The foundation of rehabilitation after Solid Organ Transplantation is that a life that is saved should also be lived. Person-centred care is the basic approach in rehabilitation regardless of indication, condition or disease/disability. The mission is planned, person-centred and goal-oriented rehabilitation. Key elements are self-management and patient empowerment based on the premise that you don’t passively receive rehabilitation as an organ recipient but receives support from the interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary team. As a person you make or carry through rehabilitation by means of an active process in collaboration with the professional team.

Rehabilitation can either be provided interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary. In interdisciplinary rehabilitation different health care professionals collaborate through a horizontal communication and interaction where the organ recipient becomes a valid partner of the team. When multidisciplinary rehabilitation is provided, the organ recipient consults different members of the rehabilitation team independently. However, there are no concurrent goals integrated with the different professionals in the team. Instead the rehabilitation process is evaluated through occasional team rounds.

There is a need for both interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary rehabilitation after organ transplantation. To enhance knowledge and skills among transplant professionals regarding how to organise rehabilitation a course is developed by ETAHP also promotion the team approach towards in transplant care.

Learning objectives

After finalising this module, participants will be able to:

• understand the relationship between person-centred care and rehabilitation
• outline and defend the basic principles of rehabilitation
• describe the specific methodological steps of rehabilitation
• present how to assess rehabilitation needs after solid organ transplantation
• outline the essentials of goal setting in rehabilitation
• distinguish between interdisciplinary and multi-disciplinary rehabilitation and present a plan for rehabilitation needs after solid organ transplantation
• advocate the team approach towards post-transplant rehabilitation.

To obtain your credits, please complete the EACCME evaluation survey located under the tab "EACCME evaluation survey" in each module.