Master in Donation and transplantation of organs, tissues and cells: The second edition results

Martí Manyalich^1,2, Ballesté Chloë^1,2, Valero Ricard^1,2, Paredes David¹, Páez Gloria², Menjívar Ana, Istrate Melania²

¹Surgery Department, School of Medecine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ²Transplant Procurement Management, Donation and Transplantation Institute, Barcelona, Spain

INTRODUCTION: The Master´s degree in Donation & Transplantation of organs, tissues and cells is offered by the University of Barcelona. Its second edition was held during years 2011-2012.
The Master’s degree was structured in 3 common modules: Research in donation, Research in organ transplantation, Research in tissues, cells & hematopoietic progenitor’s transplants and 2 specialized: Research & Professional Path.

OBJECTIVES: Evaluate the efficiency of the teaching programme through student’s feedback analyses. 

METHODOLOGY:
We evaluated following aspects: experience and motivation of the students; participation; material´s content; way of presenting; way of running question/answer minutes; personal benefits from the participation in the class.

RESULTS
Participant’s profile: 28 participants, with a heterogeneous cultural and professional profile background; 12 Medical Doctors, 12 Nurses, 1Biologists, 1 Bacteriologists and 1 Pharmacists. All of them did graduate.
Internal subjects evaluations: The evaluation showed the following scores:
Content of the materials (4,40±0.28); presentation (4,37±0.34); Questions/answers minutes (4,41±0.29);Personal benefits (4,10±0.29)
On- line results: Online learning system was used. The evaluation was a summary of student activities and the tasks fulfilled by them.
Research projects: Divided in 2 different fields: Research & Investigation (48% of the participants) and Professional Practice (42 % of the participants). 100% of the participants fulfilled the study on time.  All were considered as adequate by the ad-hoc tribunal. 

CONCLUSIONS:
This Master offers the possibility to enlarge know ledges and skills of a large number of foreign professionals providing them with an official degree, known in the scientific and academic community.
This programme achieved the expectations.