Organ Procurement Training Program

16th Edition

Modality Online

Calendar 5th October, 2026 – 13th December, 2026 Early bird: August 31, 2026

Duration 3 months

Language English

Credits 15 ECTS

Tuition Course fee: 2300€

Overview

This course is focused on the organ procurement clinical process of deceased donors, from early detection to organ allocation. It aims at providing healthcare professionals, both experienced or in the training stage, with the core skills, competencies, and resources required to achieve organ recovery with optimal efficiency.

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Why choose this course

INTERNATIONAL EXPERTS

Personalized teaching and guiding

KNOWLEDGE

Cases discussion and group activities

CONTENT

Clinical process of organ donation

REAL-LIFE SCENARIOS

Live lectures and workshops

Objectives

Comprehend the most effective methods to detect potential donors and improve donor referrals
Understand the brain death concepts and the requirements for clinical determination and confirmatory tests of brain death
Learn how to efficiently manage the brain-dead donor in accordance with the pathophysiological changes that may frequently occur in brain death, and which have a direct impact on graft survival and transplantation outcomes
Acquire the communication skills required to break bad news and approach the family to seek consent for organ donation
Identify the organ recovery procedures and preservation techniques
Understand the various criteria and systems used for equitable and efficient organ allocation
Get knowledge about uncontrolled and controlled DCD procedures

Adressed to

Healthcare professionals involved in any of the phases of the organ donation process, particularly in areas with high donors’ potentiality: intensive care units, postoperative recovery, and emergency rooms.

Donor detection and identification
Brain death diagnosis
Donor management
Organ viability
Family approach for organ donation
Organ recovery and preservation techniques
Organ allocation
Donation after circulatory death

Educational Methodology

Flexible and interactive learning methodology combining both live and self-paced activities

Contents divided into different topics and delivered gradually through our virtual campus

Real-time sessions once a week guided by our team of experts

Gamification, case study and other active learning strategies

Group activities

Faculty

National and International professionals with a high experience in teaching and in the donation and transplantation field
Heads of donation units, emergency rooms, intensive care units and transplantation departments
Donor and transplant coordinators from countries with donation rates higher than 20 pmp, such as Spain, Italy, Portugal, France, the US and Australia, among others
Representatives from international scientific societies

Academic Qualification

A DTI diploma that can be validated within the International Master in Donation and Transplantation of Organs, Tissues, and Cells by the Universitat de Barcelona, equivalent to 15 ECTS.

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