Attendance to the 15th Congress of the Asian Society of Transplantation (CAST)
Dr. Marti Manyalich and Dr. Chloë Ballesté attended the 15th Congress of the Asian Society of Transplantation (CAST) held in Cebu, Philippines as representatives of TPM-DTI Foundation.
From the 28th-30th of November they attended the congress and presented 4 oral communications and 2 posters.
On the 27th DTI leaded with the Philippines chairmans the precongress workshop on Deceased Organ Donation. It was a perfect program for sharing strategies to increase deceased donation with attendees from Pakistan, Srilanka, India, Philippines, Corea, Japan and Singapore.
We thank to the organization for this opportunity and also to all the attendants who visited our stand in Cebu. We will keep in touch!
Sharing international experience on organ donation in Davao, Philippines
Exactly one year later the Philippine delegation, composed by Dr. Francisco E. Sarmiento III, Dr. Benita Padilla and Dr. Maria Theresa Bad-Ang attended the International TPM course in Barcelona in 2016, the first official DTI visit to Philippines has taken place in Davao. The DTI team was composed of Dr. Carmen Pantis, Dr. Sara Alcantara, Dr. Jaume Revuelto, Dr. Daniela Ledo and Dr. Chloë Ballesté.
During the visit, the DTI experts have been tremendously busy! Dr. Bad-Ang arranged outstanding meetings with: the regional Department of Health, Dr. Abdullah Dumama, Regional Director and Dr. Jojo Sinandoling Secretary of Health for ARMM; the Davao Ethical Committee and the Davao Medical Society.
One day visit to the South Philippines Medical Center (SPMC) was conducted by Dr. Bad-Ang’s team and a special ceremony to celebrate the 2nd year of the ISN Sister Hospital Program between SPMC and University of Barcelona.
On the 22nd November it started the 1st Intermediate TPM course in the Philippines with 40 participants from all over the country that finished successfully on the 24th. Our team has been able to share the Spanish model of organ donation system and its adaptation to different regions of the world. The experience of Dr. Pantis who has adapted the Spanish system in her hospital in Oradea reaching donation rates similar to the Spanish ones, has been inspiring for the audience.
We would like to thank to the organizational team in Philippines for their great enthusiasm and hospitality during the preparation and acomplishment of this 1st course!
23rd TPM Advanced International Training Course in Barcelona
From 13th November to 17th it was held in Barcelona and Sant Hilari the 23rd Advanced International Training Course in Transplant Procurement Management in its English edition.
55 participants from 13 countries from around the world (Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia) attended the course and enjoyed the perfect location where it was developed.
There was also time for cultural sharing between the different countries were we learned about the traditions that we share and others that are completely new!
They shared their own experiences with the rest of the group and also with our international team of teachers who, once more tought them the real meaning of becoming a TPM family member!
We hopefully will see some of these participants in the future months in some new international projects!
ERASMUS PROJECT / EUROPEAN VOLUNTARY SERVICE (EVS)
A new edition of the Erasmus Program in its European Volunteer Service (EVS) modality has started this October. The TPM-DTI Foundation has acted again on this occasion as a host of two volunteers, from Poland and Italy, who will develop during a period of nine months the project "Training Programs and Consulting Projects in the field of Donation and Transplantation of Organ and Tissues”. We have yet to join a third volunteer before the end of the year.
This is already the sixth edition of the EVS Program that the Foundation has been carrying out since its inception in 2013. This involves the training of more than 12 people from different European countries who have shown their willingness and commitment to enter into a volunteer program and to be involved for nearly a year in supporting the projects of our TPM-DTI Foundation in Barcelona.
Final Meeting Seeding Life - SeeLife Project
On October 25th – 27th, 2017, the Final Meeting of the Seeding Life (SeeLife), Erasmus + Project was held in Riga, Latvia.
A total of 20 representatives from 4 different countries (Bulgaria, Spain, Latvia and Lithuania) participated in this final meeting.
