title: Transplant Procurement Management Model Training: Marked Improvement in the Mindset of In-Hospital Procurement Coordinators at Hyogo Prefecture, Japan.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The organ donation rate in Japan is much lower than that in other developed countries for several reasons. An advanced educational program for in-hospital procurement coordinators is a possible solution for this. We introduced a Transplant Procurement Management (TPM) educational program at Hyogo Prefecture, Japan.
  
  
  METHODS
  Ten healthcare professionals at Hyogo Prefecture participated in the Advanced International TPM course to educate themselves on TPM and held 2 TPM Model Organ Procurement Training Workshops at Hyogo Prefecture for in-hospital procurement coordinators. Furthermore, we held 2 workshops outside Hyogo Prefecture and at the same time undertook a pre-workshop questionnaire survey to evaluate the ability and motivation with respect to organ donation. To evaluate the effectiveness of the workshops, we conducted post-workshop and 3-months-after workshop questionnaire surveys.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The results of the pre-workshop survey revealed that in-hospital procurement coordinators lacked the knowledge regarding the entire organ donation process, the current status of organ donation in Japan, and the definition of brain death. Moreover, they did not completely understand the meaning of "organ donation." The results of the post-workshop questionnaire survey showed that the educational program was effective to improve the knowledge and skills of organ donation and motivated behavioral changes among the participants.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The survey results showed that our TPM model educational program offered sufficient knowledge and skills to increase organ donation at Hyogo Prefecture. We will continue this program and make an effort to further contribute to the Japanese organ donation activities.
authors.affiliation: Division of Nephrology and Kidney Center, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Hyogo, Japan. Electronic address: m44kawa@med.kobe-u.ac.jp.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yoshikawa
authors.affiliation: Kyowa Marina Hospital, Hyogo, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yoshinaga
authors.affiliation: Hyogo Prefecture Procurement, Hyogo College of Medicine, Hyogo, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Imamura
authors.affiliation: Division of Emergency Medicine, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, Hyogo, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency, Disaster, and Critical Care Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine, Hyogo, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Osako
authors.affiliation: Toyama Prefecture Procurement, Department of Crisis Medicine, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.affiliation: Nara Prefecture Procurement, Nara Medical University Hospital, Nara, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kaneko
authors.affiliation: Kobe University Hospital, Hyogo, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fujisawa
authors.affiliation: Hyogo Association of Countermeasure for Kidney Disease, Hyogo, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kamidono
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001926:Brain Death; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000193:education* / Q000592:standards; D006761:Hospitals / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000379:methods; D007564:Japan; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement