Perception of brain death and organ donation by 5th and 6th-year medical students

SUMMARY OBJECTIVE: To analyze the spontaneous knowledge of medical students about organ donation. METHODS: 518 students of a medical school in Sao Paulo city, from the first-year to internship, answered an objective questionnaire applied through electronic media to assess their spontaneous theoretical knowledge and organ donation awareness. RESULTS: Organs that can be donated after brain death, such as the cornea, kidneys, heart, liver, and lung were mentioned by the students. Regarding in-life transplantation, they answered it was possible to donate mainly the kidney (91.3%), part of the liver (81.1%), and bone marrow (79.7%). Although it was not expressive, we also noted that their knowledge gradually increased as they reached the end of the course. CONCLUSIONS: Medical students knowledge on organ donation in life and after death was a little superior to 60%. The students had limited exposure to this subject during the course (<40% of them before the internship). The authors suggest that students should be more exposed to the theme of “organ donation” in the medical curriculum.

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Exploring scope for improvement in knowledge attitude and practices about organ, tissue donation and transplantation among postgraduate medical students in Mumbai, India

International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health ◽

10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20164744 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 229

Author(s):

Pallavi Anil Uplap ◽

Rashmi Singh

Keyword(s):

Medical Students ◽

Brain Death ◽

Organ Donation ◽

Health Care Providers ◽

Extended Period ◽

Legal Aspects ◽

Tissue Donation ◽

Care Providers ◽

Organ Tissue ◽

Self Administered Questionnaire

Background: To promote organ, tissue donation as well as transplantation well sensitized health care providers have an important role. In the view of extended period of infancy of the same in India, a study has been conducted to explore knowledge, attitude, and practices among postgraduate medical students in Mumbai.Methods: All were explained nature of the study and informed written consent was obtained from those who are willing to participate. Data was collected through self-administered questionnaire from December 2014 to February 2015 and was entered, analysed in Microsoft Excel 2012. Institutional Ethical Committee approval for this study was obtained and confidentiality was maintained in this process.Results: Out of 228 postgraduate students who were given self - administered questionnaire, 163(71.49%) participants returned back the same. There was a fair knowledge about organ and tissues which can be donated as well as transplanted in the participants. However 49.69% of the respondents knew importance of time factor for safe organ preservation and 18.4% doctors could define near relative for organ donation and transplantation. Though 61.41% of the participants could correctly define brain death, only 36.19% could correctly name all members of authorized certifying committee for brain death. Majority of the participants (99.38%) supported the concept of organ donation however only 38.03% have ever counselled patients for organ donation, 11.04% were registered organ donors and 4% carried the same. Conclusions:Postgraduate medical students lacked detailed technical and legal aspects about organ, tissue donation and transplantation which need to be strengthened.

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Attitudes of Medical Students About Brain Death and Organ Donation

Transplantation Proceedings ◽

10.1016/j.transproceed.2009.06.147 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 41 (7) ◽

pp. 2707-2710 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

K. Najafizadeh ◽

M. Shiemorteza ◽

M. Jamali ◽

F. Ghorbani ◽

S. Hamidinia ◽

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Keyword(s):

Medical Students ◽

Brain Death ◽

Organ Donation

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Knowledge and Attitude Regarding Organ Donation among Medical Students

BANTAO Journal ◽

10.1515/bj-2016-0008 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 14 (1) ◽

pp. 34-40 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Vaishaly K. Bharambe ◽

Hetal Rathod ◽

Kalpana Angadi

Keyword(s):

Medical Students ◽

Brain Death ◽

Organ Donation ◽

Health Care Professionals ◽

Ethical Issues ◽

Organ Procurement ◽

Organ Transplant ◽

Medical College ◽

Knowledge And Attitude ◽

High Level

AbstractIntroduction. All over the world people on organ transplant waiting lists die due to shortage of donor organs. The success of organ donation program needs education of the population regarding organ donation for which healthcare professionals are most suitable. The present study was taken up to assess the knowledge and attitude of 1st, 2ndand 3rdyear medical students about organ donation. Methods. A specially designed self-administered questionnaire was distributed amongst all willing 1st, 2nd and 3rdyear medical students at our Medical College and later analyzed statistically. Results. A total of 157, 145 and 92 students from each year of medical education respectively gave their consent for participation in the study. Awareness regarding organ donation was found to be 98.7-100%, 69.4% claimed television as their source of information regarding organ donation and 46.7% stated that it is possible for patient to recover from brain death. The awareness regarding eye, liver, heart and kidney donations was found to be 92.4%, 87%, 87% and 97.8%, respectively. 87% of medical students were aware of need for legal supervision, and awareness regarding the existing laws was found to be 57.6%. Conclusion. Medical students had a high level of awareness and a positive attitude towards organ donation. However, knowledge regarding “brain-death”, organs and tissues donated, legislation and ethical issues was poor. A teaching intervention designed to specifically address these issues could help increase the confidence of the health-care professionals and may result finally in increased organ procurement rates.

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