1. The International Pediatric Transplant Association (IPTA) Virtual Education Symposium is open to IPTA and TTS members.
2. This interactive symposium is over two half days on Thursday and Friday 14 and 15 November 2024, commencing with two separate streams for medics and for allied health and nursing professionals.
3. This is an educational symposium which aims to cover both basic and advanced subjects for all trainee and staff physicians and surgeons and as well as members of the allied health and nursing professionals, including psychosocial teams.

1. Basic and advanced immunology and immunosuppression
2. Post-transplantation rejection and infection
3. Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder
4. Latest clinical information on nutrition, adherence, quality of life and sexual health
5. Psychosocial aspects of transplantation
6. Ethical and practical aspects of transplantation in low resource settings
7. When to accept deceased donor organs for transplantation
8. Academic guidance on writing grants, abstracts and manuscripts

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Amedco LLC and International Pediatric Transplantation Association (IPTA). Amedco LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Amedco Joint Accreditation #4008163.
Professions in scope for this activity are listed below.

Physicians
Amedco LLC designates this live activity for a maximum of 8.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nurses
Amedco LLC designates this activity for a maximum of 8.00 ANCC contact hours.

American Board for Transplant Coordinators
The American Board for Transplant Certification (ABTC) has approved this educational offering for up to 8.00 Category 1 Continuing Education Points for Transplant Certification (CEPTCs).

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE: OCTOBER 31

Please submit abstracts here:
SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACT

Guidance on abstract submission:

1. Abstracts will not be accepted unless conform to these guidelines.
2. Please submit abstracts, written in English with Arial font 10 in Word document with abstract title limited to 30 words (without abbreviations in title) and abstract length up to 500 words (including any pictures, charts or tables noting only one jpg picture, chart or table allowed) with up to five total authors.
3. Please state the presenting author and if this author is trainee physician / trainee surgeon / medical student / allied health professional / nursing professional / student nurse / student allied health professionals.
4. Please state category of abstract: kidney / liver / heart / lung / liver / stem cell / bone marrow / multi-organ / ethics / psychosocial.
5. Please structure your abstract as Aims / Methods / Results / Conclusions.