Transplantation Big Bang Barcelona
The 18th Congress of the European Society for Organ Transplantation has taken place in Barcelona on Sunday 24th till Wednesday 27th of September. This event has helped to put a focus on the quality of the science. Barcelona was the venue of the ESOT congress in 1989 when ESOT was an emergent European transplant community that provided solid organ transplant programs and now it has returned to Barcelona as the most important organisation in organ transplantation in Europe.
Nowadays the European Society for Organ Transplantation organizes all the activities related to European transplants. The congress wanted to redefine our knowledge of basic science and clinical concepts to improve transplantation. The discrepancy between the high demand and the shortage in organs available remains a challenge.
In the framework of the congress it was presented the project Transplanting Smiles in which DTI Community collaborates. This campaign looks forward to thanking the health care professionals involved in organ donation and transplantation for their non-stop work and the society for its generosity to donate organs. Transplanting Smiles also wants to raise awareness of the importance of organ donation and transplantation.
With that objective during the congress the producers of the campaign, Daristoteles, had the opportunity to present the project to professionals of the healthcare sector. They offered them to participate sharing a smile, one of the principal objectives of the project. Furthermore the team of Daristoteles made some interviews to doctors and important charges in organ donation and transplantation with the aim, in a near future, of making a documental of their experiences to reflect their job to the society.
EUDONORGAN training course organized by DTI Foundation, September 2017
EUDONORGAN service contract (Training and social awareness for increasing organ donation in the European Union and neighbouring countries” 2016-2019), brings its first results! After dedicating the first 6 months of 2017 to the development of a unique and innovative training tool, the EUDONORGAN implements its training program with exceptional results.
Despite summer holidays, we received 173 applications out of which 101 participants were selected, both health care professionals and other key players involved in the organ donation process.
A total of 28 European countries were represented in the program (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Montenegro, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, The Netherlands, Turkey). Among them there were 51 medical doctors, 27 nurses, one medical student, eight patients and patients’ representatives (four of them transplant recipients), two journalists, eight communication experts mainly working for National Competent Authorities, two other representatives of national authorities or ministries, one manager of health care establishment and one documentalist.
The challenging training program employed a blended learning methodology, by means of webinars, online (via WebApp) and face to face training, and amounted to a maximum of 100 study hours.
During the online training, a WebApp with different routes and scenarios has been available to our participants, according to their profile. Out of the total, 97 participants joined the face to face session along with experts from six different countries: Croatia, France, Italy, Slovenia, Spain, The Netherlands. The program was highly evaluated and put the basis of a strong community of advocates in organ donation. In this regard, an EUDONORGAN Facebook group has been created where we continue to share common initiatives and future steps.
We want to acknowledge the European Parliament and the European Commission for such a unique initiative, the project partners for the ongoing effort and last but not least, the National Competent Authorities, PHA Europe (European Pulmonary Hypertension Association) and other collaborators for their valuable support during the selection procedure. Together we make a difference!
Soon we will be back with further news!
Press & Media
http://www.ub.edu/ubtv/video/eudonorgan-train-the-trainers-face-to-face-course-plenary-session
http://www.ub.edu/web/ub/en/index.html
3rd edition of the Intermediate Transplant Procurement Management Course, Nanning
The third visit of the TPM-DTI team in the province of Guangxi China took place this September from 18th till 22nd , and was combine with both hospital visit and the development of the third Edition of the intermediate Transplant Procurement Management course ,that took place in the beautiful city of Nanning.
The DTI-TPM team was composed by Dr. Amado Andrés, Dr. Mario Chico, Dr. David Paredes, Dr. Chloë Ballesté and Dr. Entela Kondi; who together with the local experts Wenshi Jiang and Catherine Wong and the local director and coordinators of the course prof. Xuyong Sun and Dr. Jianhui Dong made this event successful.
The experts during the first two days, 18th and 19th of September, visited three hospitals in three different cities of the Guangxi province. The hospital visited were Guigang people’s hospital ; The second People´s hospital of Pignan City and The first people´s hospital of Yulin. These three hospitals are the hospitals with important activity in the donation process in the whole region.
