Organ Donation and Transplantation Education

Uses

Risks & contraindications

Comparisons

Background

Evidence quality

Highlighted claims

• The most substantial UK evidence on undergraduate ODT education is more than two decades old. — Organ donation and transplantation education in UK medical schools: a protocol for parallel national cross-sectional surveys of students and educators
• A national survey of medical school deans found that 12% of schools provided no formal ODT teaching and 24% offered no compulsory clinical exposure. — Organ donation and transplantation education in UK medical schools: a protocol for parallel national cross-sectional surveys of students and educators
• A survey of UK junior doctors found that 84% felt inadequately exposed to transplantation during training, and 97% believed ODT should be formally included in undergraduate curricula. — Organ donation and transplantation education in UK medical schools: a protocol for parallel national cross-sectional surveys of students and educators
• The study's long-term aim is to provide the empirical foundation for a standardised, evidence-based national ODT teaching module across UK medical schools. — Organ donation and transplantation education in UK medical schools: a protocol for parallel national cross-sectional surveys of students and educators
• UK undergraduate exposure to organ donation and transplantation is inconsistent, often absent, and has not been systematically mapped nationally. — Organ donation and transplantation education in UK medical schools: a protocol for parallel national cross-sectional surveys of students and educators
• Spain's embedding of undergraduate transplantation exposure aligns with world-leading organ donation rates and outcomes and is cited as a model. — Organ donation and transplantation education in UK medical schools: a protocol for parallel national cross-sectional surveys of students and educators
• Schools without affiliated transplant centres may be at a disadvantage in providing ODT education. — Organ donation and transplantation education in UK medical schools: a protocol for parallel national cross-sectional surveys of students and educators
• Outcomes-based curricular reforms may further marginalise specialised but clinically important areas such as transplantation. — Organ donation and transplantation education in UK medical schools: a protocol for parallel national cross-sectional surveys of students and educators