Clin Transplant Res.  2024 Sep;38(3):222-234. 10.4285/ctr.24.0037.

Workforce, task performance, and analysis of organ transplant coordinators in Korea: a survey study

• Kim S
• Son SY
• Ju MK
• Hong S
• Park JY
• Kim HS

• KMID: 2559812
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4285/ctr.24.0037

Abstract

Background
The workload of organ transplant coordinators is increasing as administrative tasks become more diverse with changing laws and regulations. These changes have heightened the demand for organ transplant coordinators with expertise in the field. This study aimed to determine the status of human resources of organ transplant coordinators and conduct job analysis using the Developing A Curriculum (DACUM) method.
Methods
We conducted a questionnaire survey with 107 transplant coordinators employed at medical centers across Korea. The questionnaire gathered data on general and job-related characteristics of organ transplant coordinators and assessed the importance, difficulty, and frequency of their task elements.
Results
The job of organ transplantation was categorized into five duties, 14 tasks, and 97 task elements. These duties included recipient management, donor management, organ donation activation management, organ transplantation administration, and professional capability development. We noted statistically significant differences in the importance scores of organ donation activation based on age, as well as in the difficulty scores for recipient management and administrative tasks based on work experience. Furthermore, the frequency of task performance varied significantly according to the number of coworkers and the total number of transplants conducted.
Conclusions
This study confirmed the current status of the workforce and task performance of organ transplant coordinators. The findings will serve as basic data to enhance the expertise of coordinators in the future.

Keyword

Organ transplantation; Workforce; Task performance and analysis; Nurses

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