The one-year online program for the 'Post Graduate Diploma in Transplant Coordination and Grief Counselling' was successfully concluded in December 2023. Supported by the SBI Foundation, the course enrolled 52 participants, with 51 from India and one from Nepal, representing diverse professions.

Course curriculum included concepts of organ donation and transplantation, donation and transplant guidelines during the COVID-19 outbreak in India, legal and ethical aspects, medical aspects, grief counselling, and transplant coordination. Study materials were disseminated through an e-learning platform to ensure convenient access to resources, enabling a flexible pace of learning.

Within the course framework, virtual contact sessions were conducted using the Zoom platform, enabling participants’ engagement and interactive discussions.

The contact sessions included:

• 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 an online examination held in December 2023.

Feedback

Dr. SENTHAMIL SELVAN CHELLIAH, Tamil Nadu          

This course was an eye-opener about how all it started and how we should share our life with others and provide them not only a second chance in life but a chance of life again.

From a non-medico point of view, this course enlightened my knowledge in simple terms and provided me profundity of understanding. MOHAN Foundation’s step to raise awareness about organ donation is really commendable. It was a great experience with the pioneers of organ donation.

Mr. SHAHZAD MANSOORI, Delhi

I am a Transplant Coordinator working in a Govt. Hospital in Delhi. I have heard about this course from some of my colleagues. Thereafter, I decided to join and gain the knowledge through this beautiful course. It helped me a lot like sharp a knife and I learnt so many new things. I would like to recommend this course to each and every one who is a part of this noble course.

Thanks a lot for providing such a beautiful course.

Mr. Adarsh Patel, Uttar Pradesh

It was nice learning with MOHAN Foundation. I am working on Heart & Lung transplantation, MOHAN Foundation effectively taught me everything about other organ & tissue transplantation. Specifically grief counseling was something what I was not aware of anything and the course thought me.

Now looking forward to some on-field experiences of grief counseling.