Self-management refers to the ability of a person to manage his or her own health condition on a daily basis. Effective self-management is important for transplant recipients because they have a complex treatment regimen after transplantation, have to adhere to various lifestyle guidelines, and need to find a new balance in life. Given that 99% of the time spent on managing their health condition is in the hands of transplant recipients themselves, the best we can do as transplant professionals is supporting them adequately to be able to perform their self-management tasks effectively. With this support we can help transplant recipients to live a satisfactory life and improve outcomes after the transplant. In this module, we will focus on how self-management (support) is perceived by a transplant recipient, discuss self-management and self-management support in general. In addition, we will look in more detail into a tool that can be helpful to discuss management with transplant recipients, the self-management web, and into discussing and intervening on post-transplant adherence.

Learning objectives:

After finalising this module, participants will be able to:

• recognise the importance of adequate self-management after SOT
• get knowledge about the different self-management domains after SOT
• give recommendations on how to discuss (problems with) self-management with recipients
• give recommendations on how to discuss (medication) adherence with recipients
• give recommendations on how to counsel SOT recipients.

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