LearnTransfusion seminar

Topic: Sickle Cell Disease for Transfusion Medicine Specialists

When
Where
Toronto/Virtual

Event details

Presented by

Dr. Hayley Merkeley

MD FRCPC

Medical Director, Adult Red Cell Disorders Program

 

Learning objectives

  1. Review pathophysiology and disease burden of SCD

  2. Discuss current treatment landscape of SCD

  3. Highlight the role of TM as

    1. Disease modifying therapy

    2. Supportive care including pregnancy and perioperatively

    3. Supportive care during allogeneic transplant and gene therapy

  4. Review complications of transfusion in SCD

  5. Discuss the role of TM in preventing complications of transfusion in SCD

Preparatory reading list:

  1. JAMA review of SCD: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2793821

  2. CanHaem Consensus statement for SCD (being updated): https://canhaem.org/sickle-cell-disease-consensus-statement/

  3. How I treat DHTR in SCD: https://ashpublications.org/blood/article/131/25/2773/37156/How-I-safely-transfuse-patients-with-sickle-cell

  4. CBS Professional Education: https://profedu.blood.ca/en/transfusion/publications/phenotype-matching-and-storage-age-blood-sickle-cell-patients-review-and

Note: The session is a self-approved group learning activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification program of The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.

Registration

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Appraisal

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To be added to the distribution list for the LearnTransfusion series, send an email to learn.transfusion@blood.ca  with “Weekly Transfusion Medicine Seminars” in the subject line. Include your name and complete e-mail address in the body of the e-mail and confirm that you would like to be added to the distribution list for the LearnTransfusion series. You will then receive weekly email notifications of upcoming series events with details on how to join the webinars (e.g.,  link to register for the webinar).

The LearnTransfusion series is the seminar component of the Areas of Focused Competency (AFC)-Diploma Program in Transfusion Medicine. The series, organized by Canadian Blood Services, is also open to all practitioners in the field of Transfusion Medicine. Through a series of regular webinars, trainees and practitioners are exposed to various scientific, technical and clinical aspects of transfusion medicine.