UCLA Care Delivery Model for the Kidney Transplant Cycle

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I address concepts of interprofessionalism extensively in this paper. The first sentence of this document:

"The UCLA care delivery model for the kidney transplant cycle at the university is extremely detailed, well thought out, and completely based on concepts of interprofessionalism."

is wholly based on interprofessionalism, as is the remainder of that paragraph.

The third paragraph is also completely dedicated to explaining how the care model is based on interprofessionalism, and discusses the interaction of a number of different professionals from various occupations who work together to aid the patients.

The other paragraphs emphasize concepts of interprofessionalism by detailing the actions of still other professionals from diverse lines of work who are instrumental in this care model.

Interprofessionalism is roundly discussed within this paper, and is virtually inseparable from an explanation of the UCLA care model itself.

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The UCLA care delivery model for the kidney transplant cycle at the university is extremely detailed, well thought out, and completely based on concepts of interprofessionalism. This latter aspect of the care delivery model is widely attributed to the fact that the university itself does not have kidney transplant patients, and was able to recruit them from local nephrologists. These kidney patient's local doctors were just one of many professionals spanning from nutritionists and social workers to other specialists such as urologists who all worked in conjunction with each other and their patients to ensure a smooth delivery of the kidney transplant cycle.

That cycle begins with a detailed education session and evaluation appointment, in which potential patients were encouraged to bring along friends and possible donors to find out more about the process kidney transplants at UCLA. After learning about the process through the aid of a social worker and a nurse transplant coordinator, patients then underwent an evaluation including a physical examination as well as one regarding their financial and emotional ability to handle a transplant (Porter et al., 2010, p. 9-10).

One of the most immediately discernible points of salience regarding this care delivery model is the correlation of a number of different professionals in guiding patients through this process. Nephrologists who worked with patients rotated among a group of four -- meaning that patients would more than likely see more than one during this lengthy procedure that could span several years' time. Moreover, in addition to having frequent contact with their primary nephrologists from their referring health care facility, each patient was assigned a pre-transplant phase coordinator, who served as a constant throughout the duration of the care cycle -- even during post care procedures. It was interesting, and appeared to be fairly effective, the way that this model combined the expertise of different professionals to deliver the best service to patients.

In order to determine what a patient's availability for a possible kidney transplant would be, which could either involve a living or a deceased donor, the results of the aforementioned evaluations were discussed during the convening of the UCLA Kidney Transplant Selection Committee -- which was attended by a bevy of professionals including kidney physicians, urologists, a particular patient's transplant phase coordinator, cardiologists, psychiatrists, and other specialists. Patients were then determined to be active for receiving a transplant to inactive based on the findings related to their varying circumstances.