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Presenter: Norihide, Fukushima, Suita, Japan
Authors: Norihide Fukushima, Setsuko Konaka, Mayumi Yasuhira
Trial of education program of In-hospital coordinators in Japan
Norihide Fukushima1, Setsuko Konaka1, Mayumi Yasuhira2
1Department of Therapeutics for End-Stage Organ Dysfunction, Osaka University, Suita, Japan, 2West Japan Branch, Japan Organ Transplant Netwrok, Osaka, Japan
Objectives
Although the Japanese Organ Transplant Act was revised in 2010 and brain dead organ donation increased from 13 to 45 cases in a year, the number was still extremely smaller than other developed countries. In these circumstances, In-Hp Cos may play great roles in increasing organ donation and making procurement procedure smooth. In the present study, our Education Program of In-HpCos is described and the future of education program of In-Hp Cos in Japan is discussed.
Materials and Methods
In May 2012, our Department started the Education Program of In-Hp Cos. In the first semester, two-hour lecture are provided every two weeks for 5 months to 10 to 20 In-Hp-Cos. Most of them are working near Osaka. In the second semester, twenty lectures were provided for continuous three days to 32 In Hp Cos. Two third of them are working far from Osaka,
The topics of lectures are history of Organ transplantation in Japan and in the world, the current status of organ donation and transplantation in Japan, the social regulation of organ donation, care of transplant recipients, overall procedures of organ donation (brain dead and donation after cardiac death), the role of In-Hp Co, donor family care, and donor indications, and donor assessment and management. There are also simulation of organ donation process in which every participant play their special role and group discussion of family care.
Results
Regards to opinion survey of participants after the program, most of participants were satisfied with the program, topics and duration. As most of them are not a full-time In-Hp, they prefer to attend 3-day program. Although not so many organ donation have not been performed in hospital in which the participants are working, many participants are now working main In-Hp Cos and establishing their own organ donation system in their hospital.
Conclusions
To establish organ procurement system and increase organ donation, In-Hp Cos have great roles in Japan. However, none was a full-time In-Hp Cos and most In-Hp Cos required more professional education. This program may help to establish systematic education program for each occupation in Japan.
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