• Rev Assoc Med Bras · Sep 2007

    [Attitude and opinion of medical students about organ donation and transplantation].

    • Flavio H F Galvao, Renato A Caires, Raimundo S Azevedo-Neto, Eduardo K Mory, Estela R R Figueira, Thiago S Otsuzi, Telesforo Bacchella, and Marcel C C Machado.
    • Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil. fgalvao@usp.br
    • Rev Assoc Med Bras. 2007 Sep 1; 53 (5): 401-6.

    UnlabelledWe analyzed the opinion and understanding of medical students about organ donation and transplantation.Methods347 students voluntarily completed a questionnaire with 17 queries concerning organ donation and transplantation. They were analyzed to identify general tendencies and divided into five groups, according to their year of study (first through sixth year), to assess differences among the years. Students of the fifth and sixth years were placed in the same group. Results were analyzed by the Chi-square test.ResultsThe intention to become a post mortem or living donor was of 89% and 90% respectively; however, only 62% were aware of living donation risks. 70% of the 347 students admitted regular or little knowledge of the subject, 90.2% considered organ transplantation an important issue for a medical graduation program, 76.9% considered informed/expressed consent the best organ donation criterion and 64.3% of them chose severity of patient disease as the best allocation condition. As students progressed in their studies their understanding about transplantation improved. Students of the fourth, fifth and sixth year manifested a negative attitude about organ donation to alcohol addicts, non donors, drug users, law offenders and foreigners.ConclusionThis data show the great interest and positive attitude of medical students toward organ donation and transplantation, despite the fact that most of them admitted having insufficient knowledge on the subject. A negative attitude by students of the fourth, fifth and sixth year on organ donation to alcohol addicts, non donors, drug users, law offenders and foreigners was also observed.

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