EUDONORGAN project has been launched!
The project ¨Training and social awareness for increasing organ donation in the European Union and neighbouring countries¨ (EUDONORGAN) has already started.
EUDONORGAN is a service contract awarded by the European Commission from the European Union budget, on the initiative of the European Parliament.
This project is developed by an international consortium led by UB-FBG, located in Barcelona Science Park (PCB), together with the DTI Foundation, Spain. The consortium partners are: The Institute for Organ and Tissue Transplantation of the Republic of Slovenija, Slovenija-Transplant; The Institute for Transplantation and Biomedicine - Ministry of Health of the Republic of Croatia; Italian National Transplant Centre - Italian National Institute of Health, Italy, and Dinamia (Spain), specialized in consultancy and evaluation of healthcare projects.
It is based on two work packages (WPs) – Train the Trainers and Social Awareness. The main aim of the project is to develop and implement two types of activities at EU level, focusing on training and social awareness for increasing organ donation in the European Union and neighbouring countries.
The work package Train the Trainers is coordinated by Donation and Transplantation Institute (DTI), through our International Program Transplant Procurement Management TPM.
Visit to Beijing - 2016 China International Organ Donation Conference
Dr. Martí Manyalich attended the 2016 China International Organ Donation Conference last October in Beijing as President of the International Society of Organ Donation and Procurement.
During the conference it was established the Organ Procurement and Allocation Committee of the Chinese Hospital Association.
During this visit he was interviewed on CCTV news regarding the new outcomes of the Organ Donation and Transplantation in China.
From Min25 - see the full interview
He was also an invited speaker at Instituto Cervantes in Beijing where a round table was developed regarding the synergy between both countries in this matter.
See the link here - Chinese and Spanish
Midterm Meeting of Seeding Life - SeeLife Project was held in Barcelona
On October 13th - 14th, 2016, the Midterm Meeting of the Seeding Life (SeeLife) Project funded by ERASMUS + Programme* was held in Barcelona, Spain.
A total of 12 professionals from 3 partner countries (Spain, Latvia and Bulgaria) participated in this Midterm Meeting.
Objectives of the meeting were:
- To review obtained results
- Nurture ongoing commitment and capacity to adopt project outcomes
- Determine objectives and deadlines for the second year
- Schedule the training program to be implemented, and organize its implementation (faculty staff, student’s registration, material, venues for face to face events).
- To follow up the Dissemination and Quality control activities
- To discuss Networking agreement draft proposal
- To clarify Project management, budget and administrative control systems
Actions taken:
- Reviewing the diagnosis study results & deliverables: functional & technical of the e-learning platform; author guideline; curriculum; evaluation rubric
- Reviewing the Learn to Teach Program: methodology and planning
- Discussion on the participant’s selection
- Outlining a draft program for Face to Face Training in Sofia, Bulgaria, May 2017 for Organ Donation, Organ Transplantation and How to teach training sessions
- Introduction in Online training, function and use of the e-learning platform
- Defining the base of the Seeding Life Consulting Network
- Defining next steps of Seeding Life project
- Clarification and discussion on Project Management matters
- Dissemination of the project
We would like to thank all participants for joining us and for their contribution to make this meeting such a success.
*EC Erasmus + programme is a EU funded programme for education, training, youth and sport that supports EU transparency and recognition tools for skills and qualification.
Visit to Gurgaon, India
INDIA –Delhi ( 1-3 September 2016)
We have been traveling to India this year and visiting several centres which perform organ transplantation. The Spanish Embassy in Delhi kindly gave us their support and joined us to these visits. The purpose of the hospital visits we performed was to analyze what are the needs in terms of organ donation, what are the situations and how can TPM-DTI support the development of these centres. Those are MEDANTA Medicity, APOLLO Hospitals and FORTIS Healthcare. Afterwards we were invited as speakers to the National Summit on Best Practices in Organ and Tissue Donation organized by the Fortis Memorial Research Institute.
We were also invited to the “Wall of Tribute” to the donors and their families celebration. It was a really interesting event, there were a lot of emotions and we felt very close to the donor families in India as well we do here in Barcelona, Spain, or any other part of the world – feeling is the same. Our gratitude to them. As a symbol of this respect, we lit the candle of the prayers and the freedom, which is a common ceremony in India.
Also in the main entrance of the Apollo Hospital there is the wall of honor where the names of the donors have a respect and a gratitude tribute. That was also a very well attended event together with all the representatives from all India.
15th Congress of the Middle East Society For Organ Transplantation
MESOT Congress in Amman, Jordan
21-24 September 2016
Some experts from Barcelona were invited to the MESOT Congress as experts in Organ Donation. We were lucky to meet our friends and colleagues from the Middle East Area all along the congress!
On September 22nd we ran a very successful workshop with Dr. Angel Ruiz and Dr. Ana Menjívar on DCD procedure including two lectures and two practical simulations.
In the main conference of the congress we presented the Developing Organ Donation for Transplantation lecture. This was very well appreciated as Spain is leading this field and was also recognized that the key persons who help to this development are the professionals related with emergency area, critical care and anesthesia.
