Lost&Found Posted August 23, 2011 Report Share Posted August 23, 2011 Are you currently an organ donor ? Do you plan on becoming one? Do you think it will have any bearing on med school admissions? ~L&F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astrogirl Posted August 23, 2011 Report Share Posted August 23, 2011 I don't think it has anything to do with med school admissions (there's no box on the application form where you can check off whether or not you're an organ donor), but yes I do want to donate my organs if they are usable when I die. I won't need them anymore, so someone else might as well get them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pantaloons Posted August 23, 2011 Report Share Posted August 23, 2011 It's funny; your question implies that you'd consider donating your organs if it helped your medschool application. Don't know if that's what you meant consciously--just saying what I hear. No. The fact of an Organ donor card has no influence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost&Found Posted August 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 23, 2011 It's funny; your question implies that you'd consider donating your organs if it helped your medschool application more. Don't know if that's what you meant consciously--just saying what I hear. No. The fact of an Organ donor card has no influence. You're right, it does. But that's not what I meant. I've been an organ donor since Gr 11 (before I strongly considered med as an option). My premed friends and I were wondering if making organ donation a requirement (or even a recommendation) for med school admissions would alter the number of applicants who apply. I know some premeds who are absolutely against the idea of organ donation since they feel their organs define themselves. I wonder if they would sacrifice their personal values if it meant getting into med. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psychoswim Posted August 23, 2011 Report Share Posted August 23, 2011 You're right, it does. But that's not what I meant. I've been an organ donor since Gr 11 (before I strongly considered med as an option). My premed friends and I were wondering if making organ donation a requirement (or even a recommendation) for med school admissions would alter the number of applicants who apply. I know some premeds who are absolutely against the idea of organ donation since they feel their organs define themselves. I wonder if they would sacrifice their personal values if it meant getting into med. Wouldn't that cause problems with some religions too perhaps? I really don't know, just asking. I hope once I die my organs can help someone else too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pantaloons Posted August 23, 2011 Report Share Posted August 23, 2011 You're right, it does. But that's not what I meant. I've been an organ donor since Gr 11 (before I strongly considered med as an option). My premed friends and I were wondering if making organ donation a requirement (or even a recommendation) for med school admissions would alter the number of applicants who apply. I know some premeds who are absolutely against the idea of organ donation since they feel their organs define themselves. I wonder if they would sacrifice their personal values if it meant getting into med. Heheh, I knew that wasn't what you meant. You raise a neat hypothetical question. Needless to say, altering the admissions requirements in any way would affect the number of applicants who apply. But organ donation? Hmm, I wonder. There's literature about how cultural beliefs affect attitudes towards organ donation. Japan first comes to mind: http://jme.bmj.com/content/25/4/322.abstract. The cultural and deeply personal variables involved with organ donation would make this a really odd way to affect admissions. Also: ethics, cultural sensitivity, "autonomy", etc etc. I fear for the premeds who'd give their left kidney for a spot in medschool. hehehheheh. Despite cultural influences, I find it kinda odd that some people say they're against the idea of organ donation simply because they believe their organs "define themselves". You could say that about anything. Maybe my moustache defines me--that's why I'll never cut it off. Also, my jean cut-offs define me, that's why I'm a nevernude. Also, the liver regenerates after transplantation with the help of the new host. So, is this transformed liver, with newly regenerated tissue, still a "defining" part of the original donor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renin Posted August 23, 2011 Report Share Posted August 23, 2011 Would I donate my organs after I die? Yes. Would I donate a kidney/liver to a family member? Yes. Would I donate a kidney/liver to a stranger? No. I think that making organ donation a requirement for medical school is odd. What if you HAD already donated an organ? How would that make you a better doctor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebouque Posted August 24, 2011 Report Share Posted August 24, 2011 Would I donate my organs after I die? Yes.Would I donate a kidney/liver to a family member? Yes. Would I donate a kidney/liver to a stranger? No. I think that making organ donation a requirement for medical school is odd. What if you HAD already donated an organ? How would that make you a better doctor? Lol! Like Wilson in House who donates some of his marrow to one of his patient. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newmedi Posted August 24, 2011 Report Share Posted August 24, 2011 I took the plunge and decided to become a donor. One of my brothers has a new lease on life because of a donor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluripotent Posted August 24, 2011 Report Share Posted August 24, 2011 I completed my registration at Trillium Gift of Life today. I tried when the website originally opened (and I've had a donor card in my wallet since I was sixteen and got my first driving licence), but it crashed then and I decided to deal with it "later." This was a good reminder. Parties interested in organ donation may also consider OneMatch, the stem cell and bone marrow network. They just send you a kit and you give yourself a cheek swab. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renin Posted August 24, 2011 Report Share Posted August 24, 2011 Lol! Like Wilson in House who donates some of his marrow to one of his patient. There are more than 5 patients I can think of off the top of my head I'd gladly donate liver to or marrow if it meant they would live. And I just started Med 4. Man; I'm going to end up donating something before I retire, I think. Not my kidney though. That's for family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehumanmacbook Posted August 25, 2011 Report Share Posted August 25, 2011 I have some extra RAM...would that help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renin Posted August 25, 2011 Report Share Posted August 25, 2011 I have some extra RAM...would that help? No. I want ur video card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cnb88 Posted August 25, 2011 Report Share Posted August 25, 2011 No. I want ur video card. Woah Woah Woah. That's a mighty tall order! Don't you know when a mac gives his v-card, he can't ever give it again? It can only be given once you know;) LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatonekid Posted August 25, 2011 Report Share Posted August 25, 2011 Woah Woah Woah. That's a mighty tall order! Don't you know when a mac gives his v-card, he can't ever give it again? It can only be given once you know;) LOL haha. I actually lol'd at that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaronjw Posted August 25, 2011 Report Share Posted August 25, 2011 haha. I actually lol'd at that. Me too. Twas good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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