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Transplant and Associated Mental Health

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Activity Dates: 04/19/2021 - 04/19/2024

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Target Audience

This course is designed for pharmacists, nurse practitioners or other health care professionals involved in the comprehensive medication management of psychiatric and/or neurological patients.

Session Summary

Recent studies suggest that psychiatric diagnoses are commonly found in patients throughout the transplant process and have both short- and long-term implications on morbidity and mortality. This impacts both recipients of a transplant, as well as donors. Nonadherence is common within the psychiatric patient population, which can ultimately lead to transplant failure. Additionally, studies suggest that commonly used psychotropic medications interact with calcineurin inhibitors and must be carefully monitored. Pharmacists can play a role in screening, analyzing medication regimens, and creating pharmacological treatment plan for psychiatric complications, adverse effects, and drug-drug interactions in the solid organ transplant patient population.

Course Requirements

You will proceed through the following steps to satisfactorily complete this course:

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  • Review the full content of the activity and reflect upon its teachings.
  • Complete the post-test at the end of the activity no later than the closing activity date.
  • Complete the evaluation at the end of the activity.
  • If necessary, complete the post-test retest no later than the closing activity date.
  • Receive a passing grade (70%).
  • Provide the necessary details in your profile to ensure correct reporting by AAPP to CPE Monitor.

Upon successful completion, ACPE credit is reported within 24 hours to CPE Monitor although transcripts can be retrieved by participants online in their ACPE Transcript.

Faculty Information

Paula Zimbrean,MD, FACLP, FAPA

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Learning Objectives

  1. Describe the potential psychiatric complications and psychopharmacological concerns in a patient being evaluated for a solid organ transplant.
  2. Analyze patient medication regimens for potential psychiatric complications of solid organ transplants in the post-operative and post-discharge stage.
  3. Create a pharmacological treatment plan for psychiatric complications, adverse effects, and drug-drug interactions in the solid organ transplant period.

Continuing Education Credit and Disclosures

Activity Dates: 04/19/2021 - 04/19/2024
ACPE Contact Hours: 1
ACPE Number: 0284-0000-21-024-H01-P (Knowledge)
Nursing Credit Reminder: Note that ACPE credit is accepted for ANCC Certification Renewal and AANPCB advanced practice provider content. For specific questions related to your organization's acceptance of ACPE continuing education units, please contact your organization directly.

ACPEThe College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacists is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.

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