7th International Workshop On Uncontrolled & Controlled Donation After Circulatory Death – Endorsed by ESOT

This is a blended program that includes an online period of 5 virtual sessions (6, 11, 13, 18, 20 of October 2022) and 2 days of face-to-face sessions in the University hospital of La Coruña the 27th and 28th of October 2022.

The online part will provide the participants with the basis of the contents of the course. In the face to face part, both didactic and hands-on skills sessions are represented by a multidisciplinary group of professionals. Skills sessions are performed in a laboratory setting, using both a human simulator and a pig model, while didactic sessions include the use of presentations and videos. It is addressed to health care professionals involved in uncontrolled and controlled DCD, including but not limited to emergency, intensive care and anesthesia medical physicians, transplant coordinators and surgeons, working or interested in working in the field.

Learning objectives:

To provide transplant professionals with the knowledge and technical skills necessary to organise the uncontrolled and controlled DCD process and adequately maintain potential donors to obtain organs for transplant. To discuss the results of these procedures, including potential pitfalls, areas for improvements, and perspectives toward the future.

Early registration fee deadline: 15th August, 2022

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