Gift of Life is committed to helping physicians, nurses, hospital staff and donation champions learn how to implement nationally recognized strategies for success in organ, eye and tissue donation.

Our Professional Development Department’s educational outreach is expanding and we are continually raising the caliber of our offerings.

Here’s what we offer medical professionals

In-service training on donation and transplantation topics for groups of all sizes. Popular sessions include a donation overview for new nurses and mock DCDs. We also can arrange for organ recipients or donor family members to talk at your site.


Continuing Medical Education (CME) offerings approved through the Wayne State University School of Medicine include, but are not limited to:

• “Physician Best Practices in Organ and Tissue Donation”
• “Donor Management: Continuation of Care for Optimal Outcomes”
• “Donation After Cardiac Death”
• “Death by Neurological Criteria”
• “Catastrophic Brain Injury and Aggressive Patient Management”

MHA Keystone: Gift of Life Webinars. For dates and details about each webinar, click here. 

“Best Practices, Best Results” is an eight-page publication aimed at helping hospitals improve their organ and tissue donation outcomes. It includes data, news stories, profiles about champions and more. For the most recent issue, click here.

> Click here to access Gift of Life’s 2010 calendar of events including webinars.


For more information about how your hospital or organization can take advantage of Gift of Life’s educational offerings, e-mail Cindy Jacobs, director of Professional Development.