ETAHP Specialty Update Symposium
SUNDAY 24 SEPTEMBER 2017 | 08.30 – 12.50
ETAHP Specialty Update Symposium
CHAIRS : Fabienne Dobbels, Leuven, Belgium
Ignacio Revuelta, Barcelona, Spain
08.30 – 10.00 Session 1: Let’s talk about sex
08:30 Welcome and overview of the programme
08:40 Sexuality after organ transplantation: shuffling between fears and dreams?
Paul Enzlin, Leuven, Belgium
09:10 Transplant drugs and pregnancy - contraception, pregnancy and breastfeeding
Helene Thomas, Bristol, United Kingdom
09:40 Interactive case discussion - So you want to have a Baby: now what?
Andrea Devaney, Oxford, United Kingdom
10.00 – 10.50 Session 2: Cognitive functioning: healthy ageing after transplantation:Sex, drugs and rock'n'roll
10:00 Cognitive functioning pre- and post-transplant: eternal sunshine of the spotless mind?
Patrick Smith, Durham, United States
10:30 Interactive case discussion on cognitive functioning. 2 cases with long term perspective:
1. Deliberative non adherence due to cognitive deficit in a liver transplant recipient
Anna Forsberg, Lund, Sweden
2. Cognitive deficit after lung transplantation - a long-term perspective on consequences for self-management
Marion Wessels-Bakker, Utrecht, The Netherlands
11.10 – 12.45 Session 3: Frailty: healthy ageing after transplantation:Sex, drugs and rock'n'roll
11:10 The good, the bad and the frailty: new organs in rickety vehicles?
Edwin Van Adrichem, Groningen, The Netherlands
11:40 Optimal nutritional intervention in frailty: more than eating steak!
Francis Hollander, Utrecht, The Netherlands
12:10 Interactive case discussion. Frailty: not only a problem for the older patient
Marjo Van Helden, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Objectives:
The lectures will focus on post transplant lifestyle problems, the role of nurses and allied health professionals in promoting a healthy lifestyle, and non-medical interventions aiming to improve post-transplant self-management.
Target audience:
Nurses, physical therapists, dieticians, social workers, occupational therapists psychologists, among other allied healthcare professionals.
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ETAHP in pills:
ETAHP reaches out to nurses (e.g. clinical nurses, advanced practice nurses and nurse coordinators (recipient care), psychologists, physical therapists, occupational therapists, social workers, dieticians, pharmacists and other disciplines working in the field of transplantation.
Goals:
Within ETAHP, nurses and allied healthcare professionals throughout Europe will be united to ensure the best care possible to all transplant patients, with the aim to optimize patient outcomes.
Aims:
We will do so by creating a strong European interdisciplinary platform to: share evidence based knowledge; exchange experiences and provide training; facilitate research and clinical collaborations; set the standards for the quality of care in transplant nursing and for allied health professionals.