LibGuides: Legacy of Life: Continuing Professional Development

Donation Education

At Legacy of Life we are committed to advancing donation education for health care professionals. If your group is interested in any form of continuing professional development, please contact Legacy of Life at LegacyofLife@nshealth.ca or call 1-877-841-3929. We can develop custom educational sessions designed to support the learning needs of your group that are accredited learning opportunities.

Accredited Educational Sessions

Canadian Clinical Guide to Organ Donation
Free online campus developed by Canadian Blood Services accredited for Section 3 learning from the RCPSC and CFPC

eLearning Module

The Human Organ and Tissue Donation Act
This course is available on the Provincial Learning Management System (LMS)

Nova Scotia Health Learning Management System (LMS)
You must sign in to search for a course. To sign in, enter your domain\username (e.g. cdha\doej) and password. Once signed in, select Catalogue tab. Copy course title or code, paste it in the Keywords search box and select Search.

NOTE Microsoft Edge is the optimal browser for LMS. For more information: https://intra.nshealth.ca/UCS/BPS/SitePages/LMS.aspx

Practice Guidelines

Canadian Guidelines for Controlled Pediatric Donation After Circulatory Determination of Death—Summary Report
Weiss, M. J., Hornby, L., Rochwerg, B., Van Manen, M., Dhanani, S., Sivarajan, V. B., ... & Goldberg, A. (2017). Canadian guidelines for controlled pediatric donation after circulatory determination of death—summary report. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, 18(11), 1035.
Deceased organ and tissue donation after medical assistance in dying and other conscious and competent donors: guidance for policy
Downar, J., Shemie, S. D., Gillrie, C., Fortin, M. C., Appleby, A., Buchman, D. Z., ... & Ysebaert, D. (2019). Deceased organ and tissue donation after medical assistance in dying and other conscious and competent donors: guidance for policy. CMAJ, 191(22), E604-E613.
Donation after cardiocirculatory death in Canada
Shemie, S. D., Baker, A. J., Knoll, G., Wall, W., Rocker, G., Howes, D., ... & Farrell, C. (2006). Donation after cardiocirculatory death in Canada. CMAJ, 175(8), S1-S1.
End-of-Life Conversations With Families of Potential Donors: Leading Practices in Offering the Opportunity for Organ Donation
Shemie, S. D., Robertson, A., Beitel, J., Chandler, J., Ferre, E., Evans, J., ... & Torrance, S. (2017). End-of-life conversations with families of potential donors: leading practices in offering the opportunity for organ donation. Transplantation, 101(5S), S17-S26.
Management of the neurologically deceased organ donor: A Canadian clinical practice guideline
Ball, I. M., Hornby, L., Rochwerg, B., Weiss, M. J., Gillrie, C., Chassé, M., ... & Arora, S. (2020). Management of the neurologically deceased organ donor: A Canadian clinical practice guideline. CMAJ, 192(14), E361-E369.
Severe brain injury to neurological determination of death: Canadian forum recommendations
Shemie, S. D., Doig, C., Dickens, B., Byrne, P., Wheelock, B., Rocker, G., ... & Jefferson, R. (2006). Severe brain injury to neurological determination of death: Canadian forum recommendations. CMAJ, 174(6), S1-S12.

Resources

GIVE Criteria [Poster]
Referral for Organ Donation [Poster]
GIVE Flowchart [Poster]
Organ Donation Identification and Referral Process Flow
ACT Criteria [Poster]
ACT Flowchart [Poster]
Tissue Donation Identification and Referral Process Flow
Organ & Tissue Donation For Medical Assistance In Dying: Information for Patients [Pamphlet]
Information for Nova Scotia’s Health Care Professionals: Referral for Organ and Tissue Donation [Pamphlet]

Videos

Her Last Project
A documentary of Dr. Shelly Sarwal’s jouney through the process of MAiD and organ donation.

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