St. George's, University of London - Organ Donation: The Essentials for Healthcare Professionals
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Organ Donation: The Essentials for Healthcare Professionals
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Duration | 2 weeks |
Total fee | ₹8,814 |
Mode of learning | Online |
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Credential | Certificate |
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Organ Donation: The Essentials for Healthcare Professionals
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Organ Donation: The Essentials for Healthcare Professionals at FutureLearn Course details
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More about this course
- Despite organ donation being hugely important there is currently limited training for healthcare workforce regarding the complex issues around organ and tissue donation. This course aims to change that.
- On the course, created in collaboration with the NHS Blood and Transplant service, you will learn about the basic principles and processes involved in organ donation from the legal aspects, to types of donation, to the importance of communication with families.
Organ Donation: The Essentials for Healthcare Professionals at FutureLearn Curriculum
Organ Donation: The Essentials for Healthcare Professionals
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What is organ donation?
Introduction to the course
Why it matters: Overview and epidemiology
Criteria for donation
Legal and ethical matters
Making it happen
What have I learnt this week?
The organ donation process
Donation after Death by Neurological Criteria (DNC, previously known as donation after brainstem death, DBD)
Donation after Circulatory Death (DCD)
Checking suitability & managing the potential donor
The organ retrieval process
Family care and follow up
Course wrap-up
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