Online One-Month ‘Transplant Coordination Professional Certificate’ Course for April 2022 batch Successfully Conducted

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  Dr. Sunil Shroff, Managing Trustee, MOHAN Foundation talking on burden of kidney disease and availability of organs for transplantation

  

  Ms. Pallavi Kumar explaining the steps involved in deceased donation coordination

  

  Mr. J. Nethaji giving an introduction to his talk

  

  Ms. Sujatha Suriyamoorthi conducting a poll on grief counselling

  MOHAN Foundation successfully conducted the one-month online Transplant Coordination Professional Certificate course in April 2022. A total of 34 participants across the country enrolled for the course - Assam (1), Andhra Pradesh (1), Chhattisgarh (2), Delhi (2), Kerala (1), Maharashtra (2), Pondicherry (6), Rajasthan (3), Tamil Nadu (11) and West Bengal (5).

   

  The participants were from various cadres of healthcare and other professions like doctor, nurse, dialysis technician, social worker, counsellor, administration and management. The participants were shared their credentials to access the resource materials made available on the e-learning platform - https://el.mohanfoundation.org/

   

  As part of the course, weekend webinars were conducted on Saturdays (two hours) where participants were given an opportunity to attend the guest lectures and experience virtual interactions. The speakers included

  • Dr. Sunil Shroff, Managing Trustee, MOHAN Foundation
  • Ms. Sujatha Suriyamoorthi, Associate Director – Courses, MOHAN Foundation
  • Ms. Pallavi Kumar, Executive Director, MOHAN Foundation
  • Mr. J. Nethaji, Head, Transplant Process & Coordination, Fortis Healthcare, Chennai

   

  The sessions covered during the weekend webinars were:

  • Basic concepts of Organ Donation and Transplantation
  • Transplantation of Human Organs Act and its Amendments
  • Role of a Donor Coordinator in Deceased Donation Programme
  • Living Donor Transplant Coordination - Role of a Transplant Coordinator
  • Ethical aspects of Organ Donation and Transplantation
  • Counselling the grieving families and approaching them for organ donation

   

  As part of the course, participants appeared for an online examination. A total of 30 out of 34 candidates cleared the exam and received their completion certificates. The participants also shared their feedback about the course and the webinars.

  
  
  Source-Mr. Shanth Ragul Raj. N