Donation & Transplantation Field Trip
Join Live On Nebraska and Clarkson College for a full day of high school donation and transplantation education!
Students will experience five breakout sessions filled with hands-on activities and games to educate them about organ, tissue and eye donation and transplantation. Information about careers in the donation and transplantation industry will be included with each session.
Thursday, October 17
8:30 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
Clarkson College
Schedule
- 8:30 a.m. — Registration
- 8:45-9:20 a.m. — Welcome and plenary panel featuring a donor family member, organ recipient, tissue recipient and living donor
- 9:30-12:20 p.m. — Breakout sessions
- 12:30-1:15 p.m. — Lunch (provided by Clarkson College)
- 1:15-2:00 p.m. — Donation & Transplantation Trivia Challenge
Breakout Sessions
Organ Perfusion
When lives are on the line, timing is everything. In this session, learn how organs are preserved during transportation. Advancements in perfusion keep organs viable longer while they make their way to their new home. Students will have a hands-on opportunity with a human kidney that has been donated for education and research.
Donation & Transplantation Speed Networking
Have you ever wondered what a career in donation and transplantation looks like? There are many opportunities and job roles that go into making a lifesaving transplant a success. In this session, students will meet with several donation and transplantation professionals in small groups, spending a few minutes learning about their career path and exploring tools of the trade.
Organ Matching & Allocation
There are more than 100,000 people in the U.S. waiting for a lifesaving organ transplant. So when an organ becomes available, who gets it? Learn about the national organ matching (allocation) system and explore examples from the media that don’t always get this critical piece of the transplantation puzzle right. Students will participate in a hands-on activity to help correctly identify organ and recipient matches.
Tissue Transformations
Explore the world of tissue transplantation and learn about all the ways tissue grafts can help those in need. Students will explore human anatomy and dive into specific cases that have led to healing and lifesaving outcomes after tissue donation. Students will have the opportunity to interact with a human heart that has been donated for education and research.
Maximizing Organ Donation
There are six different organs that can be donated and transplanted—each donor having the potential to save eight lives. In this session, explore how donation professionals maximize the impact of each donor hero. Students will learn about therapies and practice procedures that help make less-than-perfect organs transplantable.
Donation & Transplantation Trivia Challenge
After lunch, the field trip will conclude with a trivia challenge. Each school will face off against other participating schools to test their knowledge of donation and transplantation and vie for the coveted trivia challenge trophy.
Register
Please complete the information below to register for the field trip. Attendance is limited for this event and fills up quickly. Please do not register unless you are certain you can attend.