Published 20 May 2009, doi:10.1136/bmj.b2012
Cite this as: BMJ 2009;338:b2012

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Barriers to organ donation

Teach medical students

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Someone skilled and confident in a task is likely to achieve a better outcome. So why not include tackling organ donation in communication skills at medical school along with breaking bad news? Discussing organ donation could also be introduced as a common station to cover in postgraduate examinations. It should be covered as early as possible so doctors feel confident to raise the issue with relatives.1 By the time students graduate or complete postgraduate examinations they will have covered it in theory many times so will feel more confident in practice.

Cite this as: BMJ 2009;338:b2012

Eilidh J O’Loughlin, GPSTR ST21

1 St Luke’s Hospital, Middlesbrough TS4 3AF

e.harper@doctors.org.uk

Competing interests: None declared.

  1. Simpkin AL, Robertson LC, Barber VS, Young JD. Modifiable factors influencing relatives’ decision to offer organ donation: systematic review. BMJ 2009;338:b991. (21 April.)[Abstract/Free Full Text]

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Modifiable factors influencing relatives’ decision to offer organ donation: systematic review
Arabella L Simpkin, Laura C Robertson, Vicki S Barber, and J Duncan Young
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