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.
Intermediate Training Course in Nanning, China
We have the pleasure to inform you that TPM in collaboration with Organ Transplantation Center, 303 Hospital of Chinese People's Liberation Army, Nanning, China, organized on July 20-22, 2016, an Intermediate Training Course In Transplant Procurement Management in Nanning.
Pre-course visits and meetings with hospital officials and representatives of the Organ Procurement Offices, Intensive Care Units, Transplant centers and Surgery wards were carried out in various hospitals from Guangxi province. International experts worked together with local experts to pool their knowledge and expertise and improve the organ donation practices in China.
A total of 47 participants from the entire Guangxi province (mostly ICU physicians) were present during the course. Participants were very active and the course was highly evaluated. This is one of the first steps in a long and fruitful collaboration with our friends and colleagues from Nanning.
Successfully closed the 12th edition of the International Master TPM-UB
This June has finalized the 12th edition of the International Master in Donation and Transplantation of Organs, Tissues and Cells (TPM-University of Barcelona). In this edition we have had 14 participants from 10 different countries. We have also trained 12 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 participants have been deeply involved in every stage of the donation and transplantation process along the whole year guided by experts from all around the world and from the most prestigious centers. We hope that the new edition of the Master, starting on September 2016, will be as much enriching as the one that we have finished. Good job!
Good scores from the students to our Tissue Banking Course
We are delighted to inform that the 8th edition of the International Course on Tissue Banking and Advanced Therapies was successfully organized in May 30-June 2, 2016, at the University of Barcelona. The course gathered experts and participants from more than 11 countries from America, Asia, Australia and Europe. Although there is always room to improve, we reached scores of up to 4,92 (on a scale from 1-poor to 5 - excellent), which is the most treasured award for our experts. Participants acknowledged the enthusiasm and the knowledge of our experts along with the creative and interactive techniques they used to drive high impact learning. Congratulations to all for making this edition possible!
Good results of the 1st Advanced Course in Kunming
The 1st Advanced Course in Kunming, took place from 26th to 29th April 2016. The 50 participants went through the whole program including the Action Learning and the Donor Plus exercise implemented for the first time in China. The experienced faculty team coming from Brazil, Spain, Australia and Iran shared once more their knowledge with the participants coming from the Yunnan province and the rest of the country. Kunming OPO has improved once more the donation rates after the training. Congratulations!
TPM Training Course in Wuhan
Last May, in Wuhan (China), TPM trained 100 professionals from all over the countries involved in organ donation, mostly ICU doctors and Surgeons. This is the first step of a 3 years cooperation program between Chinese Hospital authorities, WHO and TPM-DTI.
Thanks to Professor Qifa Ye, his team and the international experts coming from Spain, Iran, USA and Australia this awesome training has been possible. The increasing donation rates observed in China since the first DTI visit in 2012 by Dr. Chloë Ballesté, shows the positive results of the successful exchange knowledge and experiences driven by the partnership with the Chinese Donation and Transplantation Foundation, CLTR, Kunming OPO, Nanning OPO and Wuhan University.
Intermediate Training Course in Dubai
From May 8th – 9th Transplant Procurement Management has organized its first Intermediate Course in Dubai with the collaboration of the Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences. Last year, TPM already held an Intermediate course in Abu Dhabi. The success of the experience strengthened the partnership with the UAE, leading to this recent collaboration in Dubai.
With over 40 participants, the course was preceded by the 1st UAE Organ Donation Forum, where the Organ Transplantation’s current situation in the country was addressed by a number of local and international experts.
The course was held in the Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor Medical Simulation Center and led by an experienced team of experts from Barcelona, Rome, Abu Dhabi and Dubai.
We wish to extend our particular thanks to Dr. Ali Al Obaidli, SEHA Chief Academic Affairs Officer, and Dr. Farhad Janahi, MBRU Assistant Professor, for their support and making this course possible.
Course in Organ Donation and Transplantation in Colombia
Barranquilla (Colombia) held its 2nd Course in Organ Donation and Transplantation from April 25th to 27th 2016. TPM collaborated for this edition with the National Transplantation Foundation – Fundanat. In addition, experts from the National Healthcare Institute – INS and Universidad del Norte, as well as lecturers from Spain and Colombia.
Over 30 participants were present in a 3-day course, including conferences about the current situation and specific Colombian context regarding organ donation and transplantation.
International Master D&T: "Face to Face" sessions in Barcelona
The first "Face to Face" sessions of the current Edition of the International Master D&T took successfully place in the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Barcelona from the 25th of January until the 5th of February.
The first module achieved was the Leadership & Quality Management in Organ Procurement and Transplantation with 7 students from 5 different nationalities.
The 28th and 29th January, 20 students from 8 nationalities went through the Professional Training in Organ Donation course.
And the next week the first edition of the Organ Transplantation "face to face" course was implemented with 21 students from 9 different countries.
After the meeting in Barcelona the students are now pursuing the Organ Transplantation Online Course. Finally in 4 months the Master will be over!
1st UK Transplant Procurement Management Workshop
On Friday the 12th of February, the Welsh Institute for Minimal Access Therapy (WIMAT) was proud to host the first UK Transplant Procurement Management Workshop DCD types II-III.
Dr. Raphael Chavez, a consultant transplant surgeon from the University Hospital of Wales co-organised the programme with a specialist team from Barcelona, Coruña and Santander.
On the other hand, all the UK healthcare workers, are specialists in different areas: consultant surgeons, nurses and transplant coordinators.
Spain has the highest number of organ donors in the world (36 donors per million people, compared with 23 per million in Wales) and with the recent change in Welsh legislation where consent is assumed, it is hoped that that this course will optimise the opportunities that are now arising, transforming the lives of hundreds of patients across the principality.