The objectives of the final meeting were:
- To review all the activities developed during the project
- To discuss the training program evaluation results
- To constitute a Seeding Life network in Organ Donation and Transplantation and to sign a final networking agreement
- To focus on the program expansion to different potential adopters outside initial target group by dissemination media event and conference
- To optimize deliverables and ensure their dissemination
We are glad to announce that the main outcomes of the project were achieved and even overpassed. A total of 26 participants from Bulgaria and Latvia were certified as trainers in the first phase of the project implementation. In the second phase during the Multiplier Events: 6 in Latvia and 10 in Bulgaria, the trainers have disseminated the project outputs among more than 620 healthcare professionals.
Now the closing phase of Seeding Life is under progress. Everyone is working hard to submit their part for the final reports.
We would like to thank all partners, officials, external stakeholders and media for contributing to the success of the final meeting. It was memorable experience for all of us.
Disclaimer: This project is co-funded by the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union
6th Intermediate Training course in Transplant Procurement Management in Ljubljana, Slovenia
TPM-DTI Foundation together with the Institute for Transplantation of Organs and Tissues of the Republic of Slovenia (Slovenija Transplant) organized the 6th Intermediate Training Course in Transplant Procurement Management (TPM) from 18th to 20th of October 2017 in Ljubljana.
For the 6th consecutive year TPM has performed in Slovenia and gathered 35 participants from all over the country. With backgrounds mainly in intensive care unit and anaesthesiology, these professionals were brought together to learn about the leading practice in organ donation.
“I have gather a lot of new information, very useful for my work in ICU. I found the family interview workshop most interesting..” Participant Student
“One of the best organized courses I have attended. Interesting and focus on important topics.” Participant Student
The course counted on the participation of the local faculty from Slovenija Transplant apart from Spanish experts. During the 3-day training program the participants gained knowledge and skills that can be implemented in their hospitals. DTI would like to thank the local organisation for their support in developing this course.
2nd visit to Ireland by TPM-DTI Foundation
From the 11th to 13th of October 2017 the TPM-DTI Foundation visited Ireland for the second time. The stay at the country included a visit to selected hospitals and a training course.
They visited the Cork University Hospital (CUH), the largest university teaching hospital in Ireland. That visit had interventions of the head of the Anaesthesia department, Doctor Brian O’Brien, and the consultant in Emergency Medicine, Adrian Murphy.
Other of the activities included in the visit were doing the analysis of hospital data for the development of strategies to improve and increase the organ donation in CUH as well as assisting to the Organ Donation Study day course: Donation after Cardiac Death held at the Auditorium of the university.
Moreover, during the stay in Ireland, the DTI team also visited the Waterford University Hospital where they discussed with health professionals about their knowledge of the potential of donors, the actions that must be taken to activate the alert and how they feel when donation procedures have already been carried out.
The last day in Waterford a Hospital-Bases Introductory TPM Course was held in Faithlegg Hotel conference. The participation and involvement in the course was great.
2nd visit to Ireland by TPM-DTI Foundation
From the 11th to 13th of October 2017 the TPM-DTI Foundation visited Ireland for the second time. The stay at the country included a visit to selected hospitals and a training course.
They visited the Cork University Hospital (CUH), the largest university teaching hospital in Ireland. That visit had interventions of the head of the Anaesthesia department, Doctor Brian O’Brien, and the consultant in Emergency Medicine, Adrian Murphy.
Other of the activities included in the visit were doing the analysis of hospital data for the development of strategies to improve and increase the organ donation in CUH as well as assisting to the Organ Donation Study day course: Donation after Cardiac Death held at the Auditorium of the university.
Moreover, during the stay in Ireland, the DTI team also visited the Waterford University Hospital where they discussed with health professionals about their knowledge of the potential of donors, the actions that must be taken to activate the alert and how they feel when donation procedures have already been carried out.
The last day in Waterford a Hospital-Bases Introductory TPM Course was held in Faithlegg Hotel conference. The participation and involvement in the course was great.
Best 12 abstracts of the Final Master Dissertations
In the following 12 months, we will publish the best 12 abstracts of the Final Master Dissertations defended the 1st of June 2017, in the International Master in Donation and Transplantation of Organs, Tissues and Cells and in the Master in Clinical Investigation, specialization of Donation and Transplantation of Organs, Tissues & Cells (edition 2017-18).
We have the pleasure to start with Dr. Jawad Tadili from Morocco
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.
