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Beyond the Gift: Saving Lives and Connecting the Dots Through Investigation

Program Details:
April 30, 2026 | 9:00am-4:00pm
Modality:
  • In-person
Registration Fee(s):
Free
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Additional Details
Instructional Hours:
6.00
Registration Deadline:
4/29/26 5:00 PM
Cancellation Deadline:
4/30/26 8:00 AM
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Description
This one-day, in-person training is designed for nurses, healthcare professionals, deputy coroners, and forensic pathologists to explore organ and tissue donation and recovery at the critical intersection of lifesaving transplantation and medicolegal death investigation. Participants will gain a practical understanding of the organ and tissue procurement process, including how donation saves and enhances lives, how it affects the professionals involved, and how both organ and tissue preservation align with evidence preservation in medicolegal cases. The course highlights the importance of collaboration, communication, and shared responsibility between healthcare teams and death investigators to ensure ethical, legal, and compassionate outcomes. Through real-world insight and interdisciplinary discussion, attendees will strengthen their ability to navigate organ and tissue donation cases with confidence while maintaining investigative integrity and honoring the gift of donation. This training is offered in partnership with Sharing Hope SC and the Greenville County Coroner’s Office.
Objectives

At the completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

  • Explain the organ and tissue recovery process from referral through recovery.
  • Describe how organ and tissue donation saves and enhances lives and impacts patients, families, and professionals.
  • Identify how organ and tissue preservation intersect with evidence preservation in medicolegal cases.
  • Understand the roles and responsibilities of healthcare professionals and death investigators in organ and tissue procurement.
  • Recognize how effective collaboration supports both donation outcomes and medicolegal death investigations.
Disclosures
Upstate AHEC’s conflict of interest policy requires faculty to disclose any real or apparent commercial financial affiliations related to the content of their presentations/materials. The speaker has signed a vested interest form declaring no conflict of interest in education activity. Provisions of this educational activity by Upstate AHEC does not imply endorsement by Upstate AHEC or ANCC of any commercial products displayed in conjunction with this activity.
Credits Available
  • Registered Nurses
    American Nurses Credentialing Center
    • Consortium Members:
      • Regular: Free (Until 4/29/2026)
    • All Others:
      • Regular: Free (Until 4/29/2026)
    Credit Statement

    Upstate AHEC is an accredited provider of Nursing Continuing Professional Development by the American Nurses Credential Center's Commission on Accreditation.

    Upon successful completion of this program, attendees will receive 6 continuing professional development hours.

  • All Other Participants
    Area Health Education Consortium
    • Consortium Members:
      • Regular: Free (Until 4/29/2026)
    • All Others:
      • Regular: Free (Until 4/29/2026)
    Credit Statement
    This program provides 0.6 CEUs by Upstate AHEC and meets South Carolina AHEC Best Practice Standards.
Locations/Participation Options
  • Clemson University School of Nursing (Prisma Campus)
    Location:
    Greenville , SC Details
    Status:
    Open
Contact(s)

If you have questions about the credits, location/video conference information, or any other details specific to this particular program, please reach out to the contact(s) below:

  • Name:
    Brandi England
    Phone:
    864-508-6302
    Email:
    bengland@upstateahec.org
  • Name:
    Belinda Cowan
    Phone:
    864-349-1160
    Email:
    bcowan@upstateahec.org
If you have questions related to registering or using the AHEC Learning Portal, please contact alp@scahec.net.

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