DTI FOUNDATION's NEW LOGO
We are glad to share with you our new logo!
Hopefully, it will be known around the world related to Organ Donation and Transplantation!
DTI COMMUNITY REPORT
As you may know DTI Community is an international group that aims to connect people interested in organ donation and transplantation. It’s a place where you can share ideas, gain knowledge and build personal and professional connections with people from all over the world
The Community has collaborated in 11 events, 9 online academic webinars, and two face-to-face events during 2018. The first event was its official presentation in May as part of the 10th anniversary of the DTI Foundation. The second was the TPM family breakfast organized in Mexico in the framework of the first intermediate TPM course held in October.
Thanks to all these actions, today the DTI Community is present in 44 countries in 5 continents.
Additionally, DTI Community has incorporated new services:
- An academic library where you can find guides and official documents on donation and transplantation of organs, tissues and cells in Spain, Europe and internationally. All recorded webinars are also available for those who could not attend on the day of the presentation.
- The Inbox mail is helping our members to build their network. It is a tool to directly communicate with other DTI Community members around the world.
- The Facebook group of the community is a space to share experiences and discuss the current news of the donation and transplantation sector. It also keeps members informed of all the new features of the platform.
Ultimately, the DTI community has grown during 2018 and hopes to continue doing so in 2019. If you want to join, you can do it at https://www.dticommunity.org/
Premiere of the Documentary Trasplantando Sonrisas
Trasplantando Sonrisas presents the final version of a documentary produced by Daristoteles company. The goal is to thank to the health professionals involved in the organ donation and transplantation process, for their continous work and thank to the society for the generosity in organ donation.
Daristoteles is the producer for the donation campaign and also has the sponsorship of Chiesi Spain.
For nine months Transplantando Sonrisas has visited 10 spanish transplant hospitals, showing the relevant information about donation and transplantation adapted to each hospital.
The documentary is a compilation of the 2.400 interviews perform throughout the project.
Patiients, donors, relative donors and health professionals from different parts of Spain. A compilation that wants to sensitize society about the importance of donating organs for transplant.
Transplantando sonrisas makes clear all the lives can change every day, thanks to health professionals and donor that make the process possible.
24th Edition Transplant Procurement Management Advanced International Course
The 24th edition of the Transplant Procurement Management Advanced International Course took place on November 12th to 16th, 2018. In this occasion we had the pleasure to welcomed 51 representatives from 20 countries:
Australia, Austria, China, Colombia, Croatia, Germany, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Japan, Lebanon, Norway, Philippines, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden and Trinidad Tobago.
There was a great variety of professional backgrounds, cross-cultural experiencies to share, lessons to learn and networking opportunities.
Interactive and enlightening conferences, hand on practical workshops, teambuilding exercises, virtual learning games and innovative technologies to enhancing organ donation were some of the core course program developed in a pleasant work environment.
National and international experts in organ donation and transplantation led the participants in their learning process while nurturing their spirit of future TMP's.
DTI Foundation obtained the ISO 9001: 2015 Certificate
Donation and Transplantation Institute has been certified with the ISO 9001: 2015.
Our target is to make quality as a basic element in the culture of our foundation. Through an efficient management with our collaborators, the training of our personnel as a safeguard of the continuous improvement, the permanent innovation of our processes and to proceed ethically in order to establish relationships based on trust and cooperation.
The implementation of the quality policy by all members of the Foundation is contributing to transform DTI as international center of excellence, to improve the society’s quality of life.
Save 1 million lives!!
EU-CHINA KeTLOD Project Closure!
Final Meeting & Media Event in Guangzhou, China
On 1-2 September 2018, the Final Meeting & Media Event of the EU-CHINA KeTLOD Project was held in Guangzhou, China.
The Zhujiang Hospital of Southern Medical University welcomed more than 40 professionals from 13 partner institutions established in Europe and China.
During the Final Meeting all the partners worked together to achieve the following objectives: to review all the activities developed during the project; to discuss the postgraduate program quality and evaluation results; to optimise deliverables and ensure their dissemination; to Constitute a KeTLOD Network on Organ Donation.
