Abstract
Although the Japanese Organ Transplantation Act was revised in 2010 and brain-dead organ donations then increased to 4.1 cases monthly, from 0.6, only 164 institutions experienced brain-dead organ donations among a total 897 institutions in Japan that are allowed to procure organs under brain-dead conditions. Under these circumstances, in-hospital procurement coordinators (In-Hp PTCs) may play important roles in increasing organ donations and making procurement procedures progress smoothly. Therefore an education system for In-Hp PTCs should be established by the national government.
In this review, three special educational seminars for In-Hp PTCs are introduced. The first is In-Hp PTC educational programs by prefectural PTCs. The second is a seminar corresponding to brain-dead organ donations in emergency hospitals. The third is an extension seminar for In-Hp PTCs organized by Osaka University.
