• Certification for Clinical and Procurement Transplant Professionals
• Core Competencies

• Evaluation Tool
• Patient Simulations

• Renal Transplant Education Modules (free webcasts available)
• Progress In Transplantation
• List Serves
• Treatment Guidelines for Donor Care
• Pediatric Donor Management (Dosing) Guidelines

• A Debate on the Metabolic Syndrome: Evolving Challenges and Controversies

• State-of-the-Art Management of CMV Infection and Disease in Transplant Recipients

Certification for Clinical and Procurement
Transplant Professionals
Transplant certification is provided by the American Board for Transplant Certification (ABTC). ABTC is an independent, self-supporting credentialing organization for transplant professionals. NATCO sponsored ABTC at its inception, and ABTC became a separate entity in 1988, shortly before the first administration of the certification examinations.
• Further certification details & ABTC contact info

Core Competencies
The Core Competencies for the Clinical Transplant Coordinator and the Procurement Transplant Coordinator outlines general practitioner/coordinator competencies that are broad in scope to acknowledge the diverse professional practices unique to each transplant center and organ and tissue procurement organization. They are meant to be applicable to both adult and pediatric age groups and cover multiple practice categories.
• Core Competencies

Evaluation Tool

NATCO has also developed CCTC and CPTC Evaluation Tools to assist in evaluating your staff according to the core competencies. 

• Members - Log in to the member's only section to download the toolkit. 
• Non-members may purchase the document through NATCO's product store

Patient Simulations
The web-based simulations are designed to simulate transplant patient and donor care situations that transplant professionals would encounter on a daily basis. The simulations include:

• Hospital Development
• Donor Management
• Heart Transplant
• Kidney Transplant
• Liver Transplant

Funding for this project was provided through an Educational Grant from Wyeth Pharmaceuticals. We thank them for their support of NATCO.
• Patient Simulations

Renal Transplant Education Modules

Filtering Through the Evidence: A Multi-Modular Educational Initiative on Renal Transplantation, will serve as a comprehensive educational resource for renal transplant nephrologists and nurses as they are challenged with an increasing number of high-risk patients.  Combining live lectures with enduring materials, this year-long initiative will seek to provide nephrology transplant clinicians with detailed insights and practical strategies for improving the multi-faceted care of renal transplant recipients.

• Modules web site (free webcasts available)

Progress In Transplantation
Progress in Transplantation is the official journal of NATCO, the Organization for Transplant Professionals. The journal is a quarterly, indexed, peer-reviewed publication. Currently, the journal can be accessed through MEDLINE, CINAHL, the International Nursing Index and EMBASE.

Journal Partners include: Australasian Transplant Coordinators Association and Society for Transplant Social Workers. Journal Associates include: Association for Nurses Endorsing Transplantation, International Transplant Coordinators Society, Japan Transplant Coordinators Organization, United Kingdom Transplant Coordinators' Association, and Canadian Association of Transplantation
• Progresses in Transplantation web page

List Serves
The aim of the Resource Council List Serves are to provide a forum for each NATCO member to actively participate in NATCO's mission, "To support, develop and advance the knowledge and practice of its members and to enhance the quality, effectiveness and integrity of donation and transplantation". The Resource Council List Serves are an on-line forum to facilitate discussions and exchange of information between NATCO members.
• List Serves web page

Treatment Guidelines for Donor Care
The Proposed Treatment Guidelines for Donor Care document was written by David J. Powner, MD, FCCP, FCCM, Joseph M. Darby, MD, and John A. Kellum, MD, FCCM. The document provides an outline for treatment of issues during care of the adult brain dead organ donor.
• Treatment Guidelines for Donor Care

Pediatric Donor Management (Dosing) Guidelines
NATCO's Pediatric Donor Management Guidelines were developed by Thomas Nakagawa, MD, FAAP, FCCM, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, NC. Dr. Nakagawa outlines dosages and medication modifications for pediatric donors. To request a spiral bound version of this document, please contact the NATCO Executive Office.
• NATCO's Pediatric Dosing Guidelines (pdf)

A Debate on the Metabolic Syndrome: Evolving Challenges and Controversies

This activity is an on-demand webcast that can be accessed through the National Kidney Foundation Web site. Participants will be able to view a self-directed slide presentation with accompanying audio. At the conclusion of the activity, participants will complete a post-test and evaluation to receive a certificate of completion. Learning objectives:

Upon completion of this webcast activity, participants will be able to:

• Describe the impact of the metabolic syndrome on the risk of cardiorenal disease;
• Describe the integrated approach for reducing the risk of cardiovaxcular disease and stroke in patients with metabolic syndrome;
• Explain the importance of microalbuminuria and estimated glomerular filtration rate in predicting cardiovascular events;
• Summarize data from pivotal clinical trials that provide guidelines for the management of hypertension in patients with the metabolic syndrome.

• A Debate on the Metabolic Syndrome: Evolving Challenges and Controversies

State-of-the-Art Management of CMV Infection and Disease in Transplant Recipients
CMV Link is a CME website that has several transplant related CME activities available.  Activities range from 1.0 to 2.0 CMEs.  This slide kit is the latest offering from this provider.  Please visit www.cmvlink.com for more information.