The first day was dedicated mainly to the Project Management and Quality control activities. Through workshops and group discussions the further steps were set up for the Project Final Report submission to the European Commission.
On 2nd of September, the Media Event was organised to disseminate the project results. Among the honoured guests were:
- Marti Manyalich, DTI President & KeTLOD Project Director, University of Barcelona
- Segundo García Fernández, Head of Administration, Spanish Consulate in Canton
- Jingdong Li, Vice-Director, Guangdon Branch Red Cross Society of China
- Alice Rubini, Deputy Consul General of Italy in Guangzhou
- Matteo Cescon, University of Bologna
- Patrick Jambou, University of Nice Sofia Antipolis
- Wenshi Jiang, KeTLOD National Coordinator in China
- Linong Huang, Secretary of the Party Committee of Guangzhou Zhujiang Hospital
During the event each Chinese University had a chance to present the implementation and impact of the project on institutional and regional level. This session was followed by the media questions and short discussion.
Moreover, the continuation and transferability of the KeTLOD Postgraduate Program was boosted. The KeTLOD Networking agreement was signed in this regard. Nevertheless, all Chinese Universities searched for different formulas for the future editions, according to their local policies and structures.
In the end of the Media Event the initiative ¨Organ donation, I do !¨ was launched to raise awareness about organ donation in China and to spread knowledge and information how to become a donor.
The Final Meeting ended with a visit of the Southern Medical University, Department of the Human Science where a special section of Organ Donation is exposed.
We would like to thank all partners, officials and external experts for contributing to the success of the Final meeting. It was really memorable experience for all of us.
China Organ Donation Forum in Fuzhou, Fujian
DTI Foundation president Marti Manyalich was invited to the China Organ Donation Forum held in Fuzhou, the capital of the Fujian Province on the 8th of September.
The Forum was organised by the China Organ Transplantation Development Foundation (COTDF) in conjunction with the local authorities. The open ceremony was chaired by the COTDF president Professor Jiefu Huang and several presidents of the main Organ Procurement Organizations were in between the key note speakers.
The forum was the perfect opportunity to assess and analyse the organ donation programs in the different Chinese provinces.
The evening preceding the event the first China Hospital Organ Procurement Organization Association committee meeting took place.
The 24th Advanced International Training Course gets U.E.M.S. Accreditation
We are glad to announce that after getting the UEMS accreditation for the Advanced International Training Course held in Spanish language we have just achieved the same for the English version!
The course has been accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®). The EACCME® is an institution of the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS), www.uems.net.
All the participants that will complete the course schedule will be awarded with a certificate of a maximum of 28 European CME credits (ECMEC®s).
Moreover, through an agreement between the European Union of Medical Specialists and the American Medical Association, physicians may convert EACCME® credits to an equivalent number of AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Information on the process to convert EACCME® credits to AMA credits can be found at www.ama-assn.org/education/earn-credit-participation-international-activities.
3rd Intermediate Training Course in Hong Kong
For the 3rd time this august, DTI Foundation were pleased to organize the 3rd Transplant Procurement management course in Hong- Kong.
Together with the Hospital Health authority of Hong Kong, The Queen Mary hospital and the international expertise team of TPM-DTI the third Transplant Procurement Management course was held from 13th till 15th of August 2018.
This 3-days course was attended by 40 health care professionals, mainly from Intensive care unit, Neurology and Neurosurgery departments working in the most important hospitals of Hong- Kong. The training covered basic concepts and procedures of the donation process focused on the needs identified with the local team. Lectures, discussions and onsite simulation were the principal components of the training program. The participatory approach of this training encouraged interaction, personal opinions and experiences to be shared with the experts.
The support given by the local faculty helped in shaping the course and delivering it in the most beneficial way for the participants. We do believe the scientific knowledge and technical skills gained form this course will develop the participants professional’s competences as specialists in the field of organ donation.
Thank you for this great experience and good luck to all the participants!