The University of Queensland will hold its annual Body Donor Thanksgiving Service on Wednesday May 2 at the UQ Centre, Union Road, St Lucia from 5.30pm.
The service will herald the start of an expanded program that will see a greater number of students and professionals benefit from the significant contribution made by body donors.
Each year, The University of Queensland’s School of Biomedical Sciences receives hundreds of enquiries from people wishing to donate their bodies for anatomical teaching and scientific research.
The gift of body donation is greatly appreciated by the University and the contribution that donors make to teaching and research is invaluable.
“We find that this experience imparts a higher level of knowledge to students about altruism and generosity,” the new manager of the UQ Body Donor Program, Dr Shannon Armstrong said.
“This is invaluable for future health care professionals, be they doctors, dentists, therapists, pharmacists or educators.
“It is an experience for which a student is forever grateful and forever changed.”
The new management team has expanded the program and redeveloped all the protocols and support systems to enhance taking donors into the care of the program.
In addition the team has initiated a program for donors to contribute indefinitely to maximize each donor’s legacy within the program.
“We have taken extreme care and consideration of the unique legacy that UQ body donors provide while redeveloping and enhancing the entire process of donating to the program, all the way through to taking the donors into our care and supporting the donors’ families and loved ones,” Dr Armstrong said.
“This is an enormous and significant responsibility for which we take the utmost care and attention.
“The gift of body donation is greatly appreciated by the University and the contribution that donors make to teaching and research is invaluable.”
The UQ School of Biomedical Sciences, which runs the UQ Body Donor program, educates approximately 6000 students in anatomy each year.
Donors help to advance surgical and scientific knowledge both nationally and internationally, in order to promote health and alleviate suffering.
The School of Biomedical Sciences has a strong history of scientific education and research programs.
Its mission is to create world-class biomedical scientists, and contribute to the development of world class health and allied health professionals through excellence in teaching and research
Media: UQ School of Biomedical Sciences, Dr Shannon Armstrong, 07 3365 2515, 0401 293 248s.armstrong@uq.edu.au
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