Discussions with the health professionals and as well directors of the hospitals were made. Ideas between the experts and the local physicians were exchanged and proposals for improvement were presented.
Following the activities on 20th of September the TPM course started.
Being this course as part of the actions of the cooperation project with the OPO of the 303 Military Hospital in Nanning, had a particular importance in the area and the participation was very plausible. The course was welcomed also by the representative of the Organ Donation Administrative Center and other health authorities.
51 participants coming from different hospitals in the area were granted with a TPM diploma. During the three days of course development they show high interest in following the lecturers and active participation in the workshops. The knowledge and experience the experts shared with the students, will motivate them to be more involved in the organ donation field and to improve their daily clinical practice in their own units.
We expect this course to be effective as the previous ones and to show a great impact in terms of numbers of organs available for transplantation. 
Thanking all the organizers of the course we look forward to the next activity in Guangxi province.
DTI attends to the European Organ Donor Day
DTI Foundation participated in the EODD (European Organ Donor Day) that was held in Bern (Switzerland) on September 9th. This event was organized by Swisstransplant, and sponsored by the Council of Europe and the European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines & Healthcare. The EODD gathered international representatives of the organ donation and transplantation sector.
The objectives of this celebration were to discuss doubts about organ donation, to raise awareness among the population, to thank the donors and their relatives and to show appreciation to everybody working in the area of organ donation.
In addition, Dr. Manyalich participated in the Organ Donor Day held in Geneva (Switzerland) during the same day. He spoke on the Official Ceremony at the WHO Headquarter as the president of the ISODP (International Society for Organ Donation and Procurement).
For further information, please visit the following websites
http://www.coe.int/en/web/human-rights-channel/organ-donation
2nd Advanced Course in Kunming & SEUSA program
Last 7th of august TPM- DTI 8 international experts (USA, HK, IRAN, BRAZIL & SPAIN) traveled to kunming for the 2nd edition of TPM Advanced Course. 50 participants from ICU, Emergency and Direction departments attended the course and learned from each other experiences. They showed a lot of motivation and made this course a complete success!
In the meantime the Seusa program in Kunming started with the expertise of USA (Tom Mone) Brazil (Reginaldo Boni) and Spain (JM Dominguez) to contribute improving the KMOPO results by adapting and implementing tools and clinical practices from these successfull models. 
We are all excited with these promising and challenging program!
Master in Donation and Transplantation of Organs, Tissues and Cells 2016-17 Closing Ceremony
The 13th edition of the International Master in Donation and Transplantation of Organs, Tissues and Cells (TPM-University of Barcelona) has finished this June. 26 students from 19 countries took part in this Master. On the other hand, we have also trained 20 participants from 7 countries in the Master in Clinical Research (University of Barcelona), in the specialization of Organ, Tissue and Cell Donation and Transplantation.
The Closing Ceremony of the Master took place the 2nd of June, with the participation of two specials guests: Dr. Francis L. Delmonico (Emeritus Director of Renal Transplantation at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, advisor to the World Health Organization and academician of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and Mrs. Jenny Koo (Transplant coordinator in Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong and former TPM Master student).
Moreover, we showed a short film on OrganDonation “This is your baby” sponsored by The National Agency for Transplant in Bulgaria alongside with the Spanish Embassy in Sofia, as raising social awareness action.
The participants have been very committed and deeply involved in every stage of the donation and transplantation process along the academic course. During the entire training, they were guided by experts coming from the most prestigious centers from around the world. We hope that the new edition of the Master, starting in October 2017, will be as successful as this one! Registration is now open for the 14th edition!
KeTLOD project successfully closed the first phase “Training the Trainers”
From 22nd of May till 25th of May was held in Barcelona the face to face course of the training for trainers of KeTLOD project.
During this week, 20 healthcare professionals representing the Chinese partners universities of KeTLOD consortium were engaged in active learning on how to teach organ donation at higher education level in terms of a postgraduate program.
