KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE FOR ORGAN DONATION AMONG UNDERGRADUATE MEDICAL STUDENTS OF SMS MEDICAL COLLEGE, JAIPUR, RAJASTHAN

Abstract

Organ donation is the legal process by which a person allows their own or their kin's Introduction:
organs to be removed and transplanted into another person, this can happen while the donor is still alive
or after death with the donor's next of kin's consent. To asses the knowledge and attitude Objective: regarding organ donation
of undergraduate medical students of S.M.S. Medical College & Attached Hospitals, Jaipur, Rajasthan. Method & Material:
Institute based, cross sectional, observation study has been conducted between June 2021 to May 2022 among 120
undergraduate Medical students only 57.5% students correctly knew that organ donation can be done Results: both during life
as well as after brain death and this knowledge was associated with age and MBBS year (p value <0.05). Among them mostly
were willing to donate their kidney (58.14%), Blood (61.63%), Liver (34.88%), Heart (31.4%), Cornea (27.91%), Bone marrow
(13.95%) and Skin (1.16%). Whereas only 10.83% students were not having willingness for organ donation. Overall Conclusion:
undergraduate medical students have positive attitude towards organ donation and more than 50% students want to donate
their organs and promote among their family and also want to contribute in organ donation camp but very few students have
knowledge about its process.