AOPO PRPE Council Transplantation Science: The Facts About Organ

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AOPO PR/PE CouncilTransplantation ScienceThe
Facts About Organ Tissue Donation

• Presented byJennifer Moe, Donor Alliance
• April 24, 2007

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History

• 1991 The Museum of Nature and Science partnered
  with Donor Alliance to run a program called The
  Science of Transplantation in the museums Hall
  of Life.
• 2003 The museum discontinued the program due to
  funding Donor Alliance adopted it, re-naming it
  Transplantation Science The Facts about Organ
  Tissue Donation.

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Program Overview

• An educational program with the purpose to
  introduce youth throughout Colorado and Wyoming
  to the science behind organ and tissue donation.
• Trained educators go into classrooms and teach an
  interactive 45 minute program to grades 6-12
  using a combination of teaching methods engaging
  audible, visual and tactile learners.

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Program Overview cont

• Classes include a combination of video, lecture
  and visual teaching tools however, the majority
  of time is spent at four interactive stations,
  allowing students to evaluate scenarios and
  determine how organs get placed.
• Uses a combination of plastinated and preserved
  organs, students see firsthand what different
  organs look and feel like.
• Classes are evaluated through student pre and
  post tests.

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Program Overview cont

• Program is recognized nationally for teaching
  youth about organ and tissue donation, averaging
  60 classes per month.
• Curriculum follows the Colorado/Wyoming middle
  and high school science content standardsa
  rarity among other youth education programs
  supporting organ and tissue donation in the
  United States.

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Only 45 minutes?

• Introduction (Approx. 7 min.)
• Introduce Donor Alliance and program (overhead)
• Video clip with questions from kids (approx. 2
  min.)
• Definitions Transplant from Dr. Mendez
• Clarify donor recipient allograft
  autograft
• Move into stations

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Only 45 minutes?

• Stations 4 STATIONS/7 kids per Station / 5min.
  per station 20 min.
• Station 1 ORGANS
• Lungs/Liver/Kidney specimens or models
• Matching activity in workbook
• Station 2 HEART
• GAME Donor scenario with cards Who Gets the
  Heart?
• Matching activity in workbook

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Only 45 minutes?

• Station 3 TISSUES
• Cornea Specimen, photos, damaged cornea glasses
• Skin poster or model, fabric squares
• Matching activity in workbook
• Station 4 BONES
• Diseased bone replaced with healthy one ulna
  model with a diseased piece and a
  transplant/donor piece
• Matching activity in workbook with bone powder,
  spongy bone and other bone specimens

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Only 45 minutes?

• Becoming a Donor/Process of donation (Approx. 10
  min.)
• Answer questions from video plus additional
  overheads
• Introduce students to other young people impacted
  by transplantation
• Video (5 min.)
• Conclusion (3 min.)

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Program cost

• Program costs 20,000 annually.
• Salaries of three part-time educators and their
  travel expenses
• One class scheduler
• Mileage
• Materials needed to sustain program
• Requires relatively low staff time for program
  maintenance, estimating roughly 810 hours per
  month.

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Scheduling Classes

• Classes are scheduled based on the availability
  of the educators and dates and times are
  scheduled by employed scheduler.
• Most correspondence is done via email between the
  science teachers and scheduler
• Two Donor Alliance volunteers seek out new
  contacts in the outlying areas of Denver as well
  private schools.

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Measurement

• Measurement is calculated through the use of pre
  and post class questionnaires.
• Results from questionnaires measure programs
  success by the number of students who plan on
  having conversations about organ and tissue
  donation with their families.
• Results show that 66 of students taught plan to
  go home and talk to their families about
  donation.
• 58 of those students who plan to talk to their
  families claim to support, or believe in, organ
  and tissue donation and transplantation.
• 8 are still unsure.

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Plans for the Future

• Expansion Increase the number of classes being
  taught regionally to include Colorados Western
  Slope, Wyoming and Southern Colorado.
• Translation Translate curriculum into Spanish.
• Revise Curriculum Modify high school curriculum,
  including the video, to better suit older, Honors
  high school students.

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Up to date results 2007

• January Total of Students taught 630
• February Total of Students taught 350
• March Total of Students taught 922
• (A 62 Increase from February!)

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Up to date results

• August 24, 2006 to March 22, 2007
• 59 Schools in CO WY
• 201 Classes
• 5,498 Students

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In summary

• Program is recognized as a national leader in
  teaching youth about organ and tissue donation.
• The TS curriculum follows the Colorado/Wyoming
  middle and high school science content
  standardsa rarity among other youth education
  programs supporting organ and tissue donation
  throughout the United States.
• Transplantation Science is a program that
  requires relatively low maintenance on behalf of
  Donor Alliance full-time staff.
• Plants a seed in the minds of youth, so when
  asked the question at the DMV, they will have
  already made their decision!

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Questions?