MOHAN Foundation successfully conducted the online Transplant Coordination Professional Certificate course from 1^st of March 2023 to 5^th April 2023. A total of 11 participants from India, Botswana and Ghana enrolled for the course.

 

The participants were shared their credentials to access the resource materials which were 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

• Ms. Sujatha Suriyamoorthi, Associate Director - Courses, MOHAN Foundation
• Dr. Bhanu Prakash, Transplant Coordinator, MOHAN Foundation

• Mr. Haider Ali Khan, Liver Transplant Coordinator and Grief Counsellor, Care Group of Hospitals, Hyderabad
• Mr. Suresh Kumar, Senior Transplant Manager, MGM Healthcare, Chennai

 

The sessions covered during the weekend webinars were:

1. Basic Concepts of Organ Donation and Transplantation
2. Transplantation of Human Organ Act, Rules and Amendment
3. Role of a Donor Coordinator in Deceased Organ Donation and Documentation
4. Approaching  Families for Organ Donation and case studies
5. Living Donor Transplant Coordination – Role of a Transplant Coordinator
6. Role of a Transplant Coordinator in recipient coordination (Heart and Lung Programme)

 

The course also included online assignments and assessments which helped the participants for their self-learning.

 

As part of the course, participants appeared for an online examination. All the eleven candidates cleared the exam and received their completion certificates. The participants also shared their feedback about the course and the webinars.