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Certificate of Achievement
Sian Catherine Dorothy Taylor-Caitens
has completed the following course:
Organ Donation: The Essentials for Healthcare Professionals
City St George's, University of London (formerly St George's) and NHS BT
This online course explored the basic principles and processes involved in organ donation. The course covered topics including why organ donation matters, the criteria for donation, legal and ethical matters, the types of donation, checking suitability and managing the potential donor, the organ retrieval process, and family care after donation.
2 weeks, 2 hours per week
Hannah Cock
Professor of Epilepsy & Medical Education
City St George's, University of London (formerly St George's)
Shibu Chacko
Specialist Nurse in Organ Donation
NHS BT
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Explain the importance and basic principles of organ donation.
- Summarise the types of donation, organs which can be donated and the absolute contraindications for donation.
- Identify the key processes associated with organ donation such as referral, family consent, patient assessment, management of potential donors and organ allocation.
- Describe assessing and diagnosing death by neurological criteria and management of a brainstem dead patient.
- Evaluate the importance of laws and guidance that governs the process of organ donation and transplantation.
- Describe tissue donation and how this is facilitated in UK.
- Reflect upon the importance of family communication in the organ donation process.
Syllabus
- Fundamentals of organ donation
- Criteria for donation
- Legal and ethical issues around organ donation
- The role of the Specialist Nurse in Organ Donation
- Donations after Death by Neurological Criteria (Brainstem Death) or Circulatory Death
- Checking donor suitability
- The organ retrieval process
- Family care and follow up
Issued on 30th August 2018
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