Table 3.

Common Design Elements of Effective Living Donor Transplant Education Programs

Include a patient’s family and friends. When family and friends learn with the patient, more conversations happen about the patient’s need, transplant options, and living donation. Conduct in a comfortable place. Patients may learn more readily in places other than a doctor’s office such as library, a community center or a home. Provide written materials or other media. Providing patients with simply stated factual material about the benefits and risks of living donation and living donor transplantation increases their understanding and comfort.