Welcome to the Regenerative medicine course

 

Ton Rabelink, Leiden University Medical Centre

The course on Regenerative medicine was created by Olivier Thaunat (Hôpital Edouard Herriot/INSERM, France), Hanne Scholz (Oslo University Hospital, Norway) and Martin Hoogduijn (Erasmus MC, The Netherlands).

Educational objectives

Regenerative medicine is expected to play an increasingly important role in organ and cell transplantation in the near future. New technological and biological advances have the potential not only to provide tools and solutions to improve (transplant) organ and cell function and longevity, but also alleviate organ shortage. This course aims at educating and updating transplant professionals on the state of the art of regenerative medicine in organ and cell transplantation by touching upon the basic biology of stem cells and the introduction of regenerative therapies into the clinical arena.

CME Accreditation

This course, made available on www.ESOTTransplantlive.org and organised by ESOT, is accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®) to award 3 European CME credit (ECMEC) for each module.

Each medical specialist should claim only those credits that he/she actually spent in the educational activity. The EACCME is an institution of the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS). Only those e-learning materials that are displayed on the UEMS-EACCME website have formally been accredited.

Each module includes video lectures, a selection of publications and guidelines suggested by the faculty, and self-assessment quizzes.

In order to qualify for EACCME credits, learners need to complete all educational activities and the EACCME evaluation survey for each module. EACCME credits are assigned per module; learners can collect the credits assigned to each module once they complete it.

The survey is located under the tab "EACCME evaluation survey" in each module. After completing the survey, learners will be able to download the certificate.

Although the self-assessment quizzes are recommended for educational purposes, they are not compulsory for learners who do not wish to collect EACCME® credits.

he course as a whole requires a time investment of approximately 12 hours to view the lectures and complete the related educational activities of the 4 modules.

All authors and the course editors have declared that they have no conflicts of interest in relation to the material in this course. The production of this course was funded entirely by ESOT. No external sponsorship was received. The material used in this course was prepared in 2021.

Programme

Module	Description	Activities	CME Credits	Duration
Module 1: The stem cell concept	In this module, stem cell properties and their potential use in organ regeneration are discussed. With lectures by Valeria Sordi, Hanne Scholz and Matthew Griffin.	Self-assessment, readings, EACCME evaluation survey	3	approximately 3 hours
Module 2: Engineering organs	In this module, a variety of different approaches to the topic of engineering organs are discussed. With lectures by Paul Gatenholm, Giuseppe Orlando, Sarah Hosgood, Peter Loskill and Nuria Montserrat.	Self-assessment, readings, EACCME evaluation survey	3	approximately 3 hours
Module 3: The roadmap to the clinic	In this module, several clinical trials that investigate stem cell-based therapies for clinical transplantation are presented. With lectures by Robert Hilbrands, Marlies Reinders and Sophie Brosset.	Self-assessment, readings, EACCME evaluation survey	3	approximately 3 hours
Module 4: Complementary challenges	In this module, the challenges of organ regenerative therapy are discussed. With lectures by Dominque Martin and Céline Ausenfans.	Self-assessment, readings, EACCME evaluation survey	3	approximately 3 hours