Eye Donation for Transplantation (BMSC90014)

Intended learning outcomes

At the completion of the subject the students should be able to:

• Compare laws, relating to human tissue donation, understand the responsibilities they place on donation practitioners, and evaluate the law’s impact on eye donation.
• Examine and discuss and reflect on different eye donation programs, locally and globally.
• Demonstrate a good awareness of issues surrounding death, bereavement, and apply this understanding to donor family discussions and interactions with clinical staff.
• Critically appraise aspects of risk of disease transmission versus benefit in the selection and testing of eye donors.
• Explain the different surgical approaches to corneal transplantation understand risk factors affecting outcomes of transplantation and appreciate how these relate to eye donation practice.

Generic skills

• Ability to articulate, both written and oral, the key concepts and frameworks
• Developed analytical, evaluation and problem solving skills required to review, report and monitor professional practice and community expectations;
• The ability to adapt and respond to a rapidly changing professional environment;
• Mastered inter-professional relations and team work;
• Flexibility and adaptability required to work as a solo professional and a member of a multi-disciplinary professional body