Edutainment on nursing students by “ One’s Gift of Life to Many” Programme

Methikar Prapthanawatch¹

¹Organ Donation Centre, Thai Red Cross Society, Bangkok, Thailand

Introduction : Nowadays organ shortage is a crucial obstacle for organ and tissue transplantation in Thailand. “One’s Gift of Life to Many”Programme is a programme  for organ and tissue donation which is created by the Organ Donation Centre Thai Red Cross Society. It has been done continuously for 15 years in various  activities in order to  enhance knowledge and correct missed understanding and reinforce positive attitudes about organ and tissue donation.

Material and Method : This is a retrospective descriptive analysis  of “One’s Gift of Life to Many” Programme from 2010-2013. We organized activities such as walk rally in order to give knowledge about organ and tissue donation, brain dead criteria, transplantation and coordination to nursing students. Participants were divided into groups. Each group had activities as they rotated to each knowledge stations. Awards or points were given to participants.

Results : After nursing students finished the edutainment activities, they understood and had good attitude towards organ donation. After the 1st programme in 2010 nursing student became donor pledgers 38 (20.88%)  from 182. The 2nd programmes in 2011   turned nursing students to be donor pledgers 215 (54.99%) from 391. In 2012 we got donor pledgers 207 (64.29%) from 322. And this year, 2013  there were donor pledgers 242 (65.41%) from 370. Totally there are donor pledgers 702 (55.19%) from 1,265.

Discussion : The superstitious misconception must be clarified by appropriate discussion by scientific facts and religious doctrine. “One’s Gift of Life to Many” Programme has been organized  for  4^th year nursing students that will be in medical team  and play major role in the national  health care system. They can provide accurate information to create awareness, understanding and good attitudes towards organ donation.sz