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Following the Symposium, we had different meetings with INDOT who helped us edit our Policy Statement on the topic of organ donation and guided us through this process. This Policy Statement had prior approval from the organization during the past National Assembly on October 2016. We passed it to a vote and with the majority of our local presidents in favor, we adopted it as a Policy Statement from AEMPPI Ecuador. The objective of this phase was to create awareness among medical students about the Ecuadorian reality of transplants and create a strong partnership with INDOT. Also, we wanted to demonstrate the medical and the academic aspects of these processes so that medical students could complement their education.
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Phase 2 First of all, we need to create educational material regarding organ, tissue and cell donation, such as reading material, interactive presentations, class material and assessments. With that, we will create a pilot project that introduces an educational guide about organ donation in the curriculum of Ecuadorian high schools. For this, initial research will be done in selected high schools. This research will have a statistical base so that the obtained results can be considered as significant. The research will include: • The improvement of knowledge in the topic of donation, before and after the course • The impact of students in the perception of donations Previous studies have shown that when there is an early exposure to organ donation topics, people are more aware of donation. That is why this phase is really important because we
can show with a statistical report if there is a correlation between education and donation. Phase 3 Once we have the data of our surveys and campaigns collected, analyzed and interpreted, we can follow into the third phase which consists of approaching the competent national authorities with the subject. Based on the results obtained and the country's own need to continue growing on this field of health, we want to implement an educational change in the curriculum for schools and universities nationally. First, we want to focus on the schools, where we seek to integrate the issue of organ, tissue and cell transplantation with the curriculum proposed by the Ministry of Education. One of the ways to evaluate the progress and effectiveness of our plan is to re-do surveys to schools to see how much our system has improved knowledge among the students in relation to the topic mentioned. We also seek to have this topic added to the curriculum of the medical faculties, since we will be the ones who will guide the country in this matter in the future, especially in the field of health. In this way, we want to promote the interest of medical students to seek subspecialties related to the different areas of organ, tissue and cell transplantation. To accomplish this feat we will need the support of health authorities to encourage and support the opening of training courses, postgraduate courses and other facilities related to this theme. Our goal is to remain active within the theme, which is why we will not give details on the final phase of our project. We constantly seek involvement in campaigns, symposiums, and publicity to reach Ecuadorians in the subject. Given that we do not seek to persuade, but to educate the population, our hope is that with our work there will be a political system that works in symbiosis with the health system to give all kinds of support for transplant patients, for those who are waiting for a transplant and of course for all Ecuadorians. With this www.ifmsa.org