Saudi medical students knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs with regard to organ donation and transplantation

<p>Knowledge, Attitude, and Willingness Towards Organ Donation Among Medical and Health Sciences Students in Central Region, Saudi Arabia</p>

“…The majority of the studies conducted in KSA have emphasized on evaluating knowledge and attitudes regarding organ donation among the general population, or in a specific medical or health sciences group such as medicine or nursing. 2,7 However, this study is likely the first cross-sectional study conducted in KSA across a wide range of healthcare professions, which includes medicine, dentistry, nursing, physiotherapy and paramedical sciences. Therefore, it is crucial for healthcare providers to be aware of existing laws and procedures pertaining to organ donation.…”

“…Moreover, this argument is supported by a series of studies which found that although the interviewed participants supported organ donation, many also believed it to be incompatible with Islam since they believe that violating the human body, whether living or dead, is forbidden. 7 However, this view does not take into account the ruling of the Islamic Jurisprudence Assembly Council in Saudi Arabia which states that organ transplantation is not precluded by Islamic beliefs since it is in keeping with the highest priority placed on saving a life in the Qur'an, and the principle of necessity overrides prohibition. 18 When evaluating knowledge, attitude, and willingness toward organ donation based on gender, it was found that women scored uniformly higher compared to men.…”

“…However, there are few studies conducted in KSA with regard to knowledge, attitude, and willingness toward organ donation, especially among medical professionals. 7,8 Therefore, the present study was conducted in Majmaah, Saudi Arabia, to address the need to analyze the knowledge, attitude, and willingness of medical and health sciences students toward organ donation.…”

Evaluation of the Effect of Clinical Scenario-Based Educational Workshop and Reflection on the Knowledge and Attitude of Head Nurses and Clinical Supervisors toward in the Brain Death and Organ Donation

“…The results of the study conducted by Steenaart (2019) also showed that the use of new educational methods can increase the knowledge and attitude of nurses in the area of organ donation, which was consistent with the results of this study (38)(39)(40)(41)(42). The results of the studies conducted by Srinivasula et al (2018) and Sugumar et al (2017) and Marqués-Lespier JM (2013) also showed that educational interventions play an important role in increasing the knowledge and attitude of staffs of different medical departments in brain death and organ donation processes and it is necessary to implement educational programs continuously to increase knowledge and improve the performance of the staffs (43)(44)(45)(46). The results of the study conducted by Aghayan et al (2009) to evaluate the effect of the lecture-based educational workshop on the nurses' knowledge and attitudes on donation in Tehran (47,48), showed that the implementation of the educational program had no effect on the attitude of nurses and no relationship was found between the knowledge and attitude, which was not consistent with the result of the present study (49).…”

“…Nurses can play a major role in identifying the organ donors and obtaining their family`s consent for organ donation (5). Having a positive knowledge and attitude toward organ donation in nurses encourages the death brain patient's families to announce their consent in organ donation (6). Nurses can encourage families of brain death patients for organ donation by providing appropriate information to them.…”