Our First Learning Session For Ministry Leaders

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Our First Learning Session For Ministry Leaders
Presented by

• John Green, Director, Community Relations
• Gweneth George, Director, Hospital Services
• Gift of Life Donor Program

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POTENTIAL ORGAN DONOR OUTCOMES
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Family Declined 15
93
87
Donors 11
35
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African Americans Represent
13 of our population 44 of patients
awaiting a kidney transplant 25 of
transplant recipients 19 of donors

Source UNOS. 2003 data, based on OPTN data as
of June 30, 2004
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Cultural Influences on Organ Donation

• Common Barriers
• Public Attitudes
• Comprehending Brain Death
• Religious and Cultural Differences

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• No major organized
• religion is opposed
• to organ donation
• and transplantation.
• Families may have
• religious misperceptions
• surrounding
• end-of-life decisions.

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Learning Session for Ministry Leaders on Organ
Tissue Donation Pre and Post Assessment Tool
Strongly Disagree Agree Strongly
Disagree Agree
1 2 3
4 1
2 3 4
1 2 3
4 1 2
3 4
1 2 3
4 1 2
3 4 1
2 3
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3 4 1
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• . The likelihood of donating my organs upon my
  death
• is high.
• . Organ donation is the most effective medical
• treatment we have today for end stage organ
  failure.
• . I trust health care professionals when they
  say
• someone is dead.
• . I would advise my congregants to become organ
• donors.
• . Organ donation is the right thing to do.
• . Donating organs from deceased donors is
  important
• to the lives of people in this community.
• . Organ donation is a rare opportunity that
  helps in the
• grieving process of donor families.

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What Did We Learn

• 60 didnt trust healthcare professionals when
  they said a pt is dead
• 60 said that organ donation was the right thing
  to do
• 65 said that they would advise their congregants
  to become organ donors

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Sustaining Hospital Relationships
Trust
OPO Relationship With Family
Care Team Relationship With Family
TRUST
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The First Learning Session for Ministry Leaders
Examples of Effective Questions That Had A
Powerful Impact on Generating Dialogue.
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Creating A Conversation of the Whole Begins With
Effective Questions
As ministry leaders in the community, what have
you heard about organ donation that inspires you?

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Effective Questions
What actions can we take to create a safe and
supportive trust bridge for families?
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Albert Einstein Healthcare Network Chaplaincy
Services and The Clergy Advisory Council of Gift
of Life Donor Program  
 
Learning Session for Ministry Leaders on Organ
Tissue Donation     Thursday, September 29, 2005
900 1100 am      
 
 
Welcome and Invocation Harriet Bernstein,
Director, Chaplaincy Services, AEMC  
Donor Family Perspective Cynthia London, Donor
Mother  
What Happens in the Organ and Tissue Donation
Process Timothy J. Snyder, Senior Transplant
Coordinator, Gift of life
Community Beliefs and Cultural Views on Organ
and Tissue Donation Tina Evans Caines, Community
Relations Coordinator, Gift of Life  
Cultivating Advocates For Donation in Your
Congregation Reverend Ernest C. McNear,
Pastor Steven Sabb, Deacon True Gospel Tabernacle
COGIC, Philadelphia   Transplant Recipient
Perspective Jose Torres, Liver Recipient      

 

   
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Family CommunicationCreating Optimal
Interactions Open Dialogue
Empowered Decision-making
Information
Emotional Spiritual Support