk of anemia for different types of surgical patients
- Screen and evaluate for anemia in surgical patients
- Define evidence-based options for blood management before, during, and after surgery
- Describe the advantages and cautions associated with the use of erythropoiesis stimulating agents in surgical patients
Click here to access this CME/CE/CPE offering.
University of Nebraska Medical Center’s Online Perioperative Blood Management Program
This program is available to anyone practicing perioperative blood management at any level. It consists of five (5) eight-hour days that include a mix of synchronous and asynchronous classroom activities. The course is offered several times beginning October 9, 2007 and is conducted via our interactive web-interface educational platform.
For more information on this educational opportunity, click here.
AABB Distance Learning Opportunities
AABB offers cost-effective educational opportunities that include web-based courses and audioconferences. The Live Learning Center features synch-to-slide presentations (online audio recordings of speaker presentations from actual AABB Annual Meeting sessions that move in-sync with the slide presentations), audioconferences, materials from other educational events such as the Spring Conference, and CME/CE tracking and attendance certification. Professionals may earn continuing education credit from their home or office through most of these offerings.
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Overview of the Transfusion Medicine Series
• Tier 1 Web-based CE Program:
Transfusion Medicine 101: Clinical Overview and Current Practices (1.5 hours) The web-based basics CE program serves as introduction to transfusion medicine for participants planning to attend a live regional CE workshop, the ASHP Midyear or those who plan to participate in the enduring web-based version of the live Midyear workshop.
• Tier 2 Live Programs:
Regional CE Workshops: Incorporating Current Therapeutic Trends and Clinical Evidence into Transfusion Protocols: Ensuring Best Practices for Transfusion Medicine
A series of two regional three-hour CE symposia that will include three lectures followed by a workshop for participants. The regional educational program format will facilitate interaction among practitioners from a variety of practice settings and disciplines.
Satellite Symposium at the 2007 ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting: Improving Patient Care in the Hospital Setting: Applying Current Therapeutic Trends and Clinical Evidence to Transfusion Protocols (2 hours)
A two-hour educational symposium in conjunction with the ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting.
• Tier 3 Post-Workshop Case Examples:
Improving Patient Care through the Use of Evidence-Based, Interdisciplinary Transfusion Protocols
This online, interactive, case-based educational activity will be designed to reinforce information participants learn during the workshops and to assess improvements in participants' knowledge based on their participation in the workshops. The activity will include test and interactive questions based on the case presentations.
NOTE: All programs will offer ACCME, ACPE and ANCC-approved CE
(The live program offered at the ASHP Midyear Meeting in December will only offer ACPE-approved CE but the enduring, web-based program that will be developed from this live offering will provide all three credits.)
Planned and conducted by ASHP Advantage. Supported by an educational grant from Novo Nordisk.
Anemia Management and Blood Conservation in the Hospital Setting
Various CME/CE educational opportunities offered by Peer Review Press
Case Studies in Perioperative Anemia
Various CME/CE educational opportunities offered by Peer Review Press
Blood Management and Conservation
Various CME/CE opportunities offered through the Network for Continuing Medical Education
2009 AABB Audioconferences
TRALI: Platelet/Plasma Strategies for Blood Centers and Hospitals
March 25, 2009 - 2pm to 3:30pm ET
Agents Used to Reduce Blood Utilization
May 13, 2009 - 2pm to 3:30pm ET
Lessons Learned from the Battlefield: Use of Whole Blood and Blood Components
October 7, 2009 - 2pm to 3:30pm ET
MedScape Business of Medicine from WebMD
Cases from AHRQ WebM&M: What Was in Those Platelets?