Welcome to the Organ Donation course

The course on Organ Donation was created by Carl-Ludwig Fischer-Fröhlich (Deutsche Stiftung Organtransplantation, Germany), Nichon Jansen (Dutch Transplant Foundation, The Netherlands), and David Paredes (Hospital Clinic, Barcelona).

The programme of this course is designed in accordance with the UEMS Syllabus for Organ Donation and aims to offer guidance for the preparation of the UEMS exam certification.

Educational objectives

This course provides an overview on the current criteria for donor detection, death certification and workflow authorization concerning organ procurement. The management of the donor and the organ screening, including the risk of transmissions (infections, malignancies etc.), the bio-vigilance-system and the quality assessment are covered to provide an up-to-date guide on how to obtain comprehensive information to offer to the potential graft recipient.

CME Accreditation

This course, made available on www.ESOTTransplantlive.org and organised by ESOT, is accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®) to award 3 European CME credit (ECMEC) for each module.

Each medical specialist should claim only those credits that he/she actually spent in the educational activity. The EACCME is an institution of the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS). Only those e-learning materials that are displayed on the UEMS-EACCME website have formally been accredited.

Each module includes video lectures, a selection of publications and guidelines suggested by the faculty, and self-assessment quizzes.

In order to qualify for EACCME credits, learners need to complete all educational activities and the EACCME evaluation survey for each module. EACCME credits are assigned per module; learners can collect the credits assigned to each module once they complete it.

The survey is located under the tab "EACCME evaluation survey" in each module. After completing the survey, learners will be able to download the certificate.

Although the self-assessment quizzes are recommended for educational purposes, they are not compulsory for learners who do not wish to collect EACCME® credits.

The course as a whole requires a time investment of approximately 21 hours to view the lectures and complete the related educational activities of the 7 modules.

All authors and the course editors have declared that they have no conflicts of interest in relation to the material in this course. The production of this course was funded entirely by ESOT. No external sponsorship was received. The material used in this course was prepared in 2021.

Programme

Module	Description	Activities	CME Credits	Duration
Module 1: Foundations of Transplant Coordination – Part 1	Lectures by Danica Avsec, Carl-Ludwig Fischer-Fröhlich, Nuria Masnou, Nichon Jansen	Self-assessment, readings, EACCME evaluation survey	3	approximately 3 hours
Module 2: Foundations of Transplant Coordination – Part 2	Lectures by Nikola Zgrablic, Sandor Mihaly, David Paredes, Franziska Beyeler	Self-assessment, readings, EACCME evaluation survey	3	approximately 3 hours
Module 3: Donation after Cardiac Death (DCD)	Lectures by Michael Kuiper, Ian Alwayn, Amelia Hessheimer	Self-assessment, readings, EACCME evaluation survey	3	approximately 3 hours
Module 4: Living Donor Coordination – Part 1	Lectures by Frank Dor, Lisa Burnapp, Raj Thuraisingham	Self-assessment, readings, EACCME evaluation survey	3	approximately 3 hours
Module 5: Living Donor Coordination – Part 2	Lectures by Neal Banga, Vassilios Papalois, Nicos Kessaris	Self-assessment, readings, EACCME evaluation survey	3	approximately 3 hours
Module 6: Recipient Transplant Coordination – Part 1	Lectures by Anne Floden, Juri Ducci, Gonzalo Crespo	Self-assessment, readings, EACCME evaluation survey	3	approximately 3 hours
Module 7: Recipient Transplant Coordination – Part 2	Lecture by Alessandra Grossi and round table discussion	Self-assessment, readings, EACCME evaluation survey	3	approximately 3 hours