The 2022 batch of the one-year online ‘Post Graduate Diploma in Transplant Coordination and Grief Counselling’ successfully completed their course in December 2022. A total of 39 participants from diverse professions enrolled in the training including 38 from India and one from Sri Lanka. This course was supported by the SBI Foundation.

 The resource materials covering basic concepts of organ donation, national transplant specific guidelines during the COVID-19 outbreak, legal and ethical aspects, medical aspects, grief counselling and transplant coordination were made available on the e-learning platform and the candidates were given access for the same.

As part of the course, contact sessions were conducted virtually on the Zoom software platform. The sessions focused on

• Basic concepts of organ donation and transplantation
• THO Act & Amendments
• Brain death – Identification, certification and management
• Kidney diseases, dialysis & transplant
• Skin Donation, Banking and Transplantation
• HLA Crossmatch
• Living donor transplants - Case studies
• Liver diseases and Transplant
• Transplant coordination in deceased donor transplant
• Approaching families for organ donation
• Heart Diseases & Transplantation
• Transplant Coordinators' role in Heart Lung Programme
• Composite Tissue (Hand) Transplant
• Immunosuppression and issues related to rejection
• Counselling Process
• Soft skills and Leadership
• Living donation and transplant - Role of a Transplant Coordinator
• Setting up a Deceased donation programme in a hospital
• Challenging donations - Case studies
• Leveraging the power of social media
• Fund raising / Crowdfunding for transplant recipients
• Ethical aspects of organ donation and transplantation 

Experts across the country were on the faculty board. The webinars also involved activities like quizzes and discussions that kept the participants engaged in the learning process. The course included assignments and online examination held in December 2022. A total number of 30 participants cleared their final exam and received their course completion certificates.

Feedback

Dr. Manjushree Bhandari, SL Raheja Hospital Mumbai, Maharashtra 

I am very grateful to MOHAN Foundation for allowing me to enroll in the course even though I was late in applying for it. I have gained so much from attending the lectures and associated activities. Overall course content was comprehensive and engaging.

Dr. Vineet Behera, INHS Asvini, Mumbai, Maharashtra

"Outstanding course, very well appreciated.

The level of clinical details covered in the course may be very high for transplant coordinators who may not have any medical background. So that may be moderated accordingly."