Organ donation and transplantation education in UK medical schools: a protocol for parallel national cross-sectional surveys of students and educators.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Solid organ transplantation is a cornerstone of care for end-stage organ disease and a critical consideration for all doctors managing chronic conditions such as chronic kidney disease. Transplantation is wholly dependent on organ donation (both living and deceased), with shortages directly limiting access to life-saving therapy and resulting in preventable mortality for patients on waiting lists. Yet undergraduate exposure to organ donation and transplantation (ODT) across UK medical schools is anecdotally poor and not mapped nationally. The most substantive UK evidence is more than two decades old and demonstrates limited exposure and significant knowledge gaps among final-year medical students.We here describe a protocol for two coordinated national surveys: U-KNOW-

SUBMITTER: Prigg AR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12911799 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature