Course introduction
Before you begin
Some people join Save7 already understanding the transplant landscape in South Africa. Others have never been exposed to the organ donation crisis. What everyone has in common is a passion for educating others about organ donation and transplantation.
This course gives you the knowledge to speak about it confidently.
The Save7 position
Whether it is for awareness campaigns or a private conversation with family and friends, the most important part is simply starting the conversation.
That is worth taking literally. The goal of this course is not to turn you into a clinician, and it is not to teach you to win arguments. It is to make you someone people are willing to talk to about organ donation — and who knows enough to be useful when they do.
A great deal follows from that. You will spend more time on how to respond to a frightened family member than on transplant immunology. You will be told repeatedly that “I don't know, let me find out” is a good answer. And you will learn that someone who decides against donation but tells their family clearly is a success, not a failure.
Three levels, three achievements
The course is a pathway, not a single block. We recommend the levels in order, but you can start wherever suits what you already know — and stopping after any level is a complete outcome, not an abandoned one.
What the course includes
- Multimedia learning
- Video, visual storytelling and interactive diagrams. You will not be handed walls of text to read.
- Interactive questions
- Two to four short questions after each topic. Every answer comes with an explanation, including an explanation of why a tempting wrong answer is tempting.
- Study material
- A concise written summary of each module, to keep and refer back to.
- Optional deeper reading
- Clinical and academic sources for anyone who wants them. The course is complete without opening a single one.
- A pre-course assessment
- Twelve short, non-technical questions before you start. This is a baseline, not a test — there is no pass mark and nobody is judged on it.
- A post-course assessment
- At the end of each level, so you can see what changed.
- A certificate of completion
- One per level, with a unique ID that can be verified online.
How each module works
Every module follows the same shape, so you always know where you are.
- 01Why this matters — A short explanation of why the topic is worth your time.
- 02Learn — The main experience — usually visual or interactive.
- 03Key takeaways — Three to six things worth remembering.
- 04Check your understanding — A few questions, with explanations.
- 05Study guide — The written summary.
- 06Further reading — Optional, always.
- 07Complete module — You mark it done yourself.
Some sections are still being written
This platform has been built ahead of the final Save7 study guide. Where a medical, legal or statistical statement has not yet been verified against an authoritative source, you will see a Pending Save7 review marker, and the text is left blank rather than filled in with something unverified.
We would rather show you an obvious gap than a confident guess. The structure, the interactions and the assessments are all complete and working.
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