The “training for trainers” activity started since middle of march with the online phase and got finalized this week with the face to face phase. The aim of this step was to train the Chinese professionals in “how to teach” organ donation to their future students. Once go back to China they will start the practices for opening the organ donation postgraduate program in their respective universities. They will be the transmitters of the knowledge to 140 students that will enroll the KeTLOD postgraduate program within the next few months.
Experts in education and experts in organ donation from DTI foundation, University of Barcelona, University of Bologna and University of Nice were leading the training. Active workshops and active team building exercises characterized the education program. Motivation and involvement from the participants made the course very pleasant and the outcomes very optimistic.
Following the week, on Friday 26th the activities continued with the celebration of the midway of the KeTLOD project development. At the Parc Scientific of Barcelona all the KeTLOD representatives got together with the invited authorities of University of Barcelona, Catalan Transplant Organization (OCATT), The general consul of China in Barcelona and the representative of the Parc Scientific of Barcelona. Greetings messages and feedback speeches were made from the participants.
During this celebration, the 20 Chinese professionals received the diploma of accomplishment of the Training for Trainers course, and symbolic gifts were delivered to the Universities of Barcelona, Bologna, Nice and DTI foundation from the Chinese delegation.
We are very proud to be part of the KeTLOD project and to build a fruitful cooperation with our colleagues in China.
Within KeTLOD; East meets West!
Presentaton of the shortfilm "This is your baby" co-produced by Bulgaria and Spain
The National Agency for Transplant in Bulgary alongside with the Spanish Embassy in Sofia have collaborated in the making of the shortfilm "This is your baby".
The shortfilm has been shot in Spain and explains the organ donation issue from a human and touching perspective.
The premier will be in Barcelona next June 2nd at 13:30pm at the Aula Magna of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Barcelona.
This presentation will take place within the closing ceremony of the International Master in Donation and Transplantation of Organs, Tissues and Cells. Moreover, some international experts will participate among representatives of the Faculty of Medicine and local authorities.
This iniciative is possible with the support of the Catalan Transplant Organization, DTI Foundation and our exalumni community.
If you would like to attend please reserve a place at info@dticommunity.org
TPM Intermediate training courses in Argentina
Two Intermediate Training Course in Transplant Procurement were developed in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on April 24th-28th.
More than 80 healthcare professionals, mainly specialists in critical care and surgeons, attended the course. The main topics of the course were donor detection, brain death diagnosis, donor management, family interview and organ viability criteria.
During the week, DTI experts took the opportunity to visit CUCAIBA facilities and to participate in the National meeting for organ donation as special guest. This event was attended by Jorge Lemus, Minister of Health of Argentina, Mª Carmen Bacqué, President of INCUCAI and the vice ministry of health, Evelina Chapman.
We wish to extend our thanks to CUCAIBA represented by Dr Clemente Raimondi, President and INCUCAI, represented by Dr Mª Carmen Bacqué, President and all the local organizing committee.
News related (Spanish):
https://www.diariopopular.com.ar/provincia/capacitacion-internacional-procuracion-organos-n307953
Presentation of EUDONORGAN initiative at European Commission
We are delighted to inform our friends and colleagues that during the 13th Competent Authority Meeting on Organ Donation and Transplantation, held on April 5 – 6, 2017, the Training and social awareness for increasing organ donation in the European Union and neighbouring countries (EUDONORGAN) initiative was presented by the project team. 
EUDONORGAN, is a service contract awarded by the European Commission on the initiative of the European Parliament. It was launched in September 2016 and will last for 36 months. The main objective of the project is to provide training and increase social awareness in the European Union and neighbouring countries with the ultimate aim of creating a strong community of advocates in organ donation and increasing the number of organ donors.
The meeting was hosted by the European Commission and presided by the team DG Sante Unit B4 – Substances of Human Origin Team. Representatives from the Council of Europe and WHO were also present. The meeting was attended by the representatives of the Competent Authorities of the Member States and neighbouring countries of the European Union.
The support of all Competent Authorities and their cooperation was highlighted as essential for a maximized impact of EUDONORGAN.
Would you like to learn more about the project? Please do not hesitate to visit the website: eudonorgan.eu