1st Intermediate Training Course in Transplant Procurement Management, Dublin
The most recent place that hosted the TPM course was the wonderful city of Dublin, Ireland. From the 12th till 16th of September the DTI-TPM experts had the opportunity to share the experience with the main actors on the donation and transplantation activity in Ireland. Several visits were organized in the hospitals of Dublin and Galway. Meetings within the units of Emergency, Intensive Care and as well meetings with the regional transplant coordinators were held.
Additionally to the visits, was organized the first Intermediate Training course on Transplant Procurement Management. This course was supported by the Organ Donation and Transplantation Ireland (ODTI). More than 35 health care professionals from all over the country participated in this course. Lectures, workshops and in situ simulation engaged the participants during these days. Active discussions and sharing of experience from the common clinical practice were very fruitful for both parts. We believe this training will have a great impact in the donation and transplantation results all over Ireland.
Moreover, our colleagues were very kind to organize several social activities during our stay in Dublin. A very pleasant experience was visiting the commemoration garden “Circle of life” a national organ donor commemorative symbol that reflects the spirit of giving, the enduring legacy which defines the lives of organ donors. This wonderful garden is located in the city of Galway.
We are very thankful to our colleagues in Ireland and we do believe this great collaboration will continue with more activities in the future.
Charity Concert for Organ Donation
The "Por Fin Viernes" band will play for a charity concert at Club Luz de Gas in Barcelona, next November 10th.
Join us and help us make organ donation a global and altruistic reality all over the world.
The tickets are already available at 15€ each. Contact us at info@dtifoundation.com / Phone: +34 93 402 0896 and we will tell you how to book and buy yours!
See you there!
TPM-DTI Foundation
Transplant Procurement Management 25th anniversary
We are pleased to announce that this year 2016 we will be celebrating our 25th anniversary!
Transplant Procurement Management (TPM®) is an educational program that since 1991 has trained over 12.000 participants from 100 countries. TPM programs are designed to adapt the course contents to the specific needs of the diverse countries’ situation.
The Academic Event will take place on November 14th, 2016, from 11:00 till 14:00 h., in the Aula Magna of the historic building of the University of Barcelona.
We will count on the presence and participation of international experts in the field of organ donation and transplantation, long time collaborators of TPM and members of our great family. You are also welcome to join us!
From TPM-DTI we want to thank to the sponsors of this event, Moritz and Pans & Co.
TPM-model Organ Donation Workshop in Kobe, Japan
We are delighted to inform you that Hyogo Kidney Disease Countermeasure Association in collaboration with Transplant Procurement Management organized a TPM-model Organ Donation Workshop in Kobe, Japan, on September 10-11, 2016. The workshop was attended by 22 participants from 15 different centers and was very well received.
The local team leaded by Dr. Kazumasa Yoshinaga, previous Professor of Emergency Medicine/Community Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine, included: Dr. Mikiko Yoshikawa, Dr. Takahiro Atsumi, Dr. Takaaki Osako, Dr. Takuro Hayashi, Dr. Shigeru Sano, Dr. Miho Takechi, Dr. Hiroki Takeda, Ms. Naomi Ogawa, Mr. Ichiro Sasaki, Ms. Yuki Imamura, Ms. Rei Otsubo and Ms. Mai Doi, most of them ex-TPM alumni.
Our team included three experts: José María Domínguez, Chief of the Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit at Hospital Virgen del Rocio in Seville, José Luis Escalante, Director of the Transplantation Program, University General Hospital Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, and Melania Istrate, educational specialist, TPM and University of Barcelona, Spain.
The training program was followed by hospital visits of our team of experts in Kobe (University Hospital and Children's Hospital) and in Himeji, at the Steel Memorial Hirohata Hospital.
The dedication of our Japanese colleagues and friends is highly acknowledged and appreciated. We look forward to a continued and fruitful collaboration!
Domo arigato!!
6th year of collaboration to improve the donation and transplantation program in Trinidad and Tobago
Since 2010 DTI Foundation, supported by REPSOL Foundation is collaborating with the health authorities of Trinidad and Tobago to strengthen the Organ Donation and Transplantation program. In continuity of this project the past 5-8th of July the experts from DTI visited the country.
Meetings with the representatives of the National Organ Transplant Unit (NOTU), Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), and health professionals of three major hospitals in the country were performed. As highlighting meeting was the one with the Honorable Minister of Health, Dr. Terrence Deyalsingh. During the meetings were discussed the current situation of the donation and transplantation program, the needs of the local professionals and were established the future steps to be performed within the project.
Moreover, an one –day- workshop was organized. Alongside with the DTI experts the local transplant procurement coordinators were the faculty of this training. The objective was to increase the knowledge of the professionals toward the deceased donation program. The 30 participants of the workshop were from different hospitals, with different level of knowledge and involvement in donation and transplantation activities. The workshop was designed to be very interactive facilitating the participation of everyone.
Trustful for a great impact this visit and the training of the professionals will have in the future activities of donation and transplantation program we will keep working to increase the number of the transplants, thus to save and improve the life of the Trinidad and Tobago citizens.
