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!
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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.
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!
2nd TPM course in Hong Kong - August 2017
On the 14th of August 2017 we were glad to be once more in the beautiful city of Hong – Kong in where we organized the second edition of the Transplant Procurement Management (TPM) course. At the facilities of the Multi-Disciplinary Simulation and Skills Centre at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital 40 health care professionals, physicians and nurses, were granted with the TPM Diploma.
The course lasted for three days; from 14th till 16th of August, and proved to be fully intense and the participants showed great interest in all the activities; lectures and workshops. Several questions and concrete clinical cases were asked and discussed with the TPM experts.
It was perfectly organized by the local team of Transplant Procurement Managers of Hong Kong, leaded by Jenny Koo, and was strongly supported by the Hospital Authorities. Special thanks to the young students who helped during the course development.
Moreover, a gala dinner was organized in where the DTI team was pleased to meet with all the main actors and policy makers at the Health Care System of the Hong Kong area.
During this dinner the experts were engaged in notable discussions on organ donation and transplantation and several formulas toward improvement in Hong Kong were proposed. Exchange of experience and possibilities for further collaboration were discussed.
Thank you to all colleagues and friends in Hong – Kong and we look so forward to the next editions of the TPM course!
9th edition of the Face-to-face International Course on Tissue Banking and Advanced Therapies - Barcelona 2017
It is with pleasure that we inform you that 9th edition of the International Course on Tissue Banking and Advanced Therapies was celebrated from in May 29-June 1, at the University of Barcelona.
This year the course gathered top experts in the field from different countries, including Australia, USA, Belgium, Poland, Austria and Spain, and 31 participants from 16 different countries also around the globe. 
Participants acknowledged the enthusiasm and the knowledge of our experts along with creative and interactive techniques they used to drive high impact learning. Congratulations to all! 
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!
In Memoriam - Prof. Häkan Gäbel
With deep regret, we inform that Prof. Häkan Gäbel passed away on June the 8th, 2017.
Prof. Gäbel, a distinguished surgeon, worked at the Transplantation Surgery Department of the Huddinge Hospital (Sweden).
He was Associate Professor of Surgery and National Transplant Coordinator of Sweden.
Prof. Gäbel has collaborated for many years as faculty of the “International Advanced Training Course of Transplant Coordination – TPM Courses”.
All the TPM family is very touched from losing a friend and a colleague.
May he rest in Peace.
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!
5th Advanced Course in Transplant Procurement Management -TPM Vimeiro, Portugal
The Instituto Português do Sangue e da Transplantação (Ministério da Saúde) together with the Donation and Trasplantation Institute from Barcelona organized the 5th advance training course in organ donation and transplantation. The training took place in Vimeiro, Portugal from the 22th to 25th of May.
The objective of the course was to train healthcare professionals as specialists in Transplant Procurement Management, with a view to increasing the number and the quality of organs and tissues available for transplantation in Portugal.
Several studies show that increasing the awareness among professionals for the need of donation has a direct impact on increasing the rate of organ donors and, consequently, the number of organs available for transplant, allowing to improve the quality of life or even save the lives of many patients.
During the 4 days of the course, 50 health care professionals learned about leading practices in organ donation. The course consisted of theoretical classes and practical simulations for each of the steps of deceased organ donation process.
Donation and transplantation activity in Portugal has increased over the last 10 years. In 2015 and 2016 donation rates reached record figures, with more than 30 donors per million inhabitants. Also, the number of transplants performed has reached high values, with an increase of 5% from 2015 to 2016.
Interview with Dr. Maria Paula Gomez
China- WHO-DTI 3rd International Course in Transplant Procurement Management -TPM Shanghai
From 9th till 12th of May in Shanghai was held the 3rd International TPM training course.
Health care professionals from the Renji Hospital Shanghai Jiantong University School of Medicine, the Second Military Medical University, the Shanghai Changhai Hospital and the Huashan Hospital Fudan University, attended 4 days of lectures and workshops about leading practice in organ donation.
The course counted with the collaboration and the support of the World Health Organisation, the China Organ Donation Management Center, the China Organ Transplantation Development Foundation, the Guangdong Red Cross Organ Donation Office, the Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, The First Affiliated Hospital Zhongshan University and the 303 Military Hospital of China in Nanning.
This course is part of the national education plan that aims to the development of voluntary deceased organ donation in the country. Up to date about 1000 TPM doctors and nurses have being trained and 4.080 voluntary deceased organ donors were obtained last year.
