ArticleDer Anaesthesist2020
Attitudes and knowledge about post-mortem organ donation among medical students, trainee nurses and students of health sciences in Germany : A cross-sectional study.
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- [Perioperative anesthesiological management of postmortem organ donors in Germany-A prospective cross-sectional study using an online survey].Die Anaesthesiologie · 2026Article
- Undergraduate medical, health science, and technical students' attitudes and knowledge on organ donation and transplantation.BMC medical education · 2025Observational
- Brain Death Knowledge and Attitudes Among Fourth-Year Medical Students at Umm Al-Qura University.Cureus · 2024Article
- Medical students' knowledge and attitude toward brain death and the influence of medical education: a cross-sectional study.BMC medical education · 2024Article
- A Multicentre Study of the Attitude of Medical Students towards Organ Donation and Transplantation in Poland.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Opinion of surveyed nurses on transplantation and reasons for negative public attitudes toward organ donation.Frontiers in transplantation · 2023Article
- The willingness and attitudes of medical students regarding organ donation and transplantation: a cross-sectional study from Turkey.Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992) · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveIn 2018 Germany had the lowest rate of post-mortem organ donation in the Eurotransplant network. Healthcare trainees and students will be important advisors on organ donation for patients in the future. This study aimed to examine 1) attitudes and knowledge about post-mortem organ donation, 2) how past transplantation scandals have affected those attitudes and 3) how satisfied respondents were with the knowledge provided on the courses.
methodsA cross-sectional study was conducted between 20 March and 8 July 2019 at a university hospital and nursing schools in Berlin and Potsdam, Germany. Study participants were 209 medical students, 106 health sciences students and 67 trainee nurses.
resultsOf the respondents 29.3 and 50.8% knew the tasks of the German Organ Transplantation Foundation and Eurotransplant, respectively. All brain death questions were correctly answered by 56.3% of the medical students, 25.7% of the health sciences students and 50.9% of the trainee nurses (Fisher's exact test p < 0.001, Cramer's V = 0.242). Transplantation scandals had damaged attitudes towards organ donation for 20.7% of the medical students, 33.3% of the health sciences students and 13.6% of the trainee nurses (χ
conclusionGiven the knowledge gaps identified and the respondents' dissatisfaction with the knowledge they received, organ donation should be better integrated into curricula and training programs